EU to submit amicus brief in Microsoft/US Supreme Court data privacy case

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Published onDecember 7, 2017

published onDecember 7, 2017

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According to areport from Reuters, the European Union is set to submit an amicus brief in the Microsoft and US Supreme Court data privacy case. As wehave reported before, this case has been at the forefront of the tech industry, mainly because it deals with the way content held on cloud servers on foreign soil is handled by governments seeking search warrants from tech giants.

The European Commission said it would not support either Microsoft or the United States Government in the ongoing case. The following statement was issued:

Given that the transfer of personal data by Microsoft from the EU to the U.S. would fall under the EU data protection rules, the Commission considered it to be in the interest of the EU to make sure that EU data protection rules on international transfers are correctly understood and taken into account by the U.S. Supreme Court

John Frank, Vice President for EU Government Affairs, Microsoft also issues a statement about the issue:

We welcome the EU’s involvement in the case. It is important that European voices are heard by the U.S. Supreme Court

It’s not certain what impact the amicus brief can have in this case, but Microsoftrecently won an appeal, arguing that U.S. federal or state law enforcement cannot use search warrants to seize emails of citizens of foreign countries located in data centers outside the United States.Microsoft has since been waitingfor the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case as part of a review of the recent victory.

Radu Tyrsina

Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).

For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.

Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.

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