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Q300065: Tips That Help Keep Passport User Data Safe

Article: Q300065
Product(s): Microsoft Developer Network
Version(s): 1.3,1.4
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 04-JUN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Passport, versions 1.3, 1.4 
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SUMMARY
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Passport user security and privacy is extremely important. You must make all
efforts to keep Passport user core profile data as secure and private as
possible.

MORE INFORMATION
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Review the following items to make sure that your site is following all Passport
policies and standards:

- Have you read, understood, and signed the comprehensive Microsoft privacy
  policy?

- Do you have a posted privacy statement?

- If your site is based in the United States, is it registered with an
  independent, industry-recognized, privacy-assurance body such as TRUSTe or
  BBBOnLine?

- Is your site constructed in such a way that all of Microsoft's privacy and
  security policies are being followed?

- Are pages of your site that access Passport user profile data using the POST
  method rather than the GET method to transfer user profile data to other
  pages?

NOTE: This is especially important when data is transferred between a collecting
form and the page that performs the upload by using the Profile property and the
Commit and LogoTag2 methods.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSNSearch kbPassport140 kbPassport130 kbPassportSearch
Version           : :1.3,1.4
Issue type        : kbinfo

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