On Monday, August 31, the U.S. House passed the bipartisan NDO Fairness Act by a unanimous vote. If enacted, this legislation will help protect the fundamental privacy rights of technology users. The NDO Fairness Act addresses the overuse of non-disclosure orders (NDOs), also known as secrecy orders, that prevent technology companies from informing users when
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The tech sector and policymakers must work together to address the challenges of data privacy and cybersecurity.
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Microsoft partners—and every technology business—should provide strong privacy protections for their customers.
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If enacted, the Washington Privacy Act would be the most comprehensive data privacy law in the nation.
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Governments can help provide protections and build trust by establishing baseline rules for all developers and users of facial recognition technologies.
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Passage of the CLOUD Act represents a milestone for digital privacy. U.S. privacy law now better reflects today’s cloud computing technology—not the era of the floppy disc.
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Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Microsoft’s data privacy case against the U.S. government. This historic case has the potential to impact privacy rights, international relations, and trust in technology.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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Archive360 General Counsel James M. McCarthy provides an illuminating discussion of why his company is strongly advocating for updating U.S. data privacy laws.
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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
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