Microsoft Charges FBI $50 to $200 For Giving Them Users Information

It is of no suspense that government agencies are spying on users activity on the internet and taking personal information of users to check any suspicious activity. But what do think, internet companies let them go free of no cost. Thats not possible, off course they charge some fee which government agencies pay in order to get the information.Well thanks to the Syrian Electronic Army, they have managed to obtained invoices from Microsoft that shows how much the company charges the FBI for providing them with customer information. The hacked invoices were given to The Daily Dot to analyze and according to their findings, each time the FBI’s Digital Intercept Technology Unit (DITU) requested for customer information, Microsoft charged them anywhere between $50 to $200 for the transaction. It doesn't seem like a lot, but  However monthly totals have managed to reach into hundreds of thousands of dollars, with the most recent invoice for November 2013 totaling $281,000.  Microsoft said in statement on The Verge, "Regarding law enforcement requests, there’s nothing unusual here. Under US law, companies can seek reimbursement for costs associated with complying with valid legal orders for customer data. We attempt to recover some of the costs associated with any such orders.”. The fee which was charged by Microsoft is not too much, but after seeing the recent invoice of about $281,000 , it can judged how many times government agencies like FBI requests for users information.