An Austrian digital privacy group has claimed victory over Microsoft after the country's data protection regulator ruled the software giant "illegally" tracked students via its 365 Education platform and used their data.

noyb said the ruling [PDF] by the Austrian Data Protection Authority also confirmed that Microsoft had tried to shift responsibility for access requests to local schools, and the software and cloud giant would have to explain how it used user data.

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[–] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

when did behaving like a cunt become normal? companies used to have at least a shred of integrity, if only to not get into trouble legally. nowadays they are indistinguishable from the mob, i'd trust the word of organised crime more at this point

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I accidentally keyed my passport details into a phishing website recently. I ran some diagnostics on the site, and it turns out that even the criminals didn't steal my data. I think they just wanted to trick me into paying for something that's usually free.

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    [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    First thing any student should do when getting a school laptop is wipe it and reinstall the os

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    [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    Who could have predicted this? I am shocked, shocked I say!

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    we’re doing it for the safety of our kids

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    They're just tracking 18 year old 3rd graders that can give legal consent to being tracked, what's the big deal?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    *Laughs in trillion-dollar Monopoly*

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    [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Well im sure they'll be punished, they'll learn their lesson, and it won't happen again! \s

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Unbelievable.

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    [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    I’m shocked! Shocked I tell you!

    … well not that shocked actually.

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