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Consumer Trust Core to Health Privacy
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Posted by Frank Torres
Consumer Affairs Director
Information about our personal health is arguably the most sensitive data we own. From chronic conditions to medications to genetic makeup, our personal health information reveals intimate details about who we are, what we do, and what we may be like in the future. As a result, ensuring its privacy and confidentiality is a principle that simply cannot be compromised.
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Surf the Net – Think Privacy!
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Posted by Thomas Myrup Kristensen
EU Internet Policy Director
What does it take to ensure companies make great products that enhance privacy? What does it take to ensure that consumers understand their privacy rights and feel comfortable in an online world? In short, what does it take to build a real culture of online trust?
At Microsoft we believe privacy shouldn’t be an afterthought, but something that’s built into products from the design phase onwards. We feel strongly about empowering our customers to be in control of their own information, and with this conviction we design all our products and services.
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A Federal Stimulus for Science and Technology
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Posted by Dan Reed
Scalable and Multicore Computing Strategist
Microsoft Research
My colleague Pamela Passman recently blogged about the importance of the workforce development components of the economic recovery package working its way through the U.S. Congress.
As a scientist at Microsoft Research and someone long engaged in federal policy debates regarding computing research, I want to highlight several other aspects of the recovery legislation that are also vital to our long-term health and competitiveness. In addition to math and science education funding, the bill includes strong support for basic and applied science and technology that is critical for America to succeed in the innovation economy.
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Streaming the Inauguration
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Posted by Joel Cherkis
General Manager, U.S. Public Sector Industry Unit
Ok, I admit: I’m not a policy guy. But I’m venturing onto our new issues blog to report we are one day away from launching our latest project to support government initiatives around openness and transparency.
The Presidential Inaugural Committee has selected Microsoft Silverlight to deliver high-quality video streams of President-Elect Obama’s Baltimore event on his Whistle-Stop Tour (going from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. on Saturday, January 17) and Tuesday’s historic inauguration swearing-in ceremonies. The video streams can be seen live on http://www.pic2009.org/ starting tomorrow.
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Message to Washington – It’s all about Outcomes
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Posted by Peter Neupert
Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group
Yesterday, I testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, otherwise known as HELP. You can see a video of my testimony here. Before getting to the substance, I need to highlight how I continue to be awe-inspired about how our government works -- in a positive way. Any body can walk into the halls of Congress and sit in and listen to a hearing. Folks from all walks of life have input via a variety of means -- and while I get it's not perfect and can be better -- I remain proud of our democratic system and feel honored to be able to contribute/participate in it.
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Microsoft and the European Commission
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UPDATE: January 17, 2009, 10:15 a.m. Pacific -- The European Commission has commented on the Statement of Objections it sent to Microsoft Thursday. You can read the full text on the Commission’s Web site.
Posted by David Bowermaster
Administrator, Microsoft on the Issues
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Methods Matter for Protecting Privacy Online
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Posted by Mike Hintze
Associate General Counsel
There’s been much discussion recently about “data anonymization” to protect privacy online. Data anonymization is an especially hot topic when it comes to safeguarding data collected via online advertising or from Internet searches.
Today, I’ve been invited to talk about data anonymization at the “State of the Net” conference in Washington, D.C., put on by the Congressional Internet Caucus.
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Workforce Development and Economic Stimulus
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Posted by Pamela Passman
Corporate Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs
Given the constant flow of dreary news battering American workers – including today’s announcement that jobless claims soared to 524,000 in December as the unemployment rate jumped to a 16-year high of 7.2 percent-- my colleagues and I at Microsoft are heartened that Congressional leaders and President-elect Obama have proposed historic investments to get the economy growing again.
We are particularly pleased that workforce training and skills development are core elements of the stimulus packages now on the table.
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Welcome to Microsoft On The Issues
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Posted by Brad Smith
General Counsel When Microsoft was founded in 1975, software was a little-known product in a niche industry outside the public eye. Today, thanks to the proliferation of powerful computing devices in everything from cars to mobile phones, software and information technology touch virtually every individual and every aspect of society.
The diffusion of technology has, in turn, raised the prominence and urgency of tech issues in public policy debates.
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