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Perhaps microsoft would be on stronger ground if they had consulted an outside authority before deciding they had the right to look at their own data. Instead t
by Tloewald 13y ago
Perhaps microsoft would be on stronger ground if they had consulted an outside authority before deciding they had the right to look at their own data. Instead they simply decided on their own. It's like the police issuing themselves a search warrant — doesn't matter how correct the reasoning is, it's procedurally unacceptable.
- kevingadd 13y agoThey're not the government, they don't need warrants, and they can't sue themselves or ask the police to investigate something they're going to file a civil case about. They had explicit permission to do exactly what they did (you grant that permission when you sign up for the service). It may be gross that they dug through someone's email, but they didn't violate any laws or ethical guidelines. If the people involved didn't want their emails read by Microsoft, they shouldn't have granted Microsoft permission to read their emails.
- bungle 13y agoI'm not sure where this comes? Ed Bott? This is totally insane thinking. They can surely contact authorities to start investigation of the leaks. Police would then get a warrant to search evidence from Hotmail.
- _delirium 13y agoSome countries do have an agency to handle these kinds of issues, short of a court but more than just deciding to read the emails unilaterally. In Denmark if you as an ISP or a corporation wanted to read the email of your users and/or employees, you'd file a request with the Data Protection Agency (http://www.datatilsynet.dk/english/ http://www.datatilsynet.dk/english/) outlining your case. It does appear that the U.S. has no such provisions.