Windows 10 has just arrived and there’s a new Privacy Policy and Service Agreement from Microsoft coming swiftly in its wake.
The new policies take effect on 1 August and there are a few unsettling things nestling in there that you should be thinking about if you’re using the company’s services and software.
The Privacy Statement and Services Agreements combined come to 45 pages. Microsoft’s deputy general counsel, Horacio Gutierrez wrote that they are “straightforward terms and polices that people can clearly understand.” The reality is, you’re probably not going to read them. So I did…
And, like so many other companies, Microsoft has grabbed some very broad powers to collect things you do, say and create while using its software. Your data won’t be staying on your computer, that much is for sure. Full story...
Related posts:
The new policies take effect on 1 August and there are a few unsettling things nestling in there that you should be thinking about if you’re using the company’s services and software.
The Privacy Statement and Services Agreements combined come to 45 pages. Microsoft’s deputy general counsel, Horacio Gutierrez wrote that they are “straightforward terms and polices that people can clearly understand.” The reality is, you’re probably not going to read them. So I did…
And, like so many other companies, Microsoft has grabbed some very broad powers to collect things you do, say and create while using its software. Your data won’t be staying on your computer, that much is for sure. Full story...
Related posts:
- Why the hell is Windows 10 sharing my wifi passwords?
- Windows 10 might be free, but your privacy is priceless...
- Windows 10 to add facial recognition, iris scans and fingerprint reader...
- Windows 10's 'built-in keylogger'? Ha ha, says Microsoft ...
- China bars use of Windows 8 in government computers...
- Microsoft defends its right to read your email...
- Why I dropped Microsoft products like a bad habit and won't be going back...
- Revealed: how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages...
- The NSA helped make Windows 7...
No comments:
Post a Comment