Microsoft Corp. today announced at the World Wide Web Consortium´s Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P) Interoperability Session that its next version of Microsoft® Windows® will be the first operating system to include privacy-enabling technologies based on the P3P specification. During the event, Microsoft tested the compatibility of its new privacy solutions, designed for both consumers and Web-site operators, with other industry solutions. Microsoft support for P3P is expected to be available next year with the next major version of Windows, code-named "Whistler," which will include Microsoft Internet Explorer browser software.

P3P provides a standard and automated way to compare consumers´ privacy preferences with the privacy practices of the Web sites they visit, providing them with more control over their personal information on the Internet. In the past several years, Microsoft has been working with various companies, government officials and privacy advocacy groups to determine the best approach to implementing P3P-based solutions, and the company is working closely with the W3C to help finalize the P3P specification.

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