Microsoft admits to violating the privacy of a blogger by reading their Hotmail inbox.
Microsoft is caught up in a privacy firestorm for reading the Hotmail inbox of a blogger. They are facing criticism for reading a blogger’s emails during a software leak investigation.
On Thursday, the firm acknowledged it read the anonymous blogger’s emails. They did this in order to identify an employee suspected of leaking information. Microsoft owns Hotmail, a free email service now called Outlook.com.
John Frank, deputy general counsel for Microsoft, said it took “extraordinary actions in this case”.
Read the full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-26677607
UPDATE: Microsoft revises policy:
“However, Microsoft Deputy General Counsel John Frank assured that in future the company officials will present evidence to an outside lawyer who is a former federal judge, before its investigator’s access information from customer accounts.” [REF]
