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Mozilla Testing New Default Opt-Out Setting for Firefox Telemetry Collection

Mozilla engineers are discussing plans to change the way Firefox collects usage data (telemetry), and the organization is currently preparing to test an opt-out clause an opt-out clause so they could collect more data relevant to the browser's usage. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-testing-new-default-opt-out-setting-for-firefox-telemetry-collection/
Germany: Microsoft Agrees to Stop Forcibly Downloading Windows Upgrades

After an 18-month legal battle with Germany's Baden-WΓΌrtenberg consumer rights center, Microsoft admitted to wrongdoing when it downloaded over 6GBs of data on user devices during its Windows 10 push in mid and late 2015. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/germany-microsoft-agrees-to-stop-forcibly-downloading-windows-upgrades/