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    A group of privacy organisations have detailed a complaint it plans to submit to the FTC, charging Microsoft with inadequate security and privacy provisions in the forthcoming Windows XP and alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices.

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    Timothy Muris jumps on board the FTC train as new chairman, striving to make sense of the privacy and antitrust issues that have been occupying the commission.

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    New rules that will soon require US mobile phone companies to track their customers in an emergency will use technology that opens up a host of marketing opportunities, but also potential privacy headaches.

  • Microsoft to overhaul Passport

    Microsoft has agreed to make sweeping changes to its Passport authentication system as part of a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission.

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    An investigation into the data-collection practices of DoubleClick, the biggest Internet advertising company, have been dropped.

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    Buffeted by criticism of the way it handles privacy and security matters, Microsoft is trying to batten down the hatches on both fronts in simultaneous efforts.

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    The World Wide Web Consortium's Lorrie Cranor urges Webmasters to adopt better privacy regulations. Her message: Now is the time to start acting more responsibly.

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    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other legislation have made data retention a hot topic. But about the flip side of the coin -- what happens when your data has finally served its purpose?

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    Microsoft intends to lay out a plan to make its .Net Passport authentication service more Web services-friendly.

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    Microsoft this summer will lay out a plan to make its .Net Passport authentication service more Web services-friendly.

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