Microsoft, Google to sue US over releasing user data requests

September 01, 2013 00:11

Technology firms Microsoft and Google are set to sue the US government after the failure of their talks on releasing official requests for user data.

The two technology giants filed suits in June, demanding a right to disclose more information about user data requests made under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act FISA. Their representatives met six times with US officials and agreed to extend the deadlines for the government to reply to the lawsuits, allowing time for negotiations that ended in failure, Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said.

"We hoped that these discussions would lead to an agreement acceptable to all. While we appreciate the good faith and earnest efforts by the capable government lawyers with whom we negotiated, we are disappointed that these negotiations ended in failure," Smith said in a blog post.

"To followers of technology issues, there are many days when Microsoft and Google stand apart," Smith said.

"But today our two companies stand together...We believe we have a clear right under the US Constitution to share more information with the public."

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