Brad Smith, General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft:
Effective immediately, if we receive information indicating that someone is using our services to traffic in stolen intellectual or physical property from Microsoft, we will not inspect a customer’s private content ourselves. Instead, we will refer the matter to law enforcement if further action is required.
Mighty good of them.
Of course, if you’re using Hotmail, then black-hat hackers will continue to snoop in your email.
That’s interesting. I wonder what law enforcement will say when they say they didn’t actually check?