Microsoft sues the United States government

Microsoft is a multinational company of American origin created in 1975 by billionaire Bill Gates and Paul Allen, is a company dedicated to the sector of software licensing and production of electronic equipment, which currently have an important position among computers in the world.

The company for a few months ago has received almost 2, 576 secret orders of which it has unfortunately not been able to inform its customers. Which is why they are concerned that this situation may directly affect the marketing of their services.

The company Microsoft asks to investigate secret requests for user data.

Microsoft made the decision to sue the United States government as a fight to repeal a law that currently allows judges to tie up tech companies when law enforcement wants to access their users' data.

This lawsuit was made before the United States District Court, specifically in Washington, arguing that part of the law is unconstitutional, requiring high-tech companies to keep requests for data secret. Microsoft Corporation argues that the law limits your company's freedom of expression.

They are covered by a section of the law, and judges can order the request for data that will be kept secret if they consider that the knowledge of the existence of the same will endanger life, allow criminals to flee or otherwise it may hinder instruction.

Transparency in its systems is of great importance to the company, even more so when its business's main objective is to motivate its clients to move their data to the cloud. And if the US government You can secretly request data from Microsoft when the company is asking individuals and companies to trust them with your data, which could delay cloud adoption.