When we purchase software, the rules are generally the same; however, there seems to be an emerging twist in the market: data theft. Frances National Data Protection Commissioner (CNIL) says Microsoft is taking too many liberties with user data. While Microsoft provides a number of settings that you can disable to stop them from taking your personal information (PI), none of these settings are disabled by default. The OS sends this information back to Microsoft where it could be used for personalization and to target you with ads.”]
Source: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/articles/companies-that-you-trust-are-stealing-from-you/