<p>Microsoft has made clear that it has rights to access your Hotmail/Outlook email accounts to protect its intellectual properties.</p><p>Julia Martin | On 21, Mar 2014</p><p>Two days ago, a former Microsoft employee was arrested and charged of divulging trade secrets to a French blogger, using Windows Live Messenger to send the links of files stored on OneDrive and email to a Hotmail address.</p><p>Microsoft discovered everything by reading emails and instant messages of the blogger on his Hotmail accounts.</p><p><a href="http://www.inferse.com/13692/microsoft-spies-hotmail-outlook-accounts/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/microsoft-reveals-new-privacy-policies-concerning-access-to-user-email-accounts-142214">Microsoft Promises To Take Legal Advice Before Reading Hotmail Accounts</a> (TechWeekEurope UK)</p><p><a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/03/21/Microsoft-criticized-for-reading-clients-Hotmail-in-email-leak-case/UPI-62161395421758/?spt=rln&or=2">Microsoft criticized for reading client&#039;s Hotmail in email leak case</a> (UPI.com)</p><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2014/03/21/microsoft-privacy-hotmail/">Microsoft Updates Privacy Policy After Accessing Blogger&#039;s Hotmail</a> (Mashable)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=duQ7Bs90t_oNbkMSeGqKGKmPty_MM&authuser=0&ned=us">181 additional articles.</a></p>