The technology company Microsoft has announced it plans to introduce in its next browser Internet Explorer 9 a tool of protection for its users to prevent crawling of your data while you surf the web. The announcement comes a week after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recommend this protective mechanism and the U.S. Congress debated the issue at a hearing. "Microsoft has a new tool to help consumers to have control over the potential for online tracking of companies as they move into the Web, "the company said in the statement, which echoes the demands of Washington and Brussels on the need to protect user privacy.

These tracking practices, which have increased with the rise of advertising agencies in the network, consisting of the automatic download of a type of invisible software that keeps the internet address of the user when, for example, you enter a website or see an ad. With that fact and that program, companies can track and search the web steps of a user and build a profile over time to recognize their tastes and habits , information that is usually sold to advertising companies. The next version of Microsoft Internet Explorer will be launched in 2011, the company said, the industry leader of the explorers with a market share of 60 percent.