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noyb win: Microsoft ordered to stop tracking school children (noyb.eu)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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noyb has scored another win in its proceedings against Microsoft 365 Education: The Austrian data protection authority (DSB) has decided that the company illegally installed cookies on the devices of a pupil without consent. According to Microsoft’s own documentation, these cookies analyse user behaviour, collect browser data and are used for advertising. Microsoft now has four weeks to comply and cease the use of tracking cookies.

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[–] 2 points 8 months ago

Not necessarily, TikTok now delete accounts they believe to belong to children under 13. They could have chosen to do age authentication the British way but i suppose they had a big reason not to. Microsoft might understand they could lose business if they force users to prove they're not children. It's not like everybody would trust MS with such data.

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