Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Microsoft’s lead EU data watchdog is looking into fresh Windows 10 privacy concerns | TechCrunch

Windows 10, GDPR Edition?...
"The Dutch data protection agency has asked Microsoft’s  lead privacy regulator in Europe to investigate ongoing concerns it has attached to how Windows 10 gathers user data.

Back in 2017 the privacy watchdog found Microsoft’s platform to be in breach of local privacy laws on account of how it collects telemetry metadata.

After some back and forth with the regulator, Microsoft made changes to how the software operates in April last year — and it was in the course of testing those changes that the Dutch agency found fresh reasons for concern, discovering what it calls in a press release “new, potentially unlawful, instances of personal data processing”. "
Microsoft’s lead EU data watchdog is looking into fresh Windows 10 privacy concerns | TechCrunch

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