Ever since Windows 10 launched in 2015, Microsoft has been responding to concerns about user privacy. Windows 10 users were concerned about data collection from day one, mostly because Microsoft ...

After being pummeled by critics and regulators for Windows 10's overzealous personalization efforts, Microsoft says it's received "positive" feedback about privacy-enhancing changes it introduced in ...

Windows 10 privacy is a contentious issue. This is in part because Windows 10 is integrated with cloud-based features like Cortana, and it has features influenced by mobile such as determining your ...

Privacy is important. Windows offers a dedicated section for this. Here you can configure what data Windows and other apps can access. However, if you wish to control ...

Typically, we configure Windows settings whenever we set up a new device. However, they need to be modified from time to time. Interestingly, Windows 10 now makes it easier than before while adding ...

Microsoft launched a new Windows 10 privacy experience with April’s Creators Update. Before the Creators Update is installed, you have to review Microsoft’s revised privacy policy and update your ...

Microsoft so far has dodged the biggest fines that European privacy watchdogs have imposed under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). But the company could face a GDPR penalty after the ...

It looks as though Microsoft just can’t catch a break when it comes to the privacy settings incorporated into Windows 10. The company came under fire shortly after the launch of the operating system ...

Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...

These are the top four privacy settings to check in your Windows device to make sure Microsoft doesn't collect any data you don't want it to. In Part 1 of this series ...