German privacy watchdogs conclude that Microsoft 365 is incompatible with GDPR
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Re: German privacy watchdogs conclude that Microsoft 365 is incompatible with GDPR
#2Re: German privacy watchdogs conclude that Microsoft 365 is incompatible with GDPR
#3This will have absolutely zero impact.
Everybody knows you must use Microsoft products and if those don't comply with regulations, the regulations will have to change...
Re: German privacy watchdogs conclude that Microsoft 365 is incompatible with GDPR
#4At this points, isn't it pretty safe to assume very few Silicon Valley services conform to GDPR?
Another example was shared recently: Shopify is technically illegal in Germany [1]
Re: German privacy watchdogs conclude that Microsoft 365 is incompatible with GDPR
#5This will have absolutely zero impact. Everybody knows you must use Microsoft products and if those don't comply with regulations, the regulations will have to change...
And what would be the alternative? LibreOffice with its 90s UI/UX?
Re: German privacy watchdogs conclude that Microsoft 365 is incompatible with GDPR
#6This will have absolutely zero impact. Everybody knows you must use Microsoft products and if those don't comply with regulations, the regulations will have to change...
And what would be the alternative? LibreOffice with its 90s UI/UX?
I wish I had ms office with its 90s UI/UX instead of whatever garbage it evolved into.
Re: German privacy watchdogs conclude that Microsoft 365 is incompatible with GDPR
#7This will have absolutely zero impact. Everybody knows you must use Microsoft products and if those don't comply with regulations, the regulations will have to change...
It could lead to billions in fines for Microsoft. Up to 4% global revenue - for each EU country.
Re: German privacy watchdogs conclude that Microsoft 365 is incompatible with GDPR
#8This will have absolutely zero impact. Everybody knows you must use Microsoft products and if those don't comply with regulations, the regulations will have to change...
We regularly discuss GDPR matters in our German company because there's a lot of FUD concerning the various cloud platforms and we have to cater to sensitive customers with our own hosting. One extreme is that you can't use AWS at all because of Schrems and it's a US compancy etc. On the other hand there's some hearsay about Microsoft (Azure) being tolerated because there's no way around it.
Re: German privacy watchdogs conclude that Microsoft 365 is incompatible with GDPR
#9Re: German privacy watchdogs conclude that Microsoft 365 is incompatible with GDPR
#10Problem as always is, it's all talk and (almost) zero enforcement in Germany.
Complaints to a data protection official take forever, are usually dismissed at first, even if counter to published opinions or decisions such as TFA. And only if you still care after a few years of waiting and at least one appeal you might get a decision, however usually a very cheap one for the perpetrator.