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Documents Logging Yahoo’s Secret Legal Battle with NSA Over Customer Data Finally See Light of Day

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March 16, 2015
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Last week, it was revealed that 1,500 pages of legal documents were unsealed by a special federal court of “once-secret papers” from Yahoo’s 2007-2008 challenge to U.S. surveillance laws. The NSA, in order to obtain certain kinds of information, had been pressurising the Internet corporation into divulging customer data.

The amendment of a key law to demand user information from online services which Yahoo claims is unconstitutional, made them challenge the U.S. Government’s authority.

Ron Bell, Yahoo’s corporate secretary and general counsel, wrote in a Tumblr post, “Despite the declassification and release, portions of the documents remain sealed and classified to this day, unknown even to our team. The released documents underscore how we had to fight every step of the way to challenge the US government’s surveillance efforts.”

“At one point, the US government threatened the imposition of $250,000 in fines per day if we refused to comply,” wrote Bell.

The blog highlights the essential points marked out in the release as follows:

  • A detailed form of the FISC-R opinion in the case, originally released in 2008 in a more redacted form.
  • The release of the never-before-seen 2008 FISC opinion that was challenged on appeal.
  • The parties’ briefs, including some of the lower court briefings in the appendices.
  • An Ex-Parte Appendix of classified filings.
  • A partially redacted certification filed with the FISC, as well as a mostly unredacted directive that Yahoo received.

Yahoo’s challenge and a later appeal failed as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) ordered them to provide the U.S. Government with the user data it had asked for earlier.

“Users come first at Yahoo. We treat public safety with the utmost seriousness, but we are also committed to protecting users’ data,” finishes Bell. “We will continue to contest requests and laws that we consider unlawful, unclear, or overbroad.”

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