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Microsoft says no EU Internet privacy probe
14:30 Tuesday 11th June 2002
Reuters
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Claims that European countries were investigating the .NET Passport system for infringment of privacy rights are baseless says Microsoft
Software giant Microsoft has denied that the European Commission or any EU state was formally investigating its .NET Passport system of collecting personal data from Internet users.
"Not one of the 15 member states or the European Commission is investigating Passport," Peter Fleischer, senior attorney for law and corporate affairs at Microsoft, told reporters on Tuesday.
He was commenting on reports last month that the Commission and EU states were to investigate whether .NET Passport complied with strict EU rules on the protection of individuals' data on the Internet. He said the company was in a "constructive dialogue" over this issue with the Commission and EU states.
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