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posted by mrpg on Tuesday October 17 2017, @08:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the inconceivable dept.

The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would hear a major digital privacy case that will determine whether law enforcement officials can demand user data stored by technology companies in other countries.

In 2013, federal investigators obtained a warrant for emails and identifying information tied to a Microsoft Outlook account they believed was being used to organize drug trafficking. The problem was that the emails were stored overseas in Ireland, where the anonymous user of the account registered as a resident.
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If the court sides with the Department of Justice lawyers in this new case, the government will have unfettered access to the data tech companies store all over the world, provided it has a warrant. During the appeals court case, Microsoft's lawyers argued that the US is essentially trying to say that its laws extend across borders.

A superpower can demand all the extraterritoriality it wants.


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  • (Score: 2) by gidds on Wednesday October 18 2017, @09:50PM

    by gidds (589) on Wednesday October 18 2017, @09:50PM (#584161)

    If my US friends will allow me to riff on a slogan that I believe was once important to them:

        No Revelation Without Representation!

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