Internet companies are taking steps to address calls for stronger online protection for Internet users, The Wall Street Journal reports. Most recently, both Microsoft and Facebook have "moved to beef up and clarify their efforts around the thorny issue of online privacy," the report states, describing Microsoft's move to add a do-not-track tool to its services and Facebook's new draft of its privacy policy with more user-friendly information headings. "The new policy is much more of a user guide to how to manage your data," said Jules Polonetsky, CIPP, of the Future of Privacy Forum, which was consulted by Facebook. "You might actually want to read this thing." (Registration may be required to access this story.)
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