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A ) class A shares - report. (02:20) This is an abridged transcript of the podcast. An advocacy group has filed complaints with the Austrian Data Protection Authority against Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) alleging that the company's 365 Education services violate children's data protection rights.
NOYB, or None Of Your Business, said that software vendors like Microsoft have market power, which allows them to dictate the terms of contracts with anyone who wants to use their products. At the same time, the software providers try to dodge responsibility by insisting that almost all of it lies with local authorities or schools. During the COVID-19 pandemic, online education programs saw a surge as schools switched to remote teaching and implemented digital services for online learning.
The group added that when students wanted to exercise their General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, rights, Microsoft said schools were the "controller" for their data. However, the schools have no control over the systems, NOYB noted. The second complaint focuses on cookies installed in Microsoft's 365 Education.
Advertisers usually use cookies to track certain types of user data. NOYB has asked the Austrian data p.
