Stefan Mileschin

France's data protection commissioner, CNIL, has found that Microsoft collects only half as much data from Windows 10 users now under the "basic" telemetry setting. The agency criticized the company last summer for collecting excessive data and ordered them to comply with the country's "computing and freedoms" laws, but they are now satisfied, being that the OS now limits its collection of data to the bare minimums required "to maintain the system and applications in good working order and to ensure [users'] safety." Microsoft has scaled back the volume of data it collects from Windows 10 PCs by "almost half," leading French authorities to drop their threat of a fine. The French regulator CNIL today announced that Windows 10 is no longer in breach of the country's data protection laws, following changes to how the OS handles user privacy. Microsoft had previously faced the threat of a fine of up to 150,000 euro ($158,000) if Windows 10 wasn't brought into compliance with French data protection rules. Since the notice was issued to Microsoft in July last year, Windows 10 has almost halved the volume of data it collects when the user picks the "basic" telemetry setting, according to a notice issued by CNIL.

http://www.hardocp.com/news/2017/06/...ects_from_pcs/