France Drops Windows 10 Privacy Case After Microsoft Changes Telemetry Settings (betanews.com)

Reader Mark Wilson writes: There have been lots of complaints about invasion of privacy since the release of Windows 10. Microsoft's telemetry lead to several lawsuits, including one from France's National Data Protection Commission which said Windows 10 was collecting 'excessive personal data' about users. But now the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libert's has decided to drop its case against Microsoft. The commission is happy that sufficient steps have been taken to reduce the amount of data that is collected and users are now informed about data collection.

Comments

Reality check

[WaffleMonster]

Telling someone your going to do something first before you do it does not legitimize the underlying action.

Amount of data required to be sent to Microsoft to ensure proper operation of Windows is 0 bytes.

Take it or leave it demands are not choices to the extent Windows is not a commodity and leaving it isn't a viable option.

Windows 10 is malware.

Re:What happens when they re-enable it?

[davester666]

1. It's still enabled. You can't really turn it off, short of disconnecting the computer from the internet.
2. You still don't know exactly what Microsoft is transmitting to their servers. It's just "less than before".
3. There is no limit as to what is transmitted to their servers, nor will there be any notification or approval required when they decide to increase what is being transmitted to their servers.