Photographer: David Paul Morris/BloombergIrish human rights campaigners have sent internal Microsoft files on dealings with Israel’s military to regulators in a complaint alleging the company’s Irish business facilitated the mass processing of “illegal” surveillance data on Palestinians. The complaint alleges grave violations of European privacy law, saying Microsoft processing facilitated the killing of civilians in Gaza by Israel. Such processing “continues to enable mass surveillance of individuals in the entire occupied Palestinian territory” and the illegal occupation of lands, it adds. The screengrabs were from “a Microsoft system about processing for which Microsoft Ireland is responsible”, the ICCL said. “Our customers own their data and the actions taken by this customer to transfer their data in August was their choice,” Microsoft said.

Source: The Irish Times December 04, 2025 22:42 UTC