http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/30/business/worldbusiness/30SOFT.html?ei=5062&en=fa850440cebec7cf&ex=1044507600&partner=GOOGLE&pagewanted=print&position=top
The New York Times January 30, 2003 Europe Said to Agree on Microsoft Privacy Issues By THE NEW YORK TIMES y The New York Times BRUSSELS, Jan. 29 - Data-protection officials from the 15 member nations of the European Union will ask Microsoft to make additional changes to Passport, its online customer authentication system, people close to the officials' deliberations on the matter say. The officials concluded a two-day conference here today with an agreement on how to respond to offers by Microsoft to bring Passport into compliance with the union's strict data privacy laws. But they decided not to make it public until later this week to permit time for it to be translated from English into French. A Microsoft spokesman said the company could not comment until the final language of the decision was available. One person who attended the meeting said Microsoft had offered to make substantial changes to Passport. He said that a central problem the officials had identified with Passport was the way it permits Microsoft to share personal details it gathers about consumers with other companies that participate in Microsoft's e-commerce platform. Copyright 2003 The New York Times Company |Permissions |Privacy Policy -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]