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 ...

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, ...

The next Windows 10 update promises to give you more control over the diagnostic data collected from your device. A revised online Privacy Dashboard will enable you ...

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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft is previewing an additional way to understand the kind of privacy-related information that gets transmitted in its latest Windows 10 test-build release. Windows 10 build 17083, said to be ...

With Windows Insider build 17083, Microsoft responded to criticism about transparency by adding a 'Diagnostic Data Viewer' app to the OS for beta users to try out. Microsoft last week gave Windows 10 ...

Following the publication last year of the data collected by Windows 10’s built-in telemetry and diagnostic tracking, Microsoft today announced that the next major Windows 10 update, due around March ...

In Windows 11, you can opt out of sending some (but not all) diagnostic data to Microsoft. The OS offers several privacy settings to limit diagnostics and telemetry collection, but you need to know ...

Although Microsoft collects diagnostic data from your computer, it is possible to delete them if you want to. If you do not wish to allow other users to delete diagnostic data in Windows 11/10, you ...

We know Windows 10 slurps up a lot of data as you use your PC, so you’ll want to check out the additional controls Microsoft is building into future updates. There’s also a geeky new app that will ...