There are three ways to disable Diagnostic Data Viewer on your Windows 11 computer. These are: Using Settings app Using Group Policy Editor Using Registry Editor. The Settings app option is pretty ...

If you're concerned about private documents accidentally leaving your network, you might want to turn the telemetry setting down. Read now Earlier this week I noted a ...

Microsoft Corp. has faced years of criticism over its practice of slurping data from Windows 10 users. Organizations such as the European Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have complained, ...

Soon you'll be able to see the diagnostic data Microsoft collects from Windows and what it's doing with it. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Wondering exactly what kind of data Windows is sending to ...

As users become more concerned about how their data is being harvested and used by software and sites that they use, companies have started to become more transparent about the information they ...

Microsoft says it doesn’t keep track of your viewing and listening habits, but rather how well those video and audio files play on your device. Still, as the list shows, Microsoft keeps quite a bit of ...

Earlier this week, hints of new privacy tools were spotted in recent Windows 10 Insider builds, pointing to a bid to be more transparent with the types of data Microsoft collects. Now, Microsoft has ...

The company could easily give users the ability to control what information is sent to it, but that’s not what it has in mind. In late January, Microsoft embarked on a PR blitz to reassure Windows ...

Both commands are simply placeholders in current builds, but the names appear to give away their function. One is a Diagnostic data viewer, apparently intended to offer greater transparency over ...

Soon you'll be able to see the diagnostic data Microsoft collects from Windows and what it's doing with it. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit ...