German state of Hesse bans cloud services from schools due to privacy risks

Re:German state of Hesse bans cloud services from schools du... by mfritsche on Monday July 15, 2019 @07:41AM (#20439850)

It's one of sixteen states. Office 365 (and Windows 10) have been identified as not being able to be used in accordance with data privacy laws in Germany time and time again. So far, nobody got fined for using either software yet.

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Re:German state of Hesse bans cloud services from schools du... by chopin on Monday July 15, 2019 @08:14AM (#20440055)

Do you know any authorities using Windows 10 who handle personal data? Last I looked the BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik) hasn't blessed Windows 10 as appropriate over battles with MS on telemetry.

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Re:German state of Hesse bans cloud services from schools du... by hobofan on Monday July 15, 2019 @09:28AM (#20440578)

Munich is switching away from Limux towards Windows 10, which I assume also includes workstations that handle PII.

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Re:German state of Hesse bans cloud services from schools du... by adrianN on Monday July 15, 2019 @08:34AM (#20440175)

I'd be very surprised to find any authorities using such a recent version of Windows.

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Re:German state of Hesse bans cloud services from schools du... by mkesper on Monday July 15, 2019 @07:45AM (#20439877)

Maybe it's a start.

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