Microsoft’s commitment to GDPR, privacy and customers’ control of their own data

Re:Microsoft’s commitment to GDPR, privacy and customers’ co... by setquk on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @02:45AM (#17124135)

This is a very good question. I suspect that at some point someone will fire up their lawyers and find an answer.

Not only that but you can’t opt out from data collection at the moment.

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Re:Microsoft’s commitment to GDPR, privacy and customers’ co... by juki on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @06:33AM (#17124942)

Only the basic telemetry (which I assume doesn't include any personal data) can't be opted out of in Windows 10 home. Other privacy settings have to be opted in now. The recent "April update" forces you to say yes/no to all data collection settings.

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Re:Microsoft’s commitment to GDPR, privacy and customers’ co... by setquk on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @06:40AM (#17124968)

Basic telemetry is HUGE. You can't opt out of basic on Pro either.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/privacy/basic-level...

There's enough information in there to identify a machine and user via correlation.

Here's a full analytical report: https://www.lda.bayern.de/media/windows_10_report.pdf

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