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posted by martyb on Wednesday August 26 2015, @06:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the sunshine-is-the-best-disinfectant dept.

So far this is only in Switzerland, but there is every reason to suppose it will come up in Germany and other countries. In Switzerland, on the request of the Pirate Party, the governmental data protection office is having a look at Windows 10 (article in German, Here is a Google translation).

If the office determines that Windows 10 violates Swiss privacy laws, they can recommend changes to Windows 10. If Microsoft were to refuse to make those changes, the office would have the option of banning Windows 10 within the country. As the article points out, a similar process forced Google to make substantial changes to StreetView, so it can be effective.

Personal opinion: Switzerland is too small by itself. However, if the Pirate Party in Germany, France and elsewhere could initiate similar actions, Europe as a whole could force real change. And, hey, it will show that the Pirate Party hasn't totally lost its way.


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2015, @08:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 26 2015, @08:54PM (#228264)

    Did not mean for regular users, I meant for healthcare providers - the desktop at the nurse's station for example. You can't have that computer sending every keystroke to MS. If MS has a way to make Win10 HIPAA compliant for their commercial customers, we should be able to apply the same changes to personal systems.

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