On Monday, the Supreme Court granted the Department of Justice’s petition for certiorari in United States v. Microsoft Corp., a case in which the government attempted to force Microsoft to hand over the emails of one of its users that were stored on one of the company’s servers in Ireland. This case highlights how murky Fourth Amendment protections can be in the age of the Internet.

Fortunately, a bill is currently being considered by Congress that balances citizens’ privacy rights and law enforcement’s interest in obtaining evidence for criminal investigations, called the International Communication Privacy Act.

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