LinkedIn fights for the right to tell customers when the feds want their data

LinkedIn fights for the right to tell customers when the feds want their data

Microsoft’s top lawyer argued Tuesday that legislators “must make secrecy [orders] the exception” in government subpoenas demanding information about LinkedIn users. LinkedIn, which is owned by Microsoft, is fighting what it calls overly broad subpoena demands from the US government, which sometimes come with secrecy orders that prevent LinkedIn from alerting customers whose information is being requested. The company is asking federal courts “t…