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However the CNIL said it considered this to be\n excessive since the data "are not necessary for the operation of the \nservice".The French watchdog also said that Microsoft puts \nadvertising cookies on s' terminals without properly informing them \nbeforehand or giving them a chance to opt out."It has been \ndecided to make the formal notice public due to, among other reasons, \nthe seriousness of the breaches and the number of individuals concerned \n(more than ten million Windows s on French territory)," the CNIL \nsaid in a statement."The purpose of the notice is not to prohibit\n any advertising on the company's services but, rather, to enable s \nto make their choice freely, having been properly informed of their \nrights."While the fines that can currently be levied by European \ndata protection authorities are paltry compared to the revenues of big \nUS tech companies, a new European Union data protection law set to \nenter into force in two years provides for fines of up to 4 percent of a\n company's annual global turnover.David Heiner, vice president \nand deputy general counsel for Microsoft, said the company would work \nclosely with the CNIL over the next few months to understand its \nconcerns fully and "to work toward solutions that it will find \nacceptable."The CNIL also said Microsoft was still illegally \ntransferring data to the United States using the Safe Harbour framework,\n which was struck down by the top EU court in October on concerns about \nmass US surveillance practices.Companies have had to rely on \nalternative legal structures such as "standard contractual clauses" to \nmove data across the Atlantic in line with tough EU data transferral \nrules.Heiner said Microsoft relied on a variety of legal \nmechanisms for transferring data from Europe to the United States, \nincluding standard contractual clauses.A new EU-US data transfer pact will be open to companies as of August 1 and Microsoft has said it will sign up to it.","keywords":"Data Pact,Data Protection,EU,Facebook,Microsoft,US","url":"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/laptops\/news\/-orders-microsoft-to-stop-collecting-excessive--data-863436","inLanguage":"en","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/laptops\/news\/-orders-microsoft-to-stop-collecting-excessive--data-863436"},"author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Reuters"}],"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.ndtv.com\/tech\/images\/gadgets\/microsoft_ap_241.jpg","width":800,"height":600},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Gadgets 360","url":"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.gadgets360.com\/gadgets360_logo.png","width":160,"height":45}},"alternativeHeadline":" Orders Microsoft to Stop Collecting Excessive Data","articleSection":"laptops","thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.ndtv.com\/tech\/images\/gadgets\/thumb\/microsoft_reuters_small_582.jpg"} English Edition हिंदी বাংলা தமிழ் తెలుగు മലയാളം ગુજરાતી मराठी Deutsch Française googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display('adslot728x90ATF'); }); googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display('adslot1x1ATF'); }); Home Laptops Laptops News Orders Microsoft to Stop Collecting Excessive Data {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.gadgets360.com","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.gadgets360.com/laptops","name":"Laptops"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.gadgets360.com/laptops/news","name":"Laptops News"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.gadgets360.com/laptops/news/-orders-microsoft-to-stop-collecting-excessive--data-863436","name":" Orders Microsoft to Stop Collecting Excessive Data"}}]} Orders Microsoft to Stop Collecting Excessive Data By Reuters | Updated: 21 July 2016 10:31 IST ment googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display('adslot160x600'); }); The French data protection authority on Wednesday ordered Microsoft Corp to stop collecting excessive data on s of its Windows 10 operating system and serving them personalised ads without their consent. The CNIL said the US company had three months to stop tracking browsing by s so that Windows apps and third-party apps can offer them targeted advertising without their consent, failing which it could initiate a sanctions procedure. A number of EU data protection authorities created a group to investigate Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system following its launch in July 2015, the French privacy watchdog said. The action against Facebook, which was ordered in February to stop collecting s' information then used for advertising without their consent. Microsoft processes information on all the apps ed and installed on Windows by a and the time spent on each one to identify problems and improve its products. However the CNIL said it considered this to be excessive since the data "are not necessary for the operation of the service". The French watchdog also said that Microsoft puts advertising cookies on s' terminals without properly informing them beforehand or giving them a chance to opt out. "It has been decided to make the formal notice public due to, among other reasons, the seriousness of the breaches and the number of individuals concerned (more than ten million Windows s on French territory)," the CNIL said in a statement. "The purpose of the notice is not to prohibit any advertising on the company's services but, rather, to enable s to make their choice freely, having been properly informed of their rights." While the fines that can currently be levied by European data protection authorities are paltry compared to the revenues of big US tech companies, a new European Union data protection law set to enter into force in two years provides for fines of up to 4 percent of a company's annual global turnover. David Heiner, vice president and deputy general counsel for Microsoft, said the company would work closely with the CNIL over the next few months to understand its concerns fully and "to work toward solutions that it will find acceptable." The CNIL also said Microsoft was still illegally transferring data to the United States using the Safe Harbour framework, which was struck down by the top EU court in October on concerns about mass US surveillance practices. Companies have had to rely on alternative legal structures such as "standard contractual clauses" to move data across the Atlantic in line with tough EU data transferral rules. Heiner said Microsoft relied on a variety of legal mechanisms for transferring data from Europe to the United States, including standard contractual clauses. A new EU-US data transfer pact will be open to companies as of August 1 and Microsoft has said it will sign up to it. 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