Microsoft executive Tom Burt told Congressional lawmakers Wednesday that Federal law enforcement agencies send “routine” secret orders for customer information from the Seattle-based company, numbering anywhere from 2,400 to 3,500 such requests a year. “While the recent news about secret investigations is shocking, most shocking is just how routine secrecy orders have become when law enforcement targets an American’s email, text messages, or other sensitive data stored in the cloud,” said Burt, Microsoft’s corporate vice president for customer security and trust, at a hearing held by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.

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