The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the governing body for HTML5, has accepted Microsoft's tracking opt-out proposal to protect consumer privacy, PCWorld reports. Microsoft's Tracking Protection allows users to choose not to be tracked on the Web by blocking the content that does the tracking, the report states. Internet Explorer's corporate vice president, Dean Hachamovitch, said online privacy is a high priority for consumers and governments around the world. Ashkan Soltani, a privacy and security researcher, called Microsoft's release of the program "a great move" that demonstrates the company's recognition "that for this to work, you want both technology and policy to work in tandem."
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