Truste asked to probe Microsoft http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,33839,00.html?st.ne.lh..ni A complaint lodged by Junkbusters has asked Truste to investigate whether Microsoft's admitted practice of collecting information on users' PCs when they register Windows 98 violates Microsoft's license with Truste. Microsoft also has acknowledged that documents created with its Office 97 applications include information on their authors. "I initiated the process to put it through its paces, so we could examine it," said Junkbusters' President Jason Catlett, a privacy activist. The complaint comes at a critical moment for Internet privacy policy. Today U.S. and European Union negotiators are discussing a way for U.S. companies to get around the strict privacy provisions of the European Union. Rules that were slated to go into effect last October could limit how much data on European citizens can be sent to the U.S. unless privacy safeguards are made as strong as Europe's. But the rules haven't taken effect yet, and negotiators are seeking a compromise. The U.S. is proposing a "safe harbor" provision that would let private efforts, not just legislation, to regulate privacy meet the European requirement. -more- > Kathy E. Gill > DCAC/MRM Methods Communication -- 425.965.6901 > Continuous effort -- not strength or intelligence -- is the key to unlocking our >potential. ~ Liane Cardes > Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire! > ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The NEW Web Consultants Association FORUMS and CHAT: Register Today at: http://just4u.com/forums/ Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants Give the Gift of Life This Year... Just4U Stop Smoking Support forum - helping smokers for over three years-tell a friend: http://just4u.com/forums/ To get 500 Banner Ads for FREE go to http://www.linkbuddies.com/start.go?id=111261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
