Microsoft is at it again!

Here is the story from slashdot.org:

Your Rights Online: Microsoft’s Consent-or-Die Patent

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday September 11, @09:43AM
from the i’m-more-of-a-cake-or-death-man-myself dept.

 

theodp writes “Maybe you shouldn’t get too attached to those new Windows Live services. On Tuesday, the USPTO granted Microsoft a patent for privacy policy change notification, which describes how to threaten users with the loss of their accounts and access to web sites and services should they refuse to consent to changes in a privacy policy. This includes the case where a user might object to allowing personal information, collected earlier with a promise of confidentiality, to be shared in the future with third parties. Also described is a ‘Never Notify Me’ option so you won’t have to ‘worry’ over privacy policy changes.”