We have heard a lot about privacy concerns surrounding Windows 10 and accusations on Microsoft of collecting too much data about users without their consent.

Now, the French data protection authority has ordered Microsoft to stop it.

France's National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) issued a formal notice on Wednesday, asking Microsoft to "stop collecting excessive data" as well as "tracking browsing by users without their consent."

The CNIL, Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés, ordered Microsoft to comply with the French Data Protection Act within 3 months, and if fails, the commission will issue a sanction against the company.

Moreover, the CNIL notified Microsoft that the company must also take "satisfactory measures to ensure the security and confidentiality" of its users' personal data.

The notice comes after a series of investigations between April and June 2016 by French authorities, revealing that Microsoft was still transferring data to the United States under the "Safe Harbor" agreement that a European Court court invalidated in October last year.
 

Allegations on Windows 10

The CNIL's list of complaints about Windows 10 does not end there, as it goes on to read:

 

Microsoft is collecting data on "Windows app and Windows Store usage data," along with monitoring apps its user's download and time spent on each app, which according to the CNIL, is irrelevant and "excessive" data collection.