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October 2009 - Posts

Statement by Peter Cullen on the Spanish Data Protection International Standards Proposal

Posted Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:11 PM by Microsoft Privacy Team
In the first week of November, hundreds of representatives from government, industry and civil society will be descending upon Madrid for the 31 st International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners to discuss a range of issues related Read More...
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Bing Bringing Twitter Search to You – With Privacy Protected

Posted Monday, October 26, 2009 8:07 PM by Microsoft Privacy Team
Last week, Microsoft announced on the Bing blog that Bing would be incorporating Twitter search results : Today at Web 2.0 we announced that working with those clever birds over at Twitter, we now have access to the entire public Twitter feed and have Read More...
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Let’s Get Behind Online Citizenship Education to Tackle Cyberbullying and Harrassment

Posted Monday, October 26, 2009 7:54 PM by Microsoft Privacy Team
Chuck Cosson, Microsoft Senior Policy Counsel writes on the Microsoft on the Issues Blog : Cyberbullying was in the news again last week as local authorities try to crack down on the problem. At Microsoft, we believe the best way to prevent cyberbullying Read More...
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Empowering Families in the Digital Age

Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009 5:13 PM by Microsoft Privacy Team
Steve Crown, Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Entertainment & Devices blogs on the Microsoft on the Issues Blog : I recently spent time in Washington, D.C., meeting with leading child safety experts who focus on addressing technology’s impact Read More...
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The Week in Privacy, October 9, 2009

Posted Saturday, October 10, 2009 4:11 PM by Microsoft Privacy Team
Thousands of Usernames and Passwords Posted Online. Dark Reading reports that “Lists containing tens of thousands of stolen email account usernames and passwords have shown up online during the past few days in what researchers say likely came out of Read More...
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Microsoft vs. Malvertising: tackling the threat of malicious online advertising

Posted Thursday, October 08, 2009 5:20 PM by Microsoft Privacy Team
From the Microsoft Security Tips & Talk Blog : Malvertising might sound like a fancy kind of dry cleaning, but it’s really fake online advertising designed to trick you into downloading malicious software onto your computer. The most common kind of Read More...
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Phishing scheme affecting some Hotmail customers

Posted Wednesday, October 07, 2009 4:51 PM by Microsoft Privacy Team
The Windows Live Team Blog writes : Over the weekend Microsoft learned that several thousand Windows Live Hotmail customers’ credentials were exposed on a third-party site due to a likely phishing scheme. Upon learning of the issue, we immediately requested Read More...
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Everyone has a Role to Play in Securing the ‘Net

Posted Friday, October 02, 2009 12:58 AM by Microsoft Privacy Team
Eric Wenger, Microsoft Policy Counsel for Cyber Security, Standards and Interoperability writes on the Microsoft on the Issues Blog : This morning, I had the privilege of attending the 2009 launch event for National Cyber Security Awareness Month , which Read More...
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