Microsoft sued the Ministry of Justice of the United States, during a common practice that the tech force companies to deliver data about their customers to the government without the knowledge of the client.
The case was filed last week to fight against a law allowing agencies the opportunity to request to read e-mails or files online without the permission or knowledge of the owner. That, in the opinion of Microsoft, violates the United States Constitution. The power-house technology company firmly believes that the US government can not prevent technology companies to tell customers when their data has been compromised or reviewed by federal agents.
Microsoft chief counsel Brad Smith said the company filed this lawsuit because it was a matter of fundamental rights, "it is becoming routine for the US government to issue orders requiring email providers to keep these types of legal claims secret. We think it goes too far and we ask the courts to resolve the situation. "Microsoft argued in defense of the Fourth and the First Amendment.
This is not the first time the federal government has the fire object to these gags oriented technology companies. In 2013 a California judge declared that these rules are in violation of freedom of speech and expression. Twitter is also struggling now the government for the right to disclose the number of national security letter they receive (which, currently they are only allowed out in batches of 1000).
We believe that customer privacy and data security are two of the most important values of a company must comply, and will look to see how it unfolds.
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