On July 14, the Second Circuit ruled that the U.S. government could not use a Stored Communications Act ("SCA") warrant to access consumer data stored on a server in Ireland. The three-judge panel's unanimous decision explained that the focus of the SCA is the protection of a user's privacy interest, and "Congress did not intend the SCA's warrant provisions to apply extraterritorially." For more information, please see the corresponding Jones Day Alert.
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