Actually, they're saving that none of it is private.  "You acknowledge that
all Communication Services are public and not private communications..."

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Paul Chapin
Curricular Computing Specialist
Amherst College
413 542-2144


> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Poehlman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2001 10:50 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: ALL YOUR DATA (AND BIZ PLANS) BELONG TO MICROSOFT
>
>
> this is extremely bad and contradictory.  on one hand, they say your
> privacy is protected but what they really seem to be sauying after
> reading the article, the agreement and the privacy statement is that
> your data are protected from everyone but microsoft.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Arnold" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 6:40 PM
> Subject: ALL YOUR DATA (AND BIZ PLANS) BELONG TO MICROSOFT
>
>
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> THE REGISTER: ALL YOUR DATA (AND BIZ PLANS) ARE
> BELONG TO
> MICROSOFT
>
> "The current Passport Terms of Use agreement not only fails
> to guarantee confidentially, but actually gives Microsoft and
> its business partners the right to own your information, and
> do pretty much what they want with it. That encompasses all
> your Hotmail and MSN Messenger communications today."
>
> COMPLETE STORY:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18002.html
>
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>