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| September 01, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Advisor Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Microsoft has agreed to comply with a Federal Trade Commission (FTPC) mandate regarding the privacy and security of personal information it collects from consumers through its Passport Web services. Passport collects personal information from consumers and lets them sign in at all participating Web site with a single name and password. Passport Wallet collects and stores consumers' credit card numbers, as well as billing and shipping addresses, and lets them use the stored information when making purchases at participating Web sites.

The FTC initiated its investigation of Passport in response to complaints from consumer and privacy groups. The chief criticism stemmed from Microsoft's practice of collecting detailed information from ...

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