Privacy What Developers and IT Professionals Should Know

Conclusion

Several options are available to consumers and IT administrators who are using Windows-based systems and are concerned about managing data leaving their computer or enterprise for the Internet. Many of the Windows components provide settings for managing these Internet communications on the desktop and through Group Policy. Many of the new Microsoft applications and applications designed by other companies are including privacy settings in their applications and providing administrative template files for management of these same settings using Group Policy.

As a developer, when creating applications that interface with the Internet, be sure to include settings to enable users to control the Internet communications if they need to. ...