EU Commission's use of Microsoft software breached privacy rules, watchdog says


FILE PHOTO Smartphone is seen in front of Microsoft logo displayed in this illustration taken July 26 2021. REUTERSDado RuvicIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Smartphone is seen in front of Microsoft logo displayed in this illustration taken July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission's use of Microsoft software breached EU privacy rules and the bloc's executive also failed to implement adequate safeguards for personal data transferred to non-EU countries, the EU privacy watchdog said on Monday.

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) ordered the Commission to take measures to comply with privacy rules and to halt data transfer to the U.S. company and subsidiaries located in third countries which do not have privacy deals with the EU, setting a deadline of Dec. 9 for both orders.

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