Microsoft sues US over secret demands for customer data

Microsoft says in a lawsuit filed today that authorities demanded customer information more than 5,600 times in the last 18 months. In nearly half those cases, a court ordered the company to keep the demand secret. (Reuters) Microsoft Corporation is suing the US government over a federal law that lets authorities examine customer emails or online files without the individual’s knowledge.
The lawsuit comes as the tech industry butts heads with US officials over the privacy rights of custom