Microsoft has filed an appeal against US government demands to have access to emails from a Microsoft customer which are stored in Ireland. The emails relate to a drugs investigation. In the appeal, Microsoft said: 'The power to embark on unilateral law enforcement incursions into a foreign sovereign country – directly or indirectly – has profound foreign policy consequences. Worse still, it threatens the privacy of US citizens.'

Dialogue

General counsel Brad Smith says that new laws need to be developed to sort out these issues fairly. He said: 'If there are those in government concerned about stronger technology then we need to have a dialogue about better laws. The only thing I am certain will not get us anywhere is complaints about better technology and a resistance to better laws.' Source: The Guardian