Microsoft Privacy & Safety

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, February 11, 2013

David Burt — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:08:33 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, January 21, 2013

David Burt — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:05:40 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, January 14, 2013

David Burt — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:17:29 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, December 31, 2012

David Burt — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 17:33:01 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, December 17, 2012

David Burt — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:49:49 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, December 9, 2012

David Burt — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:05:36 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, November 26, 2012

David Burt — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:21:08 GMT

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...(read more)

Privacy and a New Era of Personal Computing: A View from Brussels

David Burt — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:14:00 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, November 19, 2012

David Burt — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:11:19 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, November 12, 2012

David Burt — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:51:14 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, November 5, 2012

David Burt — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:32:00 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, October 22, 2012

David Burt — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:20:18 GMT

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...(read more)

Learn to Fight Online Fraud During Cyber Awareness Month

David Burt — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:39:22 GMT

Jacqueline Beauchere, Director, Trustworthy Computing Communications writes on the Microsoft on the Issues Blog : Lottery scams, advance-fee fraud, phishing attacks and fake anti-virus alerts. These are just a few ways criminals are attempting to...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, October 15, 2012

David Burt — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:29:38 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, October 1, 2012

David Burt — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 23:43:59 GMT

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...(read more)

SkyDrive adds “Recycle Bin” for easier cloud data recovery

David Burt — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:03:07 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, September 24, 2012

David Burt — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 23:38:12 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, September 17, 2012

David Burt — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:59:05 GMT

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, September 17, 2012 A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence General Online Privacy News (U.S.) – Big Data in Your Blood: Coming World of Biological Sensors...(read more)

Working Toward a Privacy Framework for the “Big Data” Era

David Burt — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:28:27 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, September 10, 2012

David Burt — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:09:36 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, September 3, 2012

David Burt — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:27:44 GMT

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 ...(read more)

Back to School with New Devices? Lesson #1: Mobile Safety

David Burt — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:07:46 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, August 27, 2012

David Burt — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:33:28 GMT

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...(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, August 20, 2012

David Burt — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:03:54 GMT

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....(read more)

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, August 13, 2012

David Burt — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 20:46:50 GMT

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...(read more)