Within six months of instituting a revenge-porn removal policy, Microsoft received 537 content removal requests from around the world, approving 63 percent of them, Microsoft reports in a blog post. The rest were denied, mainly because the content was not deemed revenge porn. The company added that it wanted to make the process continually easier for victims to report abuse. Meanwhile, Microsoft has announced it will adopt the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, Out-Law.com reports, while company President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith discusses Microsoft’s recent win in the Irish data-storing appeals case in an interview with The Washington Post. Editor’s Note: The IAPP recently hosted a discussion on revenge porn solutions at the Privacy Symposium in Toronto.
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