Microsoft may ramp up encryption of customer data post-Snowden

Microsoft has confirmed to SCMagazineUK.com that it is considering encrypting customers’ personal data which it sends over the internet, in the wake of the allegations of mass electronic surveillance by the NSA.

The revelation that Microsoft is “evaluating additional changes that may be beneficial to further protect our customers’ data” came after its EMEA vice president of legal and corporate affairs, Dorothee Belz, faced tough questioning on Monday from a Committee of European MEPs.