Dutch Data Protection Authority: Microsoft breaches law with Windows 10

Re:Dutch Data Protection Authority: Microsoft breaches law w... by miggol on Friday October 13, 2017 @05:26AM (#15464186)

The Dutch law for the protection of personal information (wet bescherming persoonsgegevens) on which these conclusions are based, is basically just an implementation of an EU-wide directive. So if the WBP authority can agree that this breaks the law, this could climb up the ladder and result in another huge EU fine for Microsoft. I wonder if and how MS will respond or react to this release.

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Re:Dutch Data Protection Authority: Microsoft breaches law w... by amigoingtodie on Friday October 13, 2017 @05:28AM (#15464195)

Probably Windows 10.1

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Re:Dutch Data Protection Authority: Microsoft breaches law w... by marindez on Friday October 13, 2017 @05:34AM (#15464221)

Or an N version again.

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Re:Dutch Data Protection Authority: Microsoft breaches law w... by zokier on Friday October 13, 2017 @05:37AM (#15464230)

Yes, I'm thinking this will at most result yet another N version that nobody will buy and will have 0 practical impact.

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Re:Dutch Data Protection Authority: Microsoft breaches law w... by userbinator on Friday October 13, 2017 @06:43AM (#15464487)

If the N version has almost no telemetry, then I bet there will be plenty of customers. Almost everyone I've talked to who is unwilling to use Win10 has mentioned the telemetry/privacy aspects.

The previous N versions only have no Windows Media Player --- something a lot of users either want or don't care about, so no wonder they weren't popular.

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Re:Dutch Data Protection Authority: Microsoft breaches law w... by vetinari on Friday October 13, 2017 @05:50AM (#15464277)

Nobody will buy it, because it will be unobtanium, just like the N version was.

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Re:Dutch Data Protection Authority: Microsoft breaches law w... by pmontra on Friday October 13, 2017 @06:56AM (#15464539)

If the standard version breaks the Dutch law then it should be impossible to sell it there. Everybody should be able to buy only this hypothetical N version.

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Re:Dutch Data Protection Authority: Microsoft breaches law w... by rocqua on Friday October 13, 2017 @07:35AM (#15464720)

I had no option but to get the N version of windows 7 when using MSDNAA as a student in the Netherlands (service that gives free windows to students).

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Re:Dutch Data Protection Authority: Microsoft breaches law w... by zaroth on Friday October 13, 2017 @06:34AM (#15464448)

I thought it was easy to obtain, but nobody actually wanted it!

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Re:Dutch Data Protection Authority: Microsoft breaches law w... by vetinari on Friday October 13, 2017 @07:30AM (#15464703)

Have you ever tried to obtain it? Have you ever seen it as an OEM version bundled with computers, or just a box?

The only time I've seen it was on the MSDN download page. Nowhere else.

"Nobody wanted it" was a dishonest statement. It was not available -> nobody bought it -> so nobody "wanted" it.

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Re:Dutch Data Protection Authority: Microsoft breaches law w... by zaroth on Friday October 13, 2017 @02:49PM (#15468304)

Listed right there next to the other editions in Stores which are required to sell it....

https://www.microsoft.com/en-cy/store/collections/windows

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