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MSFT releases privacy 'best practices' - including 'don't retain user data'
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:48:56 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Ethan Ackerman <eackerma () u washington edu> Date: October 19, 2006 6:26:23 PM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net>Subject: MSFT releases privacy 'best practices' - including 'don't retain user data'
Greetings Dave, IP readers may be interested in this recent MSFT release, ostensibly a 'developer's best practices' guide for protecting user privacy. In light of recent calls for mandatory data retention for law enforcement purposes, it is interesting to see a major software author (and ISP/online service provider, for that matter) suggesting that data be deleted as soon as practical. MSFT doc:http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx? FamilyID=c48cf80f-6e87-48f5-83ec-a18d1ad2fc1f&displaylang=en
Ars Technica coverage: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061018-8015.html WaPost coverage:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/16/ AR2006101600817.html
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