mr. andersen whenever we are ready. so, mr. andersen, go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman and honorable members of the committee, my name is erich andersen with microsoft windows division. finton for inviting me to testify today about the state of online privacy. we applaud the leadership the committee has shown on this issue. i also want to endorse assistant secretary strickling's call for federal privacy legislation. legislation can be an important component of a multi prong approach to privacy but also includes technology, tools, industry initiatives and consumer education. at microsoft, consumer trust is vital to our business and privacy is a critical component to running and maintaining that trust. and all of our service offerings we strive to be transparent about our privacy practices, offer meaningful privacy choices and protect the security and the data we store. in my will for the windows division, i've worked with the software team to develop privacy enhancing features for windows and internet explorer. we have groups working on similar efforts throughout

mr. andersen whenever we are ready. so, mr. andersen, go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. hairman and honorable members of the committee, my name is erich andersen with microsoft windows division. finton for inviting me to testify today about the state of online privacy. we applaud the leadership the committee has shown on this issue. i also want to endorse assistant secretary strickling's call for federal privacy legislation. legislation can be an important component of a multi prong approach to privacy but also includes technology, tools, industry initiatives and consumer education. at microsoft, consumer trust is vital to our business and privacy is a critical component to running and maintaining that trust. and all of our service offerings we strive to be transparent about our privacy practices, offer meaningful privacy choices and protect the security and the data we store. in my will for the windows division, i've worked with the software team to develop privacy enhancing features for windows and internet explorer. we have groups working on similar efforts throughout