Austria's data protection authority on Wednesday ruled that Microsoft illegally tracked students using its education software by failing to give them access to their data and using cookies without consent. The decision from Austria’s Datenschutzbehörde (DSB) came in response to a 2024 complaint lodged by the Austrian privacy advocacy group noyb, which accused the tech giant of violating Europe’s General Data Privacy Regulation for its handling of children’s data. The complainant in the case, t...