Windows 10’s privacy settings will be simpler with Creators’ Update
by MARK HACHMAN
Feb 08, 2017
4 minutes
MICROSOFT SAID RECENTLY that it plans to simplify the privacy options in the upcoming Creators’ Update, though some may see one component as limiting user choice as well.
Microsoft plans to revamp how privacy is managed in the upcoming Creators Update to Windows 10, both as part of the initial setup as well as the amount of data it collects in day-to-day diagnostics. That amount will actually decrease, if a user so chooses. But Microsoft has also eliminated an intermediary option, forcing the user to choose whether to provide Microsoft minimal or “full” access to their PC.
Microsoft’s new online privacy
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