Microsoft cites new EU data protection rules in support of its claim that the U.S. government should use inter-governmental agreements rather than a warrant to force the technology company to provide emails stored in Ireland that are required for an investigation. The General Data Protection Regulation was adopted last week by the European Parliament with an aim to provide an unified data protection regime across member states. Microsoft’s lawyer E. Joshua Rosenkranz referred to Article 48 of the regulation, which states that any judgment of a court or tribunal and any decision of an administrative authority of a third country requiring a controller or processor to transfer or disclose personal data may only be recognised or enforceable in any manner if based on an international agreement”]