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23rd January 2003, 11:00 PM
By Reuters (letters@news.com)
January 23, 2003, 1:24 PM PT
The European Union's privacy watchdogs are expected to say next week that Microsoft's .Net Passport system broadly complies with EU data protection rules and that only minor changes are needed, EU sources said on Thursday.
EU national privacy controllers are expected to adopt a recommendation by experts from their Internet task force that says previous concerns were exaggerated.
"This (Passport) is not a system the controllers see with horror," a source close to the issue told Reuters. "The system can be operated within the EU data protection rules provided some adjustments are made."
Full story Here (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-981883.html?tag=fd_top)
January 23, 2003, 1:24 PM PT
The European Union's privacy watchdogs are expected to say next week that Microsoft's .Net Passport system broadly complies with EU data protection rules and that only minor changes are needed, EU sources said on Thursday.
EU national privacy controllers are expected to adopt a recommendation by experts from their Internet task force that says previous concerns were exaggerated.
"This (Passport) is not a system the controllers see with horror," a source close to the issue told Reuters. "The system can be operated within the EU data protection rules provided some adjustments are made."
Full story Here (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-981883.html?tag=fd_top)