EU Privacy Watchdogs Say Windows 10 Settings Still Raise Concerns (reuters.com)

Julia Fioretti, reporting for Reuters: European Union data protection watchdogs said on Monday they were still concerned about the privacy settings of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system despite the U.S. company announcing changes to the installation process. The watchdogs, a group made up of the EU's 28 authorities responsible for enforcing data protection law, wrote to Microsoft last year expressing concerns about the default installation settings of Windows 10 and users' apparent lack of control over the company's processing of their data. The group -- referred to as the Article 29 Working Party -- asked for more explanation of Microsoft's processing of personal data for various purposes, including advertising. "In light of the above, which are separate to the results of ongoing inquiries at a national level, even considering the proposed changes to Windows 10, the Working Party remains concerned about the level of protection of users' personal data," the group said in a statement which also acknowledged Microsoft's willingness to cooperate.

Comments

This is an OS

[HalAtWork]

It shouldn't be collecting data of any kind unless you opt to submit crash reports

They also need to prevent unattended reboots

[Snotnose]

My #1 complaint on Win10, over the telemetry and touch oriented interface, is the fact that whenever I open my laptop I never know if it will have rebooted or not.

I don't understand how M$ can think it's ok to reboot my laptop without first getting my consent. If it weren't for a couple programs I need Windows for I'd have 2 laptops running Linux, instead of just 1.

Re:EU Governments need to ban Windows 10.

[xlsior]

If they were to ban the sale of Win10 in the EU, Microsoft would magically have a non-privacy-violating version read the next day.

The EU is a much larger market than North America, Microsoft couldn't afford to ignore it.