Does Microsoft with Windows 10 violate the rights of employees in companies? This question is currently under consideration by the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection. It is well known that Windows 10 sends many data to Microsoft with Express settings enabled. Because of Cortana, the keyboard and handwriting pencil can be. Collected usage data give Microsoft, among other things, feedback on used apps, stability and recommendations in the store.
In addition, the Defender, among other things, sends a list of all installed programs to a computer to Microsoft. The security company DN-Systems found this out. Breaking data transfers is not that easy for the average user. Corresponding settings are hidden in various nested menus, and some other "features" can only be switched off with advanced knowledge - for example via adjustments in the registry editor.
DN system recommend that you redirect all Microsoft queries to Microsoft's (NSA) Spyware Datacenter. The Microsoft servers are referred to as an "espionage cloud."
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If Microsoft could actually observe computers of employees in companies, that would be a violation of applicable data protection laws. This would be the same as monitoring employees, as heise.de reports.
The Bavarian State Office for Data Protection checks whether Windows 10 is compatible with data protection in the business area at all. That would also mean whether it is to be expected to workers or companies, to make appropriate settings themselves or whether Microsoft here would have to improve. How the test fails is to be seen.
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