Brandedlogodesigns complaints: Microsoft is still fighting for its data

Now it is official: Microsoft may continue in court to advise its customers about government requests for user data. The US government failed to tilt the Redmond's lawsuit.

Microsoft may continue to fight in court to inform customers about previously secret requests from American authorities for user data. The US government failed with the attempt to tilt the lawsuit. A judge in Seattle continues the proceedings. At the same time, in his decision of Thursday, he did not support Microsoft's argument that the requirement of user information was equivalent to an unjustified search, and thus violated the fourth amendment to the US Constitution.

The Windows group had filed the lawsuit against the US Department of Justice in April last year, the government replied in July with the demand to reject the lawsuit.

Microsoft, on the other hand, denies that US authorities have committed the company in thousands of cases to keep data inquiries indefinitely from the users concerned. The Group acknowledges that there are certainly cases where this is important for ongoing investigations. But there must be more restrictions.

The judge in the case is James Robart, who had stopped Donald Trump's entry ban for citizens from seven Islamic countries as well as refugees.

Tech giants are resisting surveillance

In a similar complaint, Twitter goes against the prohibition of informing users of requests for information from authorities with regard to national security. The short news service also refers to the first addition to the US constitution, which affords freedom of speech.

The complaints are part of the increased resistance from the tech industry to US surveillance measures following the revelations of Edward Snowden. Thus, Microsoft successfully defended itself against claims to grant American investigators direct access to user data stored outside the USA.