Following a court ruling in favor of Microsoft against the Department of Justice, which looks like the case Apple faced sometime this year, in-which they were all required to grant access to the government to one of their products or services that violates privacy policies of both tech giants.
The judgment which has been delivered according to the BBC favored Microsoft, that the US government cannot force Microsoft to give authorities access to the firm's servers located in other countries. The ruling, made by an appeals court, overturns an order granted by a court in Manhattan in 2014.
"It makes clear that the US government can no longer seek to use its search warrants on a unilateral basis to reach into other countries and obtain the emails that belong to people of other nationalities," Brad Smith, president and chief legal officer, of Microsoft told the BBC.
"It tells people they can indeed trust technology as they move their information to the cloud," he said.
Microsoft thanked the companies that had backed its appeal, which included the likes of Amazon, Apple and Cisco.
Source: BBC
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