Tech Companies Say Data Protection Guards Against Crime

Internet companies need to be more accountable for the mass of personal data collected from users to guard against cybercrime, industry executives said. "Information is the currency of growth, but it's also increasingly become the currency of crime," Peter Cullen, chief privacy strategist for Microsoft Corp, said at the Family Online Safety Institute's annual conference.

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