Monday 15 December 2014

Privacy is not dead: Microsoft lawyer prepares to take on US government

Privacy is not dead: Microsoft lawyer prepares to take on US government


Imagine this scenario. German police investigating a press leak descend on Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt. They serve a warrant to seize a bundle of private letters a US reporter is storing in a safe deposit box at a bank branch in Manhattan. The bank complies and orders the branch manager to open the reporter’s box and fax the private letters to the Stadtpolizei. Uproar! The US would be outraged at the bypassing of bilateral agreements and flouting of its citizen’s rights...

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