Privacy concerns raised (and answered) about Live Local

December 14, 2005 By

Yet another example of how blogs can be used to answer concerns raised in the community. Here the MSN Search Blog answers privacy concerns raised by O’Reilly and BoingBoing.

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  • Anonymous

    The TOS says that Microsoft stores location information and will provide it to third parties if required to do so by law. The blog post says that location information is not shared with third parties. There seems to be a contradiction.

    Mike Liebhold points out that Placelab can provide location information without disclosing the users location to a service. Why didn’t Microsoft use this approach?

    The blog post says that “Locate Me” sends standard HTTP header information to the service. Does this include cookies? Can these cookies be tied back to personal information in an MSN account?

  • Anonymous

    The TOS says that Microsoft stores location information and will provide it to third parties if required to do so by law. The blog post says that location information is not shared with third parties. There seems to be a contradiction.

    Mike Liebhold points out that Placelab can provide location information without disclosing the users location to a service. Why didn’t Microsoft use this approach?

    The blog post says that “Locate Me” sends standard HTTP header information to the service. Does this include cookies? Can these cookies be tied back to personal information in an MSN account?