Microsoft: We're Changing All Your Cloud Contracts After Privacy Complaints (zdnet.com) 14
Microsoft is rolling out new privacy provisions in its Online Services Terms (OST) contracts for all commercial customers after European privacy regulators began investigating it over potential violations of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). From a report: The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) last month said it had "serious concerns" over Microsoft's contracts with European institutions and compliance with GDPR rules. It kicked off an investigation in April after the Dutch Ministry of Justice found that telemetry data Microsoft collected from Office 365 ProPlus and Office 365 users violated GDPR. However, EDPS in October also noted that a new agreement between Microsoft and the Dutch Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for contractual and technical safeguards and measures to mitigate risks to individuals was a "positive step forward". The new OST reflect the contractual changes Microsoft developed with the Dutch MoJ, according to Julie Brill, Microsoft's chief privacy officer and corporate vice president for global privacy and regulatory affairs.
I have altered the deal (Score:3)
Pray I alter it further?
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Pray I alter it further?
If we should pray for anything, pray for people to value privacy again. That is the only change worth something in this "deal" we've been handed by our own citizens.
Anything short of that, is nothing but bullshit and band-aids.
Re: I have altered the deal (Score:2)
nothing but bullshit and band-aids
It is one thing to dream of castles in the air. It is another thing trying to move in.
The issue with "cloud" computing is that virtual reality requires that one return to reality. A flip of a switch can cause all virtual data to disappear.
Well, any change of contract ... (Score:1)
... has to be agreed to by BOTH parties.
They can't just change a contract on you.
So this effectively gives you the option of immediate termination of contract.
Which you should take, because... tell me even a single function that you need, that LibreOffice doesn't have.
No, I don't mean functions you don't know it has because you nevef really used it.
And even if you come up with one, I will implement it for less than a MS Office subscription payment, and your argument will be dead. ;)
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Does it have integration with Bloomberg data services or rights management to flag or block when a document is opened on a non-compliant device, e.g. a rooted smartphone?
I'm not asking hypothetically, I'm working on both of these with a Petrochemicals customer right now and I haven't seen similar functionality in that space.
I am altering the deal... (Score:2)
OK, knee jerk reaction of changing an agreement after it has been accepted, but if the original agreement was inappropriate this seems like a good thing. Hopefully the agreement is only improved, and nothing unfortunate is snuck in... Me, jaded? What makes you think that?
Cortana? (Score:4, Interesting)
I wonder if the changes to downplay Cortana are related to this...
We value your privacy, until we get caught. (Score:3)
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What a load of BS, that statement is. I do not believe that any large corporation values anything other than control over user data and quarterly profits.
What we value, is Greed.
And I'm speaking to those running immoral and unethical corporations, as well as those who are investing in immoral and unethical corporations.
Perhaps the hypocritical masses should take a good hard look at their own bank accounts before bashing corporate motivation behind profit. Every damn shareholder enjoys great returns, and few care how they get them.
Speak for yourself (Score:2)
> Every damn shareholder enjoys great returns, and few care how they get them.
Speak for yourself. Most of the rest of us aren't animals.
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What a load of BS, that statement is. I do not believe that any large corporation values anything other than control over user data and quarterly profits.
What we value, is Greed.
And I'm speaking to those running immoral and unethical corporations, as well as those who are investing in immoral and unethical corporations.
Perhaps the hypocritical masses should take a good hard look at their own bank accounts before bashing corporate motivation behind profit. Every damn shareholder enjoys great returns, and few care how they get them.
Correct.
The Capitalistic Party is the largest party in the world. We all belong to it as we invest in companies with expectations of asymptotic revenue growth at nanosecond speeds.
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Who cares? This is good news because it's another step on the way to forcing them to disable Windows telemetry in Europe.
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I do not believe that any large corporation values anything other than control over user data and quarterly profits.
Well, we do, at my company.
Sustainable profits are key, of course, without which the business would not be able to continue long-term.
That said, we care a lot about the quality of the things we build and the services we provide, without which we would not be able to gain and retain customers.
We care a whole lot about the GDPR and similar/upcoming legislation and regulations elsewhere, for example in California. Both because we have to, but also because it is generally a good idea. We handle a lot of PII (Pe
Why would you even use MS Office? (Score:1)
What function exactly does it have, that LibreOffice doesn't?
Except paying for being spied on, like a God-tier retard.
As far as I have seen, LibreOffice is actually better at opening old MS Office files than MS Office itself.