You’re sitting on Flight 02 from San Francisco to Taipei, settling in for a long 14-hour journey. Suddenly, a familiar face ...

Microsoft Privacy Dashboard is a web-based tool to manage and view data collected about you. You can view, download, and delete the activity data collected about you ...

Microsoft has begun to incorporate new privacy policies and procedures in upcoming products, possibly in response to this month's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The newest beta, or test ...

The rollout of new Microsoft 365 features to track productivity, which would monitor 73 pieces of “granular data” about workers, was meant to be a boon time for the technology company. But it quickly ...

Microsoft is testing a new “Privacy Auditing” feature that would allow Windows 11 users to see which apps have been accessing hardware such as the PC's microphone, camera, and so on.

For years, we've been told that encryption is the gold standard for digital privacy. If data is encrypted, it is supposed to be locked away from hackers, companies and governments alike. That ...

Microsoft to remove VPN from M365 users. Update, Feb. 4, 2025: This story, originally published Feb. 3, now includes a statement from Microsoft about the removal of ...

Microsoft's plans to introduce a "Recall" feature powered by artificial intelligence in its Copilot+ PCs lineup has evoked considerable privacy concerns. But the extent to which these concerns are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Digital forensics, AI, deepfakes, and what becomes proof in court. Microsoft has revealed a privacy flaw that could expose what ...

After years of avoiding the public beatings that other technology companies have endured over the ways their educational products may threaten student privacy, Microsoft Corp. is suddenly taking heat.

Google will make several updates to ads this month. A substantial one focuses on the Unfair Advantage Policy. Microsoft Advertising's focus points to standardizing privacy policies that support the ...