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I'm not a lawyer, but I think might depend on what data is being collected here. I believe they'd be fine if it doesn't fall under the "personal data" category.
by ClikeX 6y ago
I'm not a lawyer, but I think might depend on what data is being collected here. I believe they'd be fine if it doesn't fall under the "personal data" category.
You might actually be accepting some GDPR processing agreement when setting up Windows nowadays.
And there's a whole thing in GDPR about grandfathering consent. Which they might fall back on.
But like I said, I'm not a lawyer. I'm not qualified enough to know for sure.
- anoncake 6y ago> You might actually be accepting some GDPR processing agreement when setting up Windows nowadays. If you don't know if you "accepted" an agreement, you didnt.
- ClikeX 6y agoI didn't mean it in the sense that it's invisible. I haven't done a Windows install in a while, so I just don't know if they do a privacy agreement in the installation. As I mentioned in another comment. I wonder if they would try to extend Microsoft account privacy agreements to the installation of Windows where that account is logged into.
- JadeNB 6y ago> And there's a whole thing in GDPR about grandfathering consent. Which they might fall back on. Wouldn't that apply, if at all, only to users who started before GDPR?
- ClikeX 6y agoYes, that's specifically for users before GDPR. But GDPR can be a bit vague, both in definition and enforcement. I'm not sure how Microsoft implements GDPR agreements. But I'm not sure if you'd have to agree to their policies on a Microsoft account level, or if it's per installation of Windows.