Comments on: Second Circuit’s Decision in Microsoft v. U.S. (Data Stored in Ireland): Good News for Internet Users? (Guest Blog Post) https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/08/second-circuits-decision-in-microsoft-v-u-s-data-stored-in-ireland-good-news-for-internet-users-guest-blog-post.htm Sat, 11 Mar 2017 19:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Marketa Trimble https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/08/second-circuits-decision-in-microsoft-v-u-s-data-stored-in-ireland-good-news-for-internet-users-guest-blog-post.htm#comment-1801 Sat, 11 Mar 2017 19:46:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=16258#comment-1801 An update on the case – a decision in a case concerning Google’s search warrants: https://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/17D0077P.pdf

]]> By: Jerry D. Vergeront https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2016/08/second-circuits-decision-in-microsoft-v-u-s-data-stored-in-ireland-good-news-for-internet-users-guest-blog-post.htm#comment-1600 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 20:27:00 +0000 http://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=16258#comment-1600 This is very interesting, indeed, and brings up a different thought regarding the proliferation of data. In the Microsoft case, the case, by and large, views data residing in a single location. But, the reality is that most data is not located in a single “region.” Forgetting the fact that back-ups may be (and, often are) located in sites outside of the primary data location, live data is not normally located in a single location. The data copying is done for various reasons, but is usually seen done for load balancing or throughput optimization. Live data may reside in two different data centers sending users to the data depending on the network load at a given time. Alternately, companies like Akamai have made a business around grabbing and storing data in servers around the world to improve web performance and act as a possible solution against DDOS attacks. What this means is that a single piece of “live” data could be stored on multiple servers around the world. Are all copies now under the rule of each and every jurisdiction where these servers reside? According to the case above, all of the servers which host this data are under different laws. It provides a problem in that one specific piece of data could, possibly, be subject to dozens of actions (each in their own jurisdiction).

An outcome of this ruling could be that service providers start to consolidate their data (to minimize vectors vulnerable to legal action), possibly creating an impact to the end-users.

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