Alastair Stevenson reports: Microsoft has issued a statement denying claims suggesting devices running its Windows 7 mobile operating system are illegally collecting users’ location data. […] First reported by Reuters, the new lawsuit against Microsoft was filed in a Seattle federal court Wednesday. The suit claims that Microsoft intentionally created software on its Windows 7…
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Microsoft Expresses Cloud Privacy Commitment, Concerns
Thomas Claburn reports: Cloud computing continues evoke privacy concerns, so Microsoft has published a position paper that attempts to address the questions it’s been hearing. The paper’s publication coincides with the 31st International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, which is taking place this week in Madrid, Spain. “We know that cloud computing is…
UPDATE: Microsoft recovers ‘most, if not all’ Sidekick users’ data
Mary Jo Foley reports: On October 15, Microsoft reversed itself, claiming now that instead of losing all of the personal data of Sidekick users, it has recovered “most, if not all” of it. (Over the past few days, Microsoft has moved from saying all data was lost, to some, to possibly none.) From a note…
T-Mobile sued over Sidekick data loss (update 3)
It was only a matter of time, right? How much time, you ask? The Sidekick service disruption occurred last week, and a class action lawsuit (pdf) was filed against T-Mobile USA by Oren Rosenthal in Superior Court in Washington on October 12. The lawsuit, which alleges negligence, breach of contract, and violation of Washington’s Consumer…