Microsoft would like to set the record straight with respect to our commitment to the privacy of our customers’ data and our practices when it comes to requests for data we get from governments. Microsoft believes that our customers own their data and should control it how they see fit. We believe our customers have the right to know, and we have a right to tell them, when a government requests their data. When we believe those rights are being violated, we will go to court to protect them. And as shown by our history of fighting for our customer’s rights in court, we stand by our publicly stated principles on privacy and our contractual commitments to our customers’ more aggressively than any other cloud service provider in the world. This week, various news outlets in India published articles mischaracterizing Microsoft’s policies for sharing customer data with the US government, specifically with US intelligence agencies. The articles also alleged disclosures by Microsoft of Indian