Even with the new changes for the protection of our privacy, Microsoft still does not completely leave the option to opt-out of data collection in Windows 10 to the end user.
The company announced on Wednesday it has fully review some of the protection practices of his privacy in relation to the amount of data collected by Windows 10, as well as the data sent to the company.
The company announced the changes by first reporting at most "after your comments," through Windows developer Terry Myerson in a blog post. Myerson said upcoming changes to Windows 10 will include new privacy controls and settings that will "help secure your privacy."
The changes include a "new Microsoft web privacy dashboard that lets you easily view and manage your data activity."
After the release of the operating system, Microsoft has been involved in a continuing debate about how much Windows 10 data travels to its headquarters.
The launch of Windows 10 has been marred by accusations that the software cheats users on the setup screen since telemetry and other data collection technologies are necessary to support various Windows features. Installation enables almost every data collection feature, location, history search and many more transmitted to the company's servers.
Swiss privacy regulators were among the first to complain about Microsoft's data collection techniques.
Data protection guard in France, CNIL, said he was also impressed by Microsoft's actions, but also asked the company to correct the privacy settings.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said in a short one tweet that he expects "more details", but called the changes "important and welcome."
Let's say that Myerson wrote in his blog that the setup screen will now contain two options, complete and basic data collection, but none of these settings offer a complete opt-out.
In other words, there is no "off" yet, there is an "almost off."
The company still hasn't told us exactly what it collects as part of its basic level of protection, other than that the data is used to improve its software and its services.
Microsoft essentially asks its users to trust it. And while the likelihood that the company will not do anything with the user information it collects is small and perhaps unlikely, say that we ultimately trust the company. But everything could be overturned if Microsoft received a command from a government agency or even if the data was stolen by intelligent hackers.
So while the change in the controls of our private life seems to be in the right direction, we still have a long way to go.
Ignoring the biggest privacy complaint of its customers with the provision of a set-up that allows full disabling of data collection, Microsoft seems to have once again found an approach to appease regulators.
And life goes on…
