By Pia Heikkila, 16 May 2002 15:40
NEWS Microsoft has come in for fierce criticism this week from users for changing the settings in its Passport sign on service, a claim the company has now furiously denied. The Redmond giant was accused of changing the log-in privacy settings of Passport to make data more accessible for marketing purposes after users noticed the changed behaviour of the application. It promoted a flurry of complaints on internet message boards. But Microsoft has now announced it has not in fact altered anything instead it claims it is making the software even safer to ensure users' data will remain private. The company said Passport users can confirm their privacy details via a service called "Edit Your .Net Passport Profile" which allows users to decide how much information they want to disclose with Passport affiliated sites.
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