Microsoft, Google back broad privacy legislation
July 9, 2008 By JOELLE TESSLER , AP Business Writer(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. told lawmakers Wednesday that Congress should pass basic privacy legislation to protect information about consumers, such as the data being gathered about people's Web surfing habits in order to pinpoint Internet advertising.
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