Search warrants apply to overseas email accounts of US-based providers

In a case of first impression, a New York Magistrate Judge held that US-based Internet service providers must turn over data stored overseas, if so requested by a U.S. government search warrant. The case itself addressed a search warrant issued to Microsoft for a customer’s data stored in Dublin, Ireland.

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