One of the clearest indications that technology is far outpacing the law came on Feb. 3, when Google Inc.’s motion to quash federal search warrants for user email data the company stored overseas was rejected by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Just a few months prior on Sep. 5, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that search warrants under Section 2703 of the Stored Communications Act (SCA)—the same warrants served to Google—could not compel Microsoft to disclose its user email data stored in Ireland.
