Keeping online data private: Data Privacy Day January 28, 2009
Organizations and businesses in the United States, Europe, and Canada celebrate Data Privacy Day, which is dedicated to educating people about online privacy protections.
To commemorate the day, Microsoft commissioned research to examine consumer perceptions of online privacy issues. The findings led us to think about how we can build on our efforts to help consumers protect their personal information.
The research, which asked people of different ages about online privacy, formed the basis of "My Privacy: Safely Navigating Life Online," a 5-minute documentary:
Microsoft also hosted a privacy video competition for European teenagers, to understand how they view privacy and what concerns they have. Watch the winning entries:
http://www.dataprotectionday.eu/winners/
Microsoft Privacy Team Blog
Visit our blog, "The Data Privacy Imperative," to learn about what we are doing to help protect your privacy and give you more control of your personal information.
Privacy in the Cloud Computing Era: A Microsoft Perspective (Thursday, November 05, 2009)
Brendon Lynch here. Today we released a new position paper, Privacy in the Cloud Computing Era: A Microsoft Perspective . This new paper discusses how Microsoft is approaching privacy as it relates to cloud computing. We wrote this paper based on our...(read more)