<div dir="ltr">They'd be smart to make overseas data inaccessible for the law enforcement at least on paper, because no one can actually monitor Microsoft et al whether they respect the decision. If they don't, there will be severe repercussions for the technology companies involved (Micorsoft, Google, FB, Twitter etc) and tech companies in other countries and their respective governments will demand the same rights.<div><br></div><div>-Raoul</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 16 October 2017 at 20:51, Sam Lanfranco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lanfran@yorku.ca" target="_blank">lanfran@yorku.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">US Supreme Court Case over Legal access to data
stored in overseas server farms.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/technology/article/Justices-to-hear-government-s-email-dispute-with-12281138.php" target="_blank">http://www.sfchronicle.com/<wbr>business/technology/article/<wbr>Justices-to-hear-government-s-<wbr>email-dispute-with-12281138.<wbr>php</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed
Monday to take on a major dispute over the government's authority
to force American technology companies to hand over emails and
other digital information sought in criminal probes but stored
outside the U.S.</p>
Sam L.
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