and microsoft accessed a hotmail account to investigate a leak https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/03/microsoft-will-no-longer-look-through-your-hotmail-to

and microsoft accessed a hotmail account to investigate a leak https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/03/microsoft-will-no-longer-look-through-your-hotmail-to-investigate-leaks/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/03/microsoft-will-n.... One perspective is that every company gets to screw this up once and then has to get serious about privacy. But it's possible this is happening all the time, victims don't know their saas vendor was complicit in releasing their information. If the companies ever catch the perps, they're quietly fired in exchange for a non-disclosure agreement that serves the interests of all parties (except the consumer).