Data Windows 10 1909 sends to Microsoft can be totally shut off, but doing so is risky
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Thats according to the findings of the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision, an influential data-protection authority in Germany, which a recent study showed was "strongly dependent" on the Redmond company for its software needs. Microsoft has also made some changes to Windows 10 in version 1909, the November 2019 Update, as reported by German Windows-focused blogs Borncity and Deskmodder. The Bavarian DPA recently released cautiously worded findings about the configurations in Windows 10 that suggest enterprise admins may be able to completely shut off Microsofts unwanted telemetry data collection. "As part of this laboratory analysis, it was found that the telemetry data from one Windows 10 computer with the Enterprise version can be completely deactivated," wrote the Bavarian DPA. However, the Bavarian DPA says although the controls now exist to cut off all telemetry transmissions, it warns that doing so could expose an organization to greater security risks.
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