DSB (Austria) · 21 January 2026
Microsoft Corporation
About: Data principles, Processor obligations, Unlawful processing
FineNo fineViolation found
- Regulator
- DSB (Austria)
- Decided
- 21 January 2026
- Country
- Austria
- Sector
- Not given
- Regulator’s reference
- D135.026 2025-0.768.263
- Fino case number
- 2026/AT/003
What happened
The DPA ruled that Microsoft Corporation unlawfully installed tracking cookies on a pupil’s device when using Microsoft 365 Education without valid consent and ordered the company to cease such processing.
Summary from GDPRhub (noyb), written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Art. 5Principles relating to processing of personal data5(1)(a)Read →
- Art. 6Lawfulness of processingRead →
- Art. 28Processor28(3)Read →
- Data principles
- Processor obligations
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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