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EU sides with Microsoft over ‘Do Not Track’

1:49 PM 06/27/2012
Josh Peterson

Computerworld - European regulators have urged an Internet standards-setting body to let Microsoft set users’ preferences for the “Do Not Track” privacy feature in the upcoming Internet Explorer 10 (IE10).

But the European Commission also asked the Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C) to require browser makers to present Do Not Track (DNT) options to users when they first install or run a browser, and allow them to change the default.

Full Story: EU regulators side with Microsoft in IE10′s ‘Do Not Track’ controversy

Tags: Do Not Track, EU, Microsoft