Windows 10 personal data collection ruled 'excessive'

[SecularMotion]

Microsoft faces fines in France if it doesn't curb tracking of users' behaviour

France's Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties, or CNIL in French) says in a notice posted online today that it has warned Microsoft about the breaches and the software giant could be penalized if it doesn't "cease the excessive collection of users' data and browsing history without their consent."

The agency alleges Microsoft is violating France's data privacy law by:

• Using Windows 10 to track all the programs users install on their system and the amount of time they spend using each one.
  
• Allowing users to set a relatively weak, four-digit PIN code to access online services, including online payment history, without capping the number of incorrect PIN attempts before someone is locked out of the account.
  
• Targeting users with Microsoft and third-party advertising based on their browsing history, without prior user consent.
  
• Tracking and targeting users with browser cookies without informing them or implementing an opt-out.
  
• Transmitting personal information back to the United States, where Microsoft is headquartered, under the auspices of the EU-U.S. "safe harbour" agreement, despite a decision last October by the European Court of Justice ruling the agreement invalid.
  

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/windows-10-privacy-france-data-collection-1.3687737

[hobbit709]

1. M$ added a lot of that in sneaky updates to 7 and 8. Use Spybot Anti-Beacon

https://www.safer-networking.org/spybot-anti-beacon/

[Siwsan]

2. So my addiction to Pyramid Solitaire is no longer my dirty little secret?

Damn the luck!!

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Is Micro 10 tracking our browser history?

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If so, they really suck at endorsements of the products I'm looking for.

[hobbit709]

4. Not only that but a whole bunch more

[Baitball Blogger]

5. The way I look at it, the more they infringe on my Civil Rights,

the more legal cause they create for themselves once it becomes obvious that they are empowering the wrong people in this country.

[dickthegrouch]

6. Don't forget OneDrive which is ON by default

One drive sucks every document and photograph onto Microsoft servers.
You can suspend it, but not turn it off.

[hobbit709]

7. Try this.

http://www.howtogeek.com/225973/how-to-disable-onedrive-and-remove-it-from-file-explorer-on-windows-10/