The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, February 11, 2013 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (U.S.) – EU Adopts CyberSecurity Strategy and Proposes Network Security Directive , InsidePrivacy , Feb. 7, 2013 NGOs...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, January 21, 2013 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (U.S.) - Web Hunt for DNA Sequences Leaves Privacy Compromised , The New York Times , Jan. 17, 2013 News (U.S.) - The Internet...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, January 14, 2013 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (U.S.) - How Generation Y really feels about online privacy , CNET, Jan.11, 2013 News (U.S.) - Cyberlaw Predictions: The Privacy...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, December 31, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (U.S.) - Policy and privacy: Five reasons why 2012 mattered , CNet, Dec. 24, 2012 News (U.S.) - Online privacy's 2012 setbacks...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, December 17, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (U.S.) - Reputation.com Sells ‘Personal Privacy Vaults’ , The New York Times, Dec. 09, 2012 General Online...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, December 9, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (U.S.) - You’d Need 76 Work Days to Read All Your Privacy Policies Each Year , Time , Dec. 4, 2012 General Online...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, November 26, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (U.S.) - Building an Iconography for Digital Privacy , The New York Times , Nov. 19, 2012 News (U.S.) - Online Privacy...

Brendon Lynch, Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft writes on the Microsoft on the Issues Blog : I spent last week in Brussels with privacy regulators and practitioners from around the world, many of whom were there for the IAPP European Data Protection Congress . It’s an important time for privacy...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, November 19, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy Research (U.S.) - Privacy risks are at an all-time high, presenting a challenge for businesses , Edelman , Nov. 13, 2012 News...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, November 12, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (U.S.) - Megaupload Case Has Far-Reaching Implications for Cloud-Data Ownership Rights , Wired , Nov. 7, 2012 News (U...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, November 5, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (U.S.) - Apple leads legal battle over e-commerce vs. privacy rights in CA Sup. Court , San Jose Mercury , Nov. 5, 2012 ...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, October 22, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy Government (U.S.) - FTC Recommends Best Practices for Use of Facial Recognition Technologies , FTC , Oct. 22, 2012 News (U.S...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, October 15, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence [ Cross Posted from the blog I manage at work , Microsoft Privacy & Online Safety] General Online Privacy News (U.S.) - Web Profiles Haunt Students...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, October 1, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy Opinion (U.S.) - Privacy Conscious Europe is Leading the Cloud Computing Charge , Data Governance Law , Sep. 28, 2012 News (U.S...

A concern many have with the integrity of cloud data is the ability to easily recover deleted files. Microsoft’s SkyDrive recently added a new feature to make it easier for customers to retrieve deleted files, as reported on the Inside SkyDrive blog : SkyDrive already keeps previous versions...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, September 24, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy Research (U.S.) - Reverse Engineering Informational Privacy Law , Michael Birnhack, Yale J. L. & Tech. (2013, Forthcoming...

Peter Cullen , Chief Privacy Strategist, Microsoft, writes on the Trustworthy Computing Blog : Over the past several months, we’ve been convening discussions with some of the world’s foremost privacy thinkers, including representatives of regulatory bodies, government policymakers, academia...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, September 10, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence. General Online Privacy News (U.S.) - Amazon confirms that the Kindle Fire's Silk browser tracks users , The Inquirer , Sep. 7, 2012 News (U.S.)...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, September 3, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (U.S.) - Amazon Hires Chief Privacy Counsel , The Wall Street Journal , Aug. 31, 2012 News (U.K.) - Chris Soghoian, delights...

Jacqueline Beauchere, Director, Trustworthy Computing Communications, Microsoft writes on the Microsoft on the Issues blog: Unlike their parents who went back to school with new notebooks, pens, pencils, and binders, today’s young people are likely readying for the coming academic year with...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, August 27, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (U.S.) – Windows 8 SmartScreen unfairly tarred as violation of user privacy , Ars Technica, Aug. 25, 2012 News (U...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, August 20, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (U.S.) - Blizzard Prompting User Data Changes After Hack , Kotaku , Aug. 15. 2012 News (U.S.) - Federal judge rules Video...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, August 13, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy Advocates (U.K.) - Surveillance companies: responsibility goes beyond the law , Privacy International , Aug. 8, 2012 News (U.S....

Brendon Lynch, Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft writes on the Microsoft on the Issues blog : With Windows 8’s recent release to manufacturing, we know many people are interested in how customers will discover Do Not Track (DNT) in Internet Explorer 10. DNT will be enabled in the “Express...

I just finished a new two-page Issue Backgrounder on Microsoft’s revised privacy statements. This backgrounder covers the reasons for our change in the structure of our privacy statements, and what it means for our customers. This is our 44th issue backgrounder, and you can find all of them on...