Microsoft drops lawsuit as US government relents on data request rules
24 October 2017 - 08:47
Bengaluru — Microsoft is to drop a lawsuit against the US government, after the Department of Justice changed data request rules on alerting internet users about agencies accessing their information. The new policy limits the use of secrecy orders and calls for such orders to be issued for defined periods, Microsoft chief legal officer Brad Smith said in a blog post on Monday. "As a result of the issuance of this policy, we are taking steps to dismiss our lawsuit," Smith said. The company expects the changes to end the practice of indefinite secrecy orders.
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