Has everyone read: Reasons We Share Personal Data section in Windows 10 Microsoft Privacy Statement

[skippy258]

Ok when we installed windows 10 on our first system it did not show any Microsoft Privacy Statement so I have been reading it, and found this interesting.

After reading the Microsoft Privacy Statement now.... I most likely would not of upgraded the system for her.

Link to Microsoft Privacy Statement:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement/default.aspx

Reasons We Share Personal Data

We share your personal data with your consent or as necessary to complete any transaction or provide any service you have requested or authorized. For example, we share your content with third parties when you tell us to do so, such as when you send an email to a friend, share photos and documents on OneDrive, or link accounts with another service. When you provide payment data to make a purchase, we will share payment data with banks and other entities that process payment transactions or provide other financial services, and for fraud prevention and credit risk reduction.

In addition, we share personal data among Microsoft-controlled affiliates and subsidiaries. We also share personal data with vendors or agents working on our behalf for the purposes described in this statement. For example, companies we've hired to provide customer service support or assist in protecting and securing our systems and services may need access to personal data in order to provide those functions. In such cases, these companies must abide by our data privacy and security requirements and are not allowed to use personal data they receive from us for any other purpose. We may also disclose personal data as part of a corporate transaction such as a merger or sale of assets.

Finally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to:

1. comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies;
2. protect our customers, for example to prevent spam or attempts to defraud users of the services, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone;
3. operate and maintain the security of our services, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks; or
4. protect the rights or property of Microsoft, including enforcing the terms governing the use of the services - however, if we receive information indicating that someone is using our services to traffic in stolen intellectual or physical property of Microsoft, we will not inspect a customer's private content ourselves, but we may refer the matter to law enforcement.

Please note that some of our services include links to services of third parties whose privacy practices differ from Microsoft's. If you provide personal data to any of those services, your data is governed by their privacy statements.

 

[Tatty_Two]

Whilst I don't like it, this is not new to Microsoft or Windows 10, I just googled "Microsoft Privacy statement for Windows 7" and a load of stuff came up, on checking some of the links out the wording is very similar to what you have posted.

 

[natr0n]

 

[skippy258]

Whilst I don't like it, this is not new to Microsoft or Windows 10, I just googled "Microsoft Privacy statement for Windows 7" and a load of stuff came up, on checking some of the links out the wording is very similar to what you have posted.

Might be just me, but the wording is like they disclose and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails, other private communications or files in private folders) like there got a image backup of your hard drive back at Micro$oft.

 

[natr0n]

I Just use the OS for performance, without any of the features/bells whistles.

Sign in with a local non email account and disable everything in privacy look though all the tabs.

 

[Ferrum Master]

So what? Troll alert?

Just don't do damn shady stuff on your PC... Ain't that too complicated or what? Putting theft warez etc child pr0n on Microsoft server... is bland stupidity and must be punished... there for this agreement lies there.

So chaps... are you seriously thinking somebody really cares for your porn habits? Get real...

If you are so afraid use Gentoo and compile by checking each line of the code by yourself?

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Most of the privacy options exist because of Cortana. Case in point: if you tell Cortana to remind you to kill [contact] at [time]; Microsoft may forward it to law enforcement.

If you don't want Microsoft spying on you, you'll have to disable Cortana.

So chaps... are you seriously thinking somebody really cares for your porn habits? Get real...

If you have a history of looking at child porn, Microsoft may be obligated to notify law enforcement especially if Microsoft is served a warrant.

 

[skippy258]

So what? Troll alert?

Just don't do damn shady stuff on your PC... Ain't that too complicated or what? Putting theft warez etc child pr0n on Microsoft server... is bland stupidity and must be punished... there for this agreement lies there.

So chaps... are you seriously thinking somebody really cares for your porn habits? Get real...

If you are so afraid use Gentoo and compile by checking each line of the code by yourself?

private emails, other private communications or files in private folders has nothing to do with shady stuff like your saying, we are entitle to some privacy by default I think.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I actually wish Microsoft would look at my emails to stop the spam. God I hate spam.

 

[OneMoar]

nobody reads thats the problem

 

[jsfitz54]

We may also disclose personal data as part of a corporate transaction such as a merger or sale of assets.

This above, is the most alarming. Example: MS has a server farm and wants to sell its older storage drives with X amount of use hours (maintenance) to a marketing firm.

The scope is much to large.

 

[Uplink10]

This says it all:

 

[EarthDog]

nobody reads thats the problem

Thanked and QFT.

We have a HUGE thread at OCF about this.. TONS of tin foil hats there, most of which was because they did not read and or comprehend what they are reading...

 

[qubit]

I see that Microsoft have heard of user privacy.

That's a great infographic there, @Uplink10

 

[OneMoar]

This says it all:

what in the fuck is that
a 5 year old with safety scissors could make a diagram that makes more sense

 

[xorbe]

This is the beginning of the end of using MS products for my desktop OS. I don't use my smart phone (data, apps) much due to privacy concerns, and I am certainly not letting this attitude onto my main workstation. Finally I will be forced into using Linux on the metal and booting Windows in VirtualBox instead. My data doesn't need to live remotely, and my information doesn't need to be data mined.

 

[EarthDog]

Disable the options upon install. If you are upset at this, you should also be upset with Google... their policies are actually worse, and with fewer options to disable.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Who cares. The second I connect that ethernet cord to the back of my PC I assume zero privacy.

Crime 101. Rule 1: If you are going to do anything shady, don't plan or talk about it on "The Grid". No phones, No email, No internet.

Seriously if you think you are important enough to "spy" on you are already braking the rule and deserve to be caught. F#$K even 1930's gangsters knew enough to not plan crap over land lines yet people think they are "anonymous" on the F#$king internet. Grow up neck beards.

 

[erocker]

I would be honored if Microsoft or the NSA thought I was important enough to spy on.

*Puts on shades and cues Mission Impossible soundtrack on my boom box.*

Who cares. The second I connect that ethernet cord to the back of my PC I assume zero privacy.

Crime 101. Rule 1: If you are going to do anything shady, don't plan or talk about it on "The Grid". No phones, No email, No internet.

Seriously if you think you are important enough to "spy" on you are already braking the rule and deserve to be caught. F#$K even 1930's gangsters knew enough to not plan crap over land lines yet people think they are "anonymous" on the F#$king internet. Grow up neck beards.

Time to cut the afro off dude. It makes you hot and sweaty and you become ornery.


Here.... Have a Snickers.

 

[TheMailMan78]

I would be honored if Microsoft or the NSA thought I was important enough to spy on.

*Puts on shades and cues Mission Impossible soundtrack on my boom box.*

You are already a founding member of Deez Nutz. Plenty of BS to spy on just from one GTA session.

 

[erocker]

But that Russian guy said that money he was shooting at me with a fake clown gun was legit?!?!!!

 

[TheMailMan78]

Thanks for the Snickers man. Much better......

 

[qubit]

Who cares. The second I connect that ethernet cord to the back of my PC I assume zero privacy.

Crime 101. Rule 1: If you are going to do anything shady, don't plan or talk about it on "The Grid". No phones, No email, No internet.

Seriously if you think you are important enough to "spy" on you are already braking the rule and deserve to be caught. F#$K even 1930's gangsters knew enough to not plan crap over land lines yet people think they are "anonymous" on the F#$king internet. Grow up neck beards.

It's a shame, but true. Connect to the internet and one is spied on six ways to Sunday. It doesn't matter if one uses Linux either, as there are plenty of ways to spy on us without the OS being in on it, although it helps.

 

[xorbe]

We need to stop calling them Personal Computers (PCs) ...

 

[broken pixel]

Welcome to the Oligarchy is the new Welcome to the Machine.