Microsoft has strongly asserted in a recent statement that it will not give US prosecutors the access to customer's emails which are stored by the company on a server in Ireland.

The statement by Microsoft implies that the company will not comply with an order issued by the federal court on July 31, seeking the US prosecutors access to users' personal data store on Microsoft's Ireland servers. The company has said that it will appeal and protest the court's order.

Noting that the storage of personal data on the company's servers - in the US as well as overseas - is a matter of trust for the users, Microsoft said that it will not hand over data to US prosecutors till a treaty between the US and Ireland establishes new policy that sanctions the seizure of users' personal data.

Microsoft has said that it firmly believes that electronic data belongs to the customer rather than the entity which stores the information. The company has further added that compliance with the federal court order can potentially damage consumer trust in the cloud.

Stating that it will "not be turning over the email and plans to appeal" the federal court order, Microsoft said in a statement: "Everyone agrees this case can and will proceed to the appeals court."