During a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing, Microsoft Corporate Vice President for Customer Security and Trust Tom Burt detailed the amount of orders for information the technology company has received from federal agencies, The Associated Press reports. Burt said federal law enforcement agencies send Microsoft between 2,400 to 3,500 secrecy orders a year. “Most shocking is just how routine secrecy orders have become when law enforcement targets an American’s email, text messages or other sensitive data stored in the cloud,” said Burt.
Microsoft exec details number of data requests from law enforcement agencies
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