The National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) said in a statement that it had given the US computing giant three months to comply with the French Data Protection Act to ensure user data security and confidentiality. Microsoft will release an updated privacy statement next month that will say it intends to adopt the Privacy Shield, the company said. Those investigations "revealed many failures" including collection of "irrelevant or excessive (user) data", the statement said. The agency said media and political groups brought the issue to its attention after Microsoft launched its latest Windows 10 operating system a year ago. Concerning transfer of data from Europe to the United States, Microsoft relies on a variety of legal mechanisms, in addition to "safe harbour", he added.

Source: The Local July 21, 2016 06:45 UTC