Google and Microsof can sue government
31
Aug
The Microsoft’s general counsel, Brad Smith, announced yesterday that the company, 
along with Google, you can sue the government, despite a statement on Thursday that it would make an annual publication on the application of surveillance information.
Google and Microsoft would be asking the question of publishing “aggregate information” about the court orders addressed to the companies should be more transparent to customers, as stated companies.
The news appeared on Microsoft’s corporate blog and stirred the political, the issue of data transparency policies took serious proportions, and shows an irritation of companies with government agencies, as shown in the statement: “on six occasions in recent weeks agree with the Department of Justice to extend our deadline to the government to respond to these demands, “Smith said, but stressed that despite the efforts of government lawyers, the meeting” ended in failure. ”
It is difficult to predict the end of this issue, but the world community wants more transparency.
