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Microsoft 365 lets you control your Windows diagnostic data
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Published onJuly 24, 2020
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Microsoft 365 users are getting the ability to manipulate or manage theirWindows 10diagnostic data in specific ways. You can sign up for the feature, which is currently live in preview.
In essence, activating this option gives you the legal status of a data controller.
Windows diagnostic data control for Microsoft 365
As you might already know,Windows 10diagnostics have a noble objective: to help secure your system and improve your experience. But there aredata privacyramifications too, which, raise compliance issues.
That’s to be expected because, while Windows tracks user interactions with devices, apps, and the OS itself, it’s also accessing and processing personal data.
Previously, Microsoft was the sole controller of the diagnostic data. As such, it bore the full legal responsibility for determining the objectives and the methods of processing system diagnostics.
You still could have turned off Windows diagnostics if you didn’t want any party looking into potentially private data.
But now, as aMicrosoft 365user, you get the option to control yourWindows 10diagnostic data.
In the meantime, Microsoft continues being the data processor, and the outcome of the process remains the same. So, the change doesn’t compromise the quality of yourWindows 10experiences or the safety of your system data.
Microsoftexplains:
Now, customers will have a third option that allows them to be the controller for theirWindows 10diagnostic data, while still benefiting from the purposes that this data serves, such as quality of updates and device drivers. Under this approach, Microsoft will act as a data processor, processing Windows diagnostic data on behalf of the controller.
If you take up the role of a Windows diagnostic data controller, you’ll get the ability to move, delete, or manage the data in line with your compliance obligations.
Regulations such as the GeneralData ProtectionRegulation (GDPR) hold enterprises and their cloud or IT service providers responsible for the safety of the personal data they handle.
In the comments section below, tell us what you think about the Windows diagnostic data control update for Microsoft 365 users.
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