Microsoft: Privacy
Facebook on NYT data sharing report: We did nothing wrong
After today’s publication of an article in the New York Times detailing an investigation that uncovered more than 270 pages of...
EFF Launches New Do Not Track Standard With Coalition Of Web Companies
New standard works in tandem with privacy software with the aim of preventing sites from tracking users' internet...
Survey: 99 Percent Of Consumers Will Share Personal Info For Rewards, But Want Brands To Ask Permission
Consumers repeatedly say in surveys that they want more personalization — but also more privacy. This is an apparent contradiction. But...
Google Tells Users It Scans Their Email As Microsoft Puts “Scroogled” To Bed
Google updated its terms of service (TOS) yesterday to make more explicit the fact that it scans Gmail for the purpose of matching email...
Microsoft Calls For International Conference On Government Surveillance
Last week President Obama announced reforms to curb NSA domestic spying abuses. There was a range of reactions but many critics contend he...
Microsoft’s Latest Scroogled Target: Google’s “Gspam” Ads That Look Like Email
Microsoft has taken another shot at Google today with the latest push in its ongoing “Scroogled” campaign. This one? Another attack...
Google, Facebook In Transparency Battle Over PRISM Disclosures
Last night, what might be called a “transparency battle” erupted between Google and Facebook following Facebook’s disclosure...
Scope of Alleged Spying On Americans’ Internet Activity Massive, “Beyond Orwellian”
It turns out that for the past roughly 6 years, the US government has been “collecting” or “mining” US citizens’...
Study: Millennials More Comfortable Sharing Personal Data For Targeted Ads & Relevant Offers
A recent survey conducted by the USC Annenberg Center for Digital Future and Bovitz Inc., revealed “Millennials” (those 18-35)...
Microsoft’s “Scroogled” Campaign Against Gmail Wins 0.002% Of Users
It’s been a week since Microsoft went on the attack against Gmail, launching its “Scroogled” campaign portraying Gmail as a...
EU Takes 10 Days To Question Google Privacy Change; After Two Months, Finally Looks At Microsoft’s
Two months after Microsoft introduced the same type privacy policy changes that Google did, and was attacked by the European Union over, the EU...
Microsoft To Make Same Privacy Change Google Was Attacked For; No One Seems To Care
Earlier this year, Google announced a privacy policy change that was widely covered by tech blogs, the mainstream press and which generated much...
Google: “Impractical” To Comply With IE’s P3P Privacy Controls; Microsoft, Facebook & Others Also Fail
Google’s been taking fire for Microsoft accusing it of overriding Internet Explorer privacy controls. But Google’s now out with a...
Microsoft: Google Is Bypassing Internet Explorer Privacy Settings, Too
More trouble for Google today on the privacy front: Just days after revelations that Google is ignoring privacy settings on Apple’s Safari...
No, You Don’t Need To Fear The Google Privacy Changes: A Reality Check
Less than a month to go before Google’s new privacy policy changes happen. Microsoft is running an ad campaign encouraging switching to...
Google “Myth Busts” Microsoft’s Privacy Claims
That didn’t take long. Google has reacted to Microsoft’s ad campaign that slams Google’s forthcoming privacy policy changes...
Microsoft Slams Google Privacy Changes With “Putting People First” Ad Campaign
Last September, Google CEO Larry Page warned Google’s biggest threat was Google itself. His words are ringing true, as Google...