Book Review: “Tools and Weapons” Thinks Big
Brad Smith, Microsoft’s President and Chief Legal Officer, and co-author Carol Ann Browne recently published their first book, “Tools and Weapons.”
CLOUD Act Aims to Strengthen Digital Privacy
The CLOUD Act (S.2383, H.R.4943) represents an important step in addressing the digital privacy concerns of businesses and consumers while also enabling law enforcement to engage in actions that protect public safety.
Diverse Voices Support Microsoft in Supreme Court Case
Yesterday, nearly 300 groups and individual from 37 countries signed on to 23 amicus legal briefs that were filed with the U.S. Supreme Court to support Microsoft’s position in its challenge to the U.S. government’s search warrant seeking access to customer emails stored at a data center in Ireland.
Senate Hearing Highlights Need to Update Data Privacy and Access Laws
On May 24, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism held a hearing on a critical digital policy issue, “Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Across Borders: Facilitating Cooperation and Protecting Rights.”
Tech Reflections on the Elections
The 2016 elections are in the record book. Dramatic changes in Washington will likely impact the U.S. and global tech sectors, as well as businesses of all sizes.
MIT Technology Review Calls Microsoft’s Brad Smith “Civil Rights Crusader”
MIT Technology Review hails Microsoft President Smith as a “civil rights crusader” for leading Microsoft’s legal and public policy effort to strengthen digital privacy.
Brad Smith on Microsoft’s recent search warrant case victory
Brad Smith, Microsoft president and chief legal officer, wrote about a recent Microsoft court victory.
Congress Must Update Our Outdated Privacy Laws
Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith Recaps House Judiciary Committee Testimony Today I appeared as a witness before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Hearing on “International Conflicts of Law and their Implications for Cross Border Data Requests by Law Enforcement.” You can see my opening statement to the Committee below, and read my …
Microsoft President Blogs on Urgent Need to Update Data Privacy Laws
Today, in a new blog post, Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith argues that privacy is a human right and warned that without policy changes we could see “a return to the digital dark ages” where data is segregated by nation. This blog was prompted by a top European court’s decision invalidating the …
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Courts and Congress Focus on Digital Privacy
Over the past two weeks, digital privacy has been in the headlines. On September 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals heard arguments concerning Microsoft’s challenge to a federal demand that the company provide U.S. authorities with emails stored abroad. During the hearing, the U.S. asserted its right to access email and data anywhere in the …