Microsoft Corp. has faced years of criticism over its practice of slurping data from Windows 10 users. Organizations such as the European Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have complained, ...

As users become more concerned about how their data is being harvested and used by software and sites that they use, companies have started to become more transparent about the information they ...

If you're concerned about private documents accidentally leaving your network, you might want to turn the telemetry setting down. Read now Earlier this week I noted a ...

By default, Windows 11 sends an aggressive amount of diagnostic data to Microsoft -- here's how to disable telemetry on your ...

Earlier this week, hints of new privacy tools were spotted in recent Windows 10 Insider builds, pointing to a bid to be more transparent with the types of data Microsoft collects. Now, Microsoft has ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Wondering exactly what kind of data Windows is sending to ...

Microsoft says it doesn’t keep track of your viewing and listening habits, but rather how well those video and audio files play on your device. Still, as the list shows, Microsoft keeps quite a bit of ...

In Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17704 Microsoft released an updated Diagnostic Data Viewer to Insiders that now includes the ability to see Problem Reports that have been or will be transmitted to ...

A new app in the latest Windows 10 test build gives users some insight into the kind of privacy-related information that Microsoft collects from their devices. Windows 10 build 17083, which was ...

Regardless of how you may feel about the recent reports of Facebook posts being data-mined, the incident shined a light on something that has been a personal pet peeve for years: ambiguous data ...

“Microsoft Monday" is a weekly column that focuses on all things Microsoft. This week, Microsoft Monday includes details about the PlayFab acquisition, a patch for Intel’s Spectre firmware update, a ...

Here are the steps to review, manage, and delete diagnostic data that Microsoft collected about your device with new settings included with the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. When you purchase through ...