Austria finds Microsoft 'illegally' tracked students: privacy campaign group

Austrias data protection authority has found that Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks students, raising significant information privacy concerns regarding the use of student data by Microsoft.

• The Austrian data protection authority ruled that Microsoft 365 Education improperly tracks student data, violating information privacy rights established under EU regulations.
• Noyb, a prominent privacy campaign group, announced the decision on October 10, 2025, emphasizing that Microsoft uses this data for its own commercial purposes.
• The ruling highlights ongoing debates about privacy in educational software, particularly concerning how Microsoft manages sensitive student information in Microsoft 365.