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...

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...

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...

We just published a new article to help educate consumers on the risks of using location services and how to do so more safely : Use location services more safely Does your phone know where you are? If you've used your phone to find directions...

Stephen L Rose writes on the Windows Team Blog : We’re just a couple days into TechEd North America in Orlando and already there’s a tremendous amount of excitement in the air, particularly around new information that we’re sharing...