Microsoft's Guidelines for Customer Privacy

jcatcw writes "Microsoft has released its 'Privacy Guidelines for Developing Software Products and Services.' According to Peter Cullen, chief privacy strategist, Microsoft has learned about protecting user's data from such endeavors as Hailstorm and WGA. 'Certainly that and other things have contributed to us thinking deeply with how we provide security and privacy, as well as respect and control with how their information is used,' he said. 'We think others should join in this discussion.'"

Comments

privavcy guidelines ...

[thrillseeker]

... don't collect (and keep and share and sell) crap just because you can - show some backbone and leadership and collect as little as is necessary to serve your customer.

Oh really?

[From A Far Away Land]

"WGA. "Certainly that and other things have contributed to us thinking deeply with how we provide security and privacy"

Is that why you have to sell your first born to Microsoft if you install Windows Media Player 11, and break the EULA? I bet you didn't know that was in there! It pays to read EULAs, unless you want rid of that kid.

And if they've learned from the WGA fiasco, why are they still requiring XP users to install it to get all updates?

WGA

[MyNameIsEarl]

I thought WGA didn't keep any data on the user only the machine. I guess that "anonymous" data collection isn't so anonymous after all.

The best way to protect customer information

[Anonymous Coward]

... is not to collect it in the first place.

Re:Summary is Totally Misleading

[MECC]

Microsoft's negligent software practices doesn't create work - it just creates bad software. See the broken windows fallacy.

Protect privacy from what?

[boyfaceddog]

any time a company or country defines security or privacy, it isn't to ensure their customers/citizens have more but to put limits on how much they need ro provide.