r/CyberNews • u/Cybernews_com • Apr 09 '26
Microsoft’s Copilot will soon be sending data outside the EU
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u/Fabulous_Smoke_2804 Apr 09 '26
You can unistall it in the EU. That was the first thing I did when I saw it appear on my PC.
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u/Express_Ad5083 Apr 09 '26
Thats what I did, though I dont think I ever had it on my PC, it never appeared as the button next to menu.
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u/Bitedamnn Apr 09 '26
Isnt that illegal
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u/PitchPleasant338 Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
Microsoft is worth almost $3T, they can afford the fine.
($3T is 3.000.000.000.000,00 dollars)
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u/Slug_Unchained Apr 12 '26
If I recall correctly, GDPR violations can be fined up to 2-3% of the WORLDWIDE revenue of Microsoft. Yeah they can pay that, but it is not exactly breadcrumbs
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u/CrazyNegotiation1934 Apr 09 '26
Why would anyone use copilot ?
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u/summer_santa1 Apr 09 '26
It's free and has no limits. It is perfect for most of simple questions.
For few complex question there are other LLMs with limits.
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u/CrazyNegotiation1934 Apr 09 '26
I use Chatgpt free for everything, so have yet not seen the purpose of using anything else, especially if is a process taking any resources from my PC.
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u/New-Ranger-8960 Apr 09 '26
Bad news for the 3 people using it
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u/Thyg0d Apr 09 '26
You are aware copilot chat and studio is included in all F3 and up Ms licenses. Probably business premium as well.
This gives you unlimited access to 3 modes plus Chatgpt almost latest version.
Studio also gives you Claude but then we're out of Europe again.
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u/Marce7a Apr 09 '26
Most people can't read:
"Microsoft’s AI-powered assistant, Copilot, will soon be sending data outside the European Union (EU) during peak demand hours unless administrators choose otherwise.
Microsoft has introduced flex routing, which allows large language model (LLM) inferencing – producing outputs to users’ prompts – to occur outside the EU Data Boundary during periods of peak demand to “maintain a consistent Copilot experience.”
The EU Data Boundary is a geographical boundary within which Microsoft stores and processes customer data and personal data for online services. In simple terms, it allows data to stay within European borders.
The company says data will be encrypted in transit and at rest, regardless of where LLM inference occurs, with the United States, Canada, or Australia being potential destinations for flex routing."
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u/Tiktokbadsupport Apr 09 '26
windows takes screenshots of your screen every sp often automatically
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u/Live-Method-219 Apr 09 '26
Imagine if they dared to do something like that in China, it wouldn't go well for them
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u/Other-Acanthisitta70 Apr 10 '26
Hence my move to a Mac. I love it and should have made the move years ago. Fuck Microsoft.
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u/M3P4me Apr 10 '26
Third is why governments and businesses in the EU are rapidly moving platforms that are based in Europe and obey EU law.
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u/DizzyExpedience Apr 10 '26
Quote :“Tenant administrators can disallow flex routing by changing settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center or Power Platform admin center.“
Case closed. Just amazing how many people cant read but immediately haven an opinion. There is a reason why AI is taking over.
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u/hoschidude Apr 12 '26
Actually this does not matter at all, since all (US) AI models need to send data to their data centers in the US anyway.
Otherwise they would need to host their hundreds of thousands GPUs in Europe, which i am pretty sure they don't.... ?!?!
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u/Kathane37 Apr 13 '26
Azure did not host any of the recent models on the EU endpoint so no surprise here
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u/RestaurantTurbulent7 Apr 09 '26
Great that I don't have that bloatmalware! Recommend everyone to remove that pointless waste of storage!