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Mon 07 Jul 2007Microsoft takes new privacy stepsMicrosoft has said it is taking new steps to protect consumer privacy in web search and online advertising and called on the Internet industry to support it.Microsoft said it was responding to public concern over the recent consolidation of the online ad industry as well as stepped-up interest from government regulators in its call for a comprehensive rather than piecemeal approach to privacy.