European Union regulators said Tuesday they were not yet satisfied that online authentication services like Microsoft's .NET Passport are complying with data protection laws in Europe, but stopped short of launching a formal investigation. "Although Microsoft has put in place some measures to address data protection, a number of elements of the .NET Passport system raise legal issues and therefore require further consideration," the heads of data protection agencies from the 15 EU countries said.
The regulators, who meet monthly, were analyzing complaints that .NET Passport violated strict privacy laws by collecting and passing on information without the user's knowledge.
Microsoft insists it does no such thing and says its Passport service, the largest of its kind by far, fully complies with European laws.
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