Microsoft-FTC settle over Passport
Joe Wilcox,
ZD Net,
Aug 09, 2002
Microsoft agrees to pull back on its Passport service - it won't collect as much information, it won't misuse this information (as much), and it won't harangue you to sign up for Passport every time you use Windows. But perhaps most telling, "Microsoft has changed its privacy statements to accurately reflect what information is collected and how it is used, Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, said in a separate conference call. In an eight-page settlement released Thursday, Microsoft also agreed not to engage in unfair or deceptive practices and to protect the security and privacy of personal information." I think that the announcement that Microsoft will *now* be honest tells us everything we need to know.
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