Microsoft Plans Native Privacy Features for IE8

August 27th, 2008

Microsoft on Monday revealed some new privacy features for Internet Explorer 8, the next version of its market-leading Web browser. The features address the concerns of consumers and privacy advocates, who called the plans a positive step.The new features will let users control their history, cookies and other information that IE8 stores. Other features aim to help users control how their browsing history is shared by Web sites. By default, IE8 browses the Web the same way IE7 does.

“Having privacy native in the browser as opposed to just an extension is something we’ve been advocating for a long time from all the browser manufacturers,” said Ari Schwartz, deputy director at the Center for Democracy and Technology. “Incorporating all of these privacy features at once is a major step forward. Safari has some built-in privacy and Firefox has extensions. Native privacy is better.”

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