Microsoft says it’s becoming routine for the U.S. government to issue orders that require email providers to keep legal demands secret. Microsoft: With rare exceptions consumers and businesses have a right to know when the government accesses their emails or records. Microsoft says government secrecy orders violate the Fourth Amendment and the First Amendment. The issue also has practical implications, and its important to consider them, the company says, given the evolution of technology and the nature of the cloud storage of private information.”]

