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Edge silently enabled data collection for Personalization & advertising without my consent
I experianced the same thing as you explained.
This is some kind of manipulation, and this behaviour of Microsoft is matching with pesky intruders/scammers/spammers of the wild. On each update some settings related to data collection and sharing, Ads and shopping are getting turned on. There is no way or atleast I'm not able to find yet to silent/forbid these pesky popups and auto turning ON of various privacy related toggles, please someone help me in this regard.
Hi digitalgarage.
Yes! I experience the same thing. Microsoft is tricking you into enabling data collection. "Got it" is ambiguous and grossly violates users who do not consent. I assume their employees need to meet tightening data collection quotas, and so deceive us smarter folk - who actually check our data privacy settings - into joining the bandwagon.
"Yes" and "No" is real legal consent. If you were confronted on the street by someone who proposed that they take your wallet, would saying "Got it" agree to handing it over? I have an clear feeling that your answer is not "Yes".