Tim Rains , Director, Trustworthy Computing, writes on the Trustworthy Computing blog : Cloud computing is a top of mind issue for many customers, and privacy issues are among some of our customers biggest concerns. Protecting privacy is part of Microsoft’s...

Brendon Lynch, Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft writes on the Microsoft on the Issues blog: Accountability has been a globally recognized principle of privacy and data protection for more than three decades. But in the past few years, an important...

In conjunction with Data Privacy Day , Microsoft has just released commissioned research conducted in Canada, Germany, Ireland, Spain, and the United States, and found that while 91 percent of people have done something to manage their online profile...

Doug Park, Director of Online Safety for Xbox writes on the Get Game Smart blog : Last week I had the chance to attend the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and the Kids@Play Summit. It was great to see the newest products and ideas in consumer...

The Week in Online Safety, April 9, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence News U.K. - Teachers warn of online threats from pupils , BBC News , Apr. 6, 2012 U.S. - Backpage: Is it possible to...

Brendon Lynch , Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft writes on the Trustworthy Computing Blog : Yesterday morning I read an article in The New York Times that described “ How to Muddy Your Tracks on the Internet .” The article gives consumers...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, May 28, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy Advocates (U.S.) – Disappearing Phone Booths: Privacy in the Digital Age ,...

Stephen Bury writes on the Office 365 Blog : Microsoft Office 365 is an online business service that was purposely built to optimize the flexibility, responsiveness, and efficiency of the cloud. It was also created with a strong emphasis on data protection...

The Week in Online Safety, October10, 2011 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence News U.S. - Teens Grapple With Cyberethics in the Digital Age , Tech News World , Oct. 7, 2011 U.S. - Facebook...

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, May 14, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (E.U.) - Europe's more stringent view of online privacy , San Francisco Chronicle...

Dick Craddock of Windows Live explains on the Inside Windows Live Blog : At Hotmail, we know that account hijacking is a big problem, and we continue to work hard to prevent it. We’ve noticed a couple of things about hijacked accounts. First...

Richard Boscovich, Senior Attorney, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, writes on the Official Microsoft Blog : Last month, I shared with you that the Rustock botnet has remained inactive since Microsoft and its partners took it offline on March 16 th ...

Brendon Lynch, Chief Privacy Officer, Microsoft, writes on the Microsoft on the Issues blog : As we engage with people around the world, it is clear that privacy issues are top of mind for consumers, businesses, governments and policymakers. It seems...

Dan Nicolescu from the Microsoft Malware Protection Center writes on the MMPC Threat Research & Response blog : This morning my Facebook email address was invaded with spam (scam-spam as I call it) from people in my friends list with subject titles...

Updated 9:14 A.M. 8/2/2011 Microsoft released a change to its geographic location positioning service on July 30, 2011, which addresses an issue highlighted in Elie Bursztein's blog on July 29, 2011. This change adds improved filtering to validate...

Benjamin Moebius writes on the Security Tips & Talk Blog : The Hotmail team has been busy. Three of our favorite new security improvements are: No more easy passwords. You might know that millions of people use the word “password”...

Today Microsoft released a new whitepaper that I authored for the company titled “Fostering Digital Citizenship,” along with a new Microsoft study about posting personal information online, and an Online Reputation Guide for teens. Fostering...

Yesterday the Bing team announced new features in Bing that offer a more personalized search for customers by using location data as well as search history, on the official Bing blog : For years people have talked about personalized search as the...

We just added written a new two-page backgrounder document for our Trustworthy Computing Policymakers site on Location Based Services and Privacy . Location Based Services (LBS) are becoming an increasingly popular with consumers, especially mobile users...

From the Microsoft Security Tips Blog : Microsoft released a security advisory today warning about fraudulent digital certificates that could be used to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform other exploits that could put you at risk....

Yesterday at the annual RSA Conference in San Francisco, Microsoft’s Chief Privacy Officer, Brendon Lynch, took part in a session on “ Privacy and Security: It's Good Business .” Brendon shared some of his thoughts regarding implementing...

Yesterday on the Bing Community Blog, Microsoft announced a new integration with Facebook and Bing in a post titled, Facebook Friends Now Fueling Faster Decisions on Bing . A video segment of the blog post features an interview with Sree Kamidreddy, privacy...

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Posted by Peter Cullen, Chief Privacy Strategist on the Microsoft on the Issues Blog : This week, more than 400 policymakers, privacy advocates and industry representatives will be converging in Israel for the 32nd International Conference of Data...

This year’s State of the Net Conference in Washington, D.C. on January 17th featured a number of lively sessions I attended that addressed issues of online privacy. The day began with a keynote by Cameron Kerry , General Counsel, U.S. Department...