Microsoft is right in the thick of the biggest privacy topics of the day, whether responding to the challenges presented by new cloud solutions and the Internet of Things or battling with the U.S. government over access to data being held on non-U.S. soil. In this one-on-one conversation with IAPP Publications Director Sam Pfeifle, Microsoft CPO Brendon Lynch talks about Microsoft's views on the current state of privacy worldwide, the company's privacy priorities and how Microsoft is operationalising those goals and priorities.