[IP] MSFT releases privacy 'best practices' - including 'don't retain user data'
Begin forwarded message:
From: Ethan Ackerman <eackerma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 19, 2006 6:26:23 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
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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