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70 Fed. Comm. L.J. 157 (2018)
Where in the World Is Your Data: Who Can Access It

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Where in the World is Your Data? Who

Can Access It?


Katherine Grabar *


                     TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.   IN TRODU CTION  ............................................................................... 159
II. THE STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT: AN OUTDATED STATUTE
     APPLIED TO A MODERN-DAY DISPUTE ........................................... 161
     A. THE PROBLEM: THE OUTDATED TEXT OF THE STORED
        COMMUNICATIONS ACT  ........................................................... 162
     B. THE STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT: Too OLD TO REGULATE
        THE MICROSOFT CLOUD AND THE DATA WITHIN IT ................ 163
III. MICROSOFT CORP. V. UNITED STATES: ONE OF MANY REASONS THE
     STORED COMMUNICATIONS ACT REQUIRES AN UPDATE ............... 165
     A. RAMIFICATIONS OF MICROSOFT CORP. V. UNITED STATES
        BEYOND ONE SEARCH WARRANT ........................................... 165
     B. CLOUD INNOVATION: MICROSOFT UNDERWATER DATA CENTER
        ................................................................................................. 16 7
     C. CONGRESS' LACK OF IMPACTFUL ACTION LEAVES THE SCA IN
        THE TW ENTIETH CENTURY ...................................................... 168
IV. SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS TO MODERNIZE THE STORED
     COMMUNICATIONS ACT .................................................................. 170












   •  J.D. Candidate, The George Washington University Law School, May 2018. B.A.,
Political Science and Law, History, and Culture, University of Southern California, May
2015. The author would like to thank James Brecher for teaching her about legal writing,
analysis, and advocacy. She dedicates this note to her parents and grandparents who gave her
the instrumental gift of education.
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