Microsoft pushes for privacy legislation
CRN.com | at | by Mike
Efforts to establish national standards for protecting computer data received a boost Thursday when Microsoft announced support for the idea.
Microsoft, the world's biggest computer software maker, did not endorse a specific bill but said a single national standard is better than the complex and sometimes contradictory patchwork approach now in place around the country.
Congress has a number of proposals aimed at ensuring companies meet a certain standard for computer security and that they disclose when hackers have obtained customers' information. But no comprehensive legislation has been proposed.