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Dutch regulator sees potential privacy breach in Microsoft Windows

Posted on August 27, 2019 by pogowasright.org

Reuters reports:

Microsoft is remotely collecting data from users of Windows Home and Windows Pro, in a potential breach of privacy rules, the Dutch Data Protection Agency (DPA) said on Tuesday.

The DPA said it had found the practices while it was testing privacy protection changes in Windows made last year by Microsoft at the agency’s request.

Read more on Reuters (Ca).

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