Microsoft demand the US Government for secret searches of customer data – Diez.hn

Microsoft has sued the Justice Department to consider is unconstitutional for the government to ban technology companies inform customers when their data have been revised.

Microsoft says in its application that has received 5,624 requests for information by the Government in the last 18 months and in almost half the cases, a total of 2,576, the company failed to inform customers that federal agents were inspecting their data .

the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Seattle, where Microsoft is based, promises to unleash another confrontation high level between a technology company and the Government and comes shortly after . the fight Apple with the FBI access to an iPhone phone

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“This morning we filed a lawsuit in federal court against the uS government to defend that we feel are fundamental constitutional rights of our clients, rights that protect privacy and promote freedom of expression,” said Brad Smith, senior legal adviser to Microsoft on the official company blog.

the company believes that “few exceptions”, customers and businesses have the right to know when the government access emails or other data.

“despite that, it is becoming routine for the US government the issue orders that require service providers of email keep such lawsuits in secret, “said Smith.

the company believes that the situation” has gone too far, “so he said he had decided to go to court to assess the situation.

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“These secret orders violate Fourth Amendment (of the Constitution), which gives individuals and businesses the right to know whether the Government investigates their properties, “said chief legal adviser Microsoft.

He added that the behavior of the government also violates the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution American, which guarantees, as recalled Microsoft, the right of the company to inform customers if the government’s actions affect your data.

the technology firm said that this demand offers “an opportunity “the Department of Justice to adopt new rules that establish” reasonable limits “ in the use of secret orders.