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Daily Dashboard | SCOTUS to hear US-Microsoft case next Tuesday Related reading: Evolving privacy law 'exciting' for IAPP Westin Scholar

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USA Today reports on a privacy case that will have legal implications for personal data stored overseas. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear the case next Tuesday. Microsoft has argued in court papers that "It would instigate a global free-for-all, inviting foreign governments to reciprocate by unilaterally seizing U.S. citizens' private correspondence." Brad Smith, Microsoft's president and chief legal officer, warned Thursday of "international tension and chaos," the report states. Solicitor General Noel Francisco, however, argues that "Microsoft's data-location theory would erect an insurmountable barrier to U.S. law enforcement's securing of critical evidence." Editor's Note: IAPP Westin Fellow Lee Matheson, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, recently wrote about an amicus brief filed by the European Commission in the case. 
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