Microsoft is one of many large tech companies struggling to continue to legally send data to the United States after a landmark judgment by an EU court in July overturned the main system used to transfer data. information from Europe to the United States, called Privacy Shield. (REUTERS) News 

Microsoft pledges to challenge government claims for user data

Microsoft has pledged to challenge all government requests for access to information from its customers in an effort to respond to growing European Union control over the security of data sent to the United States. The software giant will also compensate users whose information is inappropriately disclosed to government agencies, Microsoft’s privacy officer Julie Brill said in a blog post Thursday. Microsoft is one of many large tech companies struggling to continue to legally send data to the United States after a landmark judgment by an EU court in July…

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