Yesterday France's National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) slapped a formal order on Microsoft to comply with data protection laws after it found Windows 10 was collecting "excessive data" about users.
The company has been given three months to meet the demands or it will
face fines. Microsoft has now responded, saying it is happy to work with
the CNIL to work towards an acceptable solution.
Interestingly, while
not denying the allegations set against it, the company does nothing to defend the amount of data collected by Windows 10,
and also fails to address the privacy concerns it raises.
Microsoft
does address concerns about the transfer of data between Europe and the
US, saying that while the Safe Harbor agreement is no longer valid, the
company still complied with it up until the adoption of Privacy Shield.
It's interesting to see that Microsoft, in response to a series of
complaints very clearly leveled at Windows 10, manages to mention the
operating system only once.
There is the promise of a statement about
privacy next week, but for now we have Microsoft's response to the
CNIL's order.
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