EU sets out search ranking guidelines for Google, Microsoft, platforms https://cybernews.com/news/eu-sets-out-search-ranking-guidelines-for-google-microsoft-platforms/
Microsoft will remove user names from ‘Productivity Score’ feature after privacy backlash https://www.geekwire.com/2020/microsoft-will-remove-user-names-productivity-score-feature-privacy-backlash/
Microsoft patents tech to score meetings using body language, facial expressions, other data https://www.geekwire.com/2020/microsoft-patents-technology-score-meetings-using-body-language-facial-expressions-data/
Microsoft productivity score feature criticised as workplace surveillance https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/nov/26/microsoft-productivity-score-feature-criticised-workplace-surveillance
Microsoft urges users to stop using phone-based multi-factor authentication https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-urges-users-to-stop-using-phone-based-multi-factor-authentication/
Big tech firms may be handing Hong Kong user data to China https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/30/big-tech-firms-may-be-handing-hong-kong-user-data-to-china
Unsecured Microsoft Bing Server Leaks Search Queries, Location Data https://threatpost.com/microsoft-bing-search-queries/159407/
Russia, China and Iran hackers target Trump and Biden, Microsoft says https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54110457
Microsoft plans cloud contract push with foreign governments after $10 billion JEDI win https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/21/microsoft-plans-cloud-push-with-foreign-governments-after-jedi-win.html
Windows 10: HOSTS file blocking telemetry is now flagged as a risk https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-hosts-file-blocking-telemetry-is-now-flagged-as-a-risk/
Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok’s US operations https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-tiktok-donald-trump-bytedance-2020-7
Microsoft accused of sharing data of Office 365 business subscribers with Facebook and its app devs https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/20/microsoft_office_data_facebook/
The Microsoft Police State: Mass Surveillance, Facial Recognition, and the Azure Cloud https://theintercept.com/2020/07/14/microsoft-police-state-mass-surveillance-facial-recognition/
Google, Facebook, Microsoft Pause Hong Kong Data Requests (4) https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/facebook-whatsapp-pausing-hong-kong-government-data-requests
Microsoft Edge Accused of Sneakily Importing Firefox Data on Windows 10 https://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-edge-accused-of-sneakily-importing-firefox-data-on-windows-10-530338.shtml