Digital Policy

Microsoft is working to expand the possibilities for computing every day - investing in creative ideas, new technologies, new business models that are transformative and help to solve important global challenges. We are working in partnership with EU Technology stakeholders to ensure that new technologies and services evolve to meet the needs of Europe’s governments, economies and citizens. Focusing on Intellectual property, interoperability, child online safety, privacy and security, we wish to be part of the debate on EU digital policies and ensure that consumers benefit from all our ICT innovations and endless opportunities.

LATEST ENTRIES ON Digital Policy

Cornelia Kutterer

Microsoft still committed to make the internet safer for children!

Cornelia Kutterer, Senior Policy Counsel - 15 May 2012

The Commission recently launched a new strategy for a safer internet and better internet content for children and teenagers.  This new strategy seeks to accomplish a few objectives. First, to stimulate the production of creative and educational online content for children. Second,  to advance awareness raising and teaching of online safety in all EU schools; in order to develop childrens’...

Townsend Feehan

AdChoices icon will bring greater transparency to Online Behavioral Advertising

Townsend Feehan, Attorney - 11 May 2012

For several weeks now, internet users visiting MSN sites in EEA countries will have seen a small “AdChoices” icon next to online adverts appearing on the sites. See the screenshot at the end of the post.

Françoise Le Bail

Data protection: a new set of rules for SMEs

Françoise Le Bail, European Commission, Director General for Justice - 02 May 2012

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. On March 27, I had the pleasure of attending the third annual Summit of the International Association of...

Ron Zink

Ideas Matter!

Ron Zink, Associate General Counsel - 30 April 2012

An exciting new initiative got underway in Europe yesterday called “Ideas Matter”.  It’s not another lobbying group, but an awareness campaign to get the message out about the benefits that intellectual property or “IP” has for innovation, for the economy, for companies large and small, and for consumers and society more broadly.

Tim Rains

The Security Intelligence Report shows shifts in the European threat landscape

Tim Rains, Director, Trustworthy Computing Communications - 26 April 2012

The EU Cybersecurity and Digital Crimes Forum is a full day conference on cyber and internet security addressing European policy makers and national security and digital crime specialists. We invite you to discover or re-discover key Microsoft programmes & initiatives around this topic. Some months back I wrote an article on cyber-threats in the European Union. This article was based on data...

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