(Altaf Qadri/AP)The Supreme Court is set to hear on Tuesday a case that could have far-reaching implications for law enforcement access to digital data and for U.S. companies that store customer emails in servers overseas. Microsoft challenged the order, saying the emails were stored in Ireland and the warrant could not reach beyond U.S. borders. The emails, Microsoft said, were housed at a facility in Dublin, one of approximately 100 centers the firm runs in 40 countries. [Supreme Court accepts important case about law enforcement access to emails stored overseas]The case centers on the Stored Communications Act’s territorial reach, not the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure. Even if emails stored overseas are accessible in the United States, requiring a company to produce them raises “sovereignty concerns” and could “conflict” with foreign law, the group wrote.

Source: Washington Post February 25, 2018 22:42 UTC