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Windows 10 Home and Pro Users Won't Be Allowed to Disable Data Collection

Microsoft says this feature will be offered on Enterprise

Windows head Terry Myerson published a lengthy blog post a few hours ago to respond to all privacy violation accusations targeting Windows 10, explaining that despite some data is indeed collected from users' PCs, the company isn't spying on them.

While 99 percent of the blog post is about how Microsoft collects user information without actually infringing their privacy, there's one small mention where the company explains how telemetry services will be handled in the current Windows 10 SKUs.

In the “Safety and Reliability Data” section of the post, Myerson reveals the kind of data that's collected from our PCs, saying that anonymous device ID, device type, and application crash data is automatically sent to the company, but private information, such as name, email address, and account ID is fully secure and not touched by the operating system.

Enterprise only

A few paragraphs later, Myerson goes on to say this:

“Our enterprise feature updates later this year will enable enterprise customers the option to disable this telemetry, but we strongly recommend against this.”

This means that enterprises will get full control over the data they agree to share, while consumers running Windows 10 Home or Pro will have no other option than to send it to Microsoft (unless they turn down to different methods of blocking it, such as third-party apps that can disable all tracking services).

Obviously, this isn't really fair for consumers, who expect to have full control over their information and what they allow to be transferred to Microsoft, so the number of users who download and install applications which can take care of their privacy in Windows 10 could grow.

There's no timing available right now for the arrival of this Windows 10 Enterprise patch, but given the fact that it's not yet ready, there's still hope the company could change its mind and release this option for consumers too.

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Read the post below that the above post is taken from
See how news can be twisted and judge for yourself

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September 28, 2015 10:00 am by Terry Myerson
Privacy and Windows 10

In today’s connected world, maintaining our privacy is an incredibly important topic to each of us, thus we welcome the questions and the feedback we’ve received since launching Windows 10.

Trust is a core pillar of our More Personal Computing vision, and we know we have to earn it. We’ve taken time to expand the documentation on our approach today with this blog, and new content we’re posting today for consumers and IT Pros, designed to complement our One Microsoft Privacy Policy. We look forward to the next round of questions and feedback on these new posts. I assure you that no other company is more committed, more transparent and listening harder to customers on this important topic than we are.

From the very beginning, we designed Windows 10 with two straightforward privacy principles in mind:
1. Windows 10 collects information so the product will work better for you.
2. You are in control with the ability to determine what information is collected.

With Windows 10, information we collect is encrypted in transit to our servers, and then stored in secure facilities. We think of the data we do and don’t collect at 3 levels:

1. Safety and Reliability Data
We collect a limited amount of information to help us provide a secure and reliable experience. This includes data like an anonymous device ID, device type, and application crash data which Microsoft and our developer partners use to continuously improve application reliability. This doesn’t include any of your content or files, and we take several steps to avoid collecting any information that directly identifies you, such as your name, email address or account ID.

A great example of how this data was used effectively was just last month, when aggregate data showed us that a particular version of a graphics driver was crashing on some Windows 10 PCs, which then caused a reboot. This driver was not widely used, but still the issue was impacting customers. We immediately contacted the partner who builds the driver and worked with them to turn around a fix to Windows Insiders within 24 hours. We used the data on Insiders’ devices to confirm that the problem was resolved, and then rolled out the fix to the broad public via an update the next day – all-in-all, this data helped us find, fix and resolve a significant problem within 48 hours.

Our enterprise feature updates later this year will enable enterprise customers the option to disable this telemetry, but we strongly recommend against this.

2. Personalization Data
We aspire to deliver a delightful and personalized Windows experience to you, which benefits from knowing some things about you to customize your experience, such as knowing whether you are a Seattle Seahawks fan or Real Madrid fan, in order to give you updates on game scores or recommend apps you might enjoy– or remembering the common words you type in text messaging conversations to provide you convenient text completion suggestions. You are in control of the information we collect for these purposes and can update your settings at any time. Note that with new features like Cortana which require more personal information to deliver the full experience, you are asked if you want to turn them on and are given additional privacy customization options.

3. Advertising Data We Don’t Collect
Unlike some other platforms, no matter what privacy options you choose, neither Windows 10 nor any other Microsoft software scans the content of your email or other communications, or your files, in order to deliver targeted advertising to you.

Your Feedback Really Does Makes a Difference

Listening to your feedback has been the foundation of Windows 10, and feedback on privacy is no exception. For our Windows Insiders, we have a Privacy section to our Windows Feedback app so that we can have a detailed dialog on our privacy approach. As an example of direct response to feedback we’ve received, all Windows 10 customers will receive an upcoming update to family features, with default settings designed to be more appropriate for teenagers, compared to younger children. Additionally, we’re working on ways to further enhance the notifications that kids and parents get about activity reporting in Windows. We’ll also release updates for enterprise customers based on their feedback later this fall. This collaboration with Insiders is invaluable to our team, and we continue to welcome anyone who wants to work with us on the future of Windows 10 here.

If you ever find a situation where our software is not behaving the way it should with your privacy settings, please let us know here. Like security, we are committed to following up on all reported issues, continuously probe our software with leading edge techniques, and proactively update supported devices with necessary updates.

We really appreciate the rich dialogue in making Windows 10 better for all of us. We will continue to listen and respond, to earn your trust.

Thanks,

-Terry

Updated September 28, 2015 12:31 pm

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Microsoft Finally Confirms That Windows 10 Does Not Violate Your Privacy

For the past two months, I’ve been on a lonely crusade, proving again and again that the so-called privacy issues in Windows 10 are nothing more than over-wrought complaints from ill-wishers and the tin-hat crowd. Today, Microsoft finally took up its own defense. And as you might expect, it says that Windows 10 does not violate your privacy.

“From the very beginning, we designed Windows 10 with two straightforward privacy principles in mind,” Microsoft’s Terry Myerson writes in a post to Blogging Windows. “Windows 10 collects information so the product will work better for you. And you are in control with the ability to determine what information is collected.”

That should have been obvious to anyone except those who have an ax to grind—my theory is that Windows 10 is so good, making up and exaggerating privacy issues was their only recourse. But Microsoft has also posted two separate sites,one for consumers and one for businesses, that go into greater detail.

Some key points:

Encrypted. With Windows 10, information Microsoft collects is encrypted in transit to its servers, and then stored in secure facilities.

Data is anonymous. Microsoft says it collects “a limited amount of information to provide a secure and reliable experience.” This data includes anonymous device ID, device type, and application crash data. It does not include “any of your content or files, and we take several steps to avoid collecting any information that directly identifies you, such as your name, email address or account ID.”

Some data is personal. Cortana of course needs access to your personal information, that’s how a personal assistant works. But, as Microsoft points out, “you are in control of the information [it] collects for these purposes and can update your settings at any time. Note that with new features like Cortana which require more personal information to deliver the full experience, you are asked if you want to turn them on and are given additional privacy customization options.”

No data is collected for advertising, ever. Unlike Android, neither Windows 10 nor any other Microsoft software “scans the content of your email or other communications, or your files, in order to deliver targeted advertising to you.” This is true no matter what privacy options you choose.

Your feedback is improving matters. Microsoft says that it is responding to in-product feedback to improve how it communicates privacy issues to its users. “As an example of direct response to feedback we’ve received, all Windows 10 customers will receive an upcoming update to family features, with default settings designed to be more appropriate for teenagers, compared to younger children,” Myerson explains. “Additionally, we’re working on ways to further enhance the notifications that kids and parents get about activity reporting in Windows. We’ll also release updates for enterprise customers based on their feedback later this fall.”

And if you ever find a situation where Microsoft’s software is not behaving the way it should with your privacy settings, please let us them know. It’s that simple.
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original privacy satement released july 2015 includes

Microsoft collects data to operate effectively and provide you the best experiences with our services. You provide some of this data directly, such as when you create a Microsoft account, submit a search query to Bing, speak a voice command to Cortana, upload a document to OneDrive, or contact us for support. We get some of it by recording how you interact with our services by, for example, using technologies like cookies, and receiving error reports or usage data from software running on your device.

We also obtain data from third parties (including other companies). For example, we supplement the data we collect by purchasing demographic data from other companies. We also use services from other companies to help us determine a location based on your IP address in order to customize certain services to your locality

The data we collect depends on the services and features you use, and includes the following.

Name and contact data. We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.

Credentials. We collect passwords, password hints, and similar security information used for authentication and account access.

Demographic data. We collect data about you such as your age, gender, country and preferred language.

Interests and favorites. We collect data about your interests and favorites, such as the teams you follow in a sports app, the stocks you track in a finance app, or the favorite cities you add to a weather app. In addition to those you explicitly provide, your interests and favorites may also be inferred or derived from other data we collect.

Payment data. We collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument.

Usage data. We collect data about how you interact with our services. This includes data, such as the features you use, the items you purchase, the web pages you visit, and the search terms you enter. This also includes data about your device, including IP address, device identifiers, regional and language settings, and data about the network, operating system, browser or other software you use to connect to the services. And it also includes data about the performance of the services and any problems you experience with them.

Contacts and relationships. We collect data about your contacts and relationships if you use a Microsoft service to manage contacts, or to communicate or interact with other people or organizations.

Location data. We collect data about your location, which can be either precise or imprecise. Precise location data can be Global Position System (GPS) data, as well as data identifying nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots, we collect when you enable location-based services or features. Imprecise location data includes, for example, a location derived from your IP address or data that indicates where you are located with less precision, such as at a city or postal code level.

Content. We collect content of your files and communications when necessary to provide you with the services you use. This includes: the content of your documents, photos, music or video you upload to a Microsoft service such as OneDrive. It also includes the content of your communications sent or received using Microsoft services, such as the:

subject line and body of an email,
text or other content of an instant message,
audio and video recording of a video message, and
audio recording and transcript of a voice message you receive or a text message you dictate.


Additionally, when you contact us, such as for customer support, phone conversations or chat sessions with our representatives may be monitored and recorded. If you enter our retail stores, your image may be captured by our security cameras.

You have choices about the data we collect. When you are asked to provide personal data, you may decline. But if you choose not to provide data that is necessary to provide a service, you may not be able to use some features or services.

Service-specific sections below describe additional data collection practices applicable to use of those services.

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Myerson reveals Microsoft doesn't collect content or files, and that the company takes "several steps to avoid collecting any information that directly identifies you, such as your name, email address or account ID.
complete opposite from the original privacy statement released

is he for real lol
 
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Microsoft Addresses Privacy Concerns in Windows 10 Build 10558, Data Collection Still Enabled

Some new options are included right in the installer

Windows 10's privacy saga is far from coming to an end, but Microsoft seems to be keener on getting over this once and for all, so the company is working to make it easier for users to control their settings in the operating system.

The latest build that leaked to the web, 10558, comes with some improvements in this regard, including new options that are available right from the setup.

For example, @winobs spotted that when installing Windows 10 build 10558, you are allowed to turn off the automatic connection to suggested Wi-Fi hotspots, but also to disable peer to peer sharing of Windows Updates.

We've also noticed another improvement in this regard, as Microsoft now displays a notification right after the install comes to an end, telling users in the action center that “Windows updates and apps will download from and be sent to PCs on your local network, and PCs on the Internet. Click to learn more.”

Clicking this notification gets you to the Windows Update configuration screen where you can disable P2P update distribution, which is clearly a welcome change to Windows 10.

All settings are still enabled

Although build 10558 comes with some improvements in terms of privacy and gives users more control straight from the installer, all data collection features are still enabled, which means some information is still being sent to Microsoft. So users have to manually disable services such as browsing history, location, and typed text tracking, or turn to third-party apps that can do that automatically.

Windows boss Terry Myerson has already confirmed that some anonymous data is collected from users' PCs in order to further improve the operating system, but he stated that nothing leaves your computer unencrypted and all details are stored in secure places at Microsoft.

Expect similar improvements to continue in the coming builds, but it remains to be seen to what degree Microsoft is actually willing to adjust data collection in Windows 10.
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Edward Snowden says in built back door. I tend to believe him
 
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