Microsoft Windows 10 is now able to send users Activity History to the company when the user thinks he or she told it not to. Looking at this issue, it appears that the mistake is coming from Microsoft because it uses one term for two settings.
It seems that Microsoft messed up again from a standpoint of imperfection. Although now, it is not about secretly receiving data but that of good and easy to use design choices, and also that of having clear naming strategy.
This update was created in April 2018 and the timeline feature is the type that makes users to resume working on a project that was or may not have been completed in the past. The feature works with activity history of the apps in use. The information is what is shared with Microsoft.
As a user strives to clear his or her history on Windows 10, it is always hoped that the information deleted is gone forever and may never be found elsewhere. Users say that they expect that Microsoft would not have the data.
That is not the case, as some users now know that Microsoft still keeps this record in Microsoft’s Privacy Dashboard; that part has activity history of apps. It is said that diagnostic data keeps the information.
The user can decide what happens to the data, whether it appears in the Privacy Dashboard depends on what options he or she picks. However, if the user does not want Windows 10 powered device to send all of the data to Microsoft, he could just select ‘Basic’.
Microsoft also clarified in a statement that actually there is a confusing usage of ‘Activity History’ and that it still remains a misleading issue no matter what explanations are given.
In the clarification statement, the company said it is committed to customer privacy and that it is being transparent about the data collected and this used for the benefit of users. Furthermore, Microsoft claims it allows users to have full control over their data.
Also, the company clarified that Windows 10 Activity History data is only a breaking up of the data displayed in the Microsoft privacy Dashboard.
