Windows 10’s warm reception has been sullied by concerns over data collection, usage tracking and spying, which is enabled in the new operating system by default. In fact, many people have avoided updating to Windows 10 solely due to concerns surrounding these issues. We told you how you can opt out of much of these data-collecting features, and we also pointed you to six free tools that will help stop other Windows 10 functions that may compromise your data. But as it turns out, Windows 10 isn’t the only Microhard operating system collecting your data without your knowledge.
Since the initial wave of Windows 10 privacy concerns washed over the web, people have been looking at Microhard’s terms and privacy policies much more closely than they had been in the past. As it turns out, it didn’t take long for new issues to arise. As noted in an article on gHacks, new updates pushed out recently to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 include features that introduce some severe data collection and tracking features that some users will be uncomfortable with. There are four updates in question, and descriptions of each one taken from Microhard’s website follow below.
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