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Irish Government Turns to EU Commission to Aid Microsoft in Fight With DOJ
- PC World, Wednesday, November 19, 2014 1:27 PM
The Irish government has asked the European Commission help deal with U.S. demands for Microsoft to turn over data stored on servers in Ireland. The DOJ is demanding the data as part of a drug trafficking investigation, but Microsoft contends that turning over user data stored in another country is a violation of privacy. "By seeking direct access to data held in the EU through the US judicial system, existing legal mechanisms for mutual assistance between jurisdictions may be being effectively bypassed," Dara Murphy, The Irish Minister for European Affairs and Data Protection, warned the European Commission.
