stop their intellectual property from leaking out. But now, it seems, that the company is taking some even more steps — Microsoft has announced that it will no longer access any information on company owned services from now on, and instead will turn the information over to the police. The fact that the software titan accessed the account without a warrant caused quite a stir, and as Brad Smith, General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft puts it:
“Effective immediately, if we receive information indicating that someone is using our services to traffic in stolen intellectual or physical property from Microsoft, we will not inspect a customer’s private content ourselves. Instead, we will refer the matter to law enforcement if further action is required.”This new policy, as noted above, is in effect from now on. Ultimately, this is a move that will please privacy advocates and people that were critical of the way Microsoft approached this particular incident. The technology titan has also updated its terms of services of Outlook.com to reflect this new change.]]>
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Long overdue in my opinion. More email security, the better. I want to be certain that I have privacy in the emails I’m sending.
Basically, everything you sent to internet will not have privacy. It depends if you are of any value for other people to peek your info.
I have a sneaky suspicion that all email providers could revise their policy for more privacy. I don’t put anything too personal over email, just because I don’t trust any providers. Nice start, Microsoft!