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Windows10, big (MS) brother watching? Jul 22, 2016 11:22:10 GMT 7

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Post by rubl on Jul 22, 2016 11:22:10 GMT 7

"France: Windows 10 collects 'excessive personal data', issues Microsoft with formal warning
After accusations that Windows 10 collects too much data about users, France's National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) has order Microsoft to comply with the French Data Protection Act within three months. The company has been ordered to "stop collecting excessive data and tracking browsing by users without their consent".

In addition to this, the chair of CNIL has notified Microsoft that it needs to take "satisfactory measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of user data". The notice comes after numerous complaints about Windows 10, and a series of investigations by French authorities which revealed a number of failings on Microsoft's part."

betanews.com/2016/07/20/windows-10-excessive-data-collection-france/

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Windows10, big (MS) brother watching? Jul 22, 2016 17:54:16 GMT 7 rubl likes this

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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2016 17:54:16 GMT 7

If you installed windows 10, you agreed to the EULA and have in effect given Microsoft permission to collect data.

They're doing it with 7 and 8 aswell if you have certain updates installed. If youve updated in the past year they're installed.

It's not as if any of this collection process is going to help gather intelligence to aid the so called fight against terrorism either, as they mostly use linux, encryption and camels to communicate.

rubl Crazy Mango Extraordinaire The wondering type Posts: 23,611 Likes: 8,974	Windows10, big (MS) brother watching? Jul 22, 2016 23:14:39 GMT 7 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by rubl on Jul 22, 2016 23:14:39 GMT 7 300 million copies of windows/10 and do I need one or two hands to count all those who read and studied the EULA ?
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Windows10, big (MS) brother watching? Jul 23, 2016 0:17:14 GMT 7

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Post by rubl on Jul 23, 2016 0:17:14 GMT 7

Microsoft has been heard of

"Microsoft has now responded, saying it is happy to work with the CNIL to work towards an acceptable solution. Interestingly, while not denying the allegations set against it, the company does nothing to defend the amount of data collected by Windows 10, and also fails to address the privacy concerns it raises.

Microsoft does address concerns about the transfer of data between Europe and the US, saying that while the Safe Harbor agreement is no longer valid, the company still complied with it up until the adoption of Privacy Shield.

It's interesting to see that Microsoft, in response to a series of complaints very clearly leveled at Windows 10, manages to mention the operating system only once. There is the promise of a statement about privacy next week, but for now we have Microsoft's response to the CNIL's order."
betanews.com/2016/07/21/microsoft-response-cnil/

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