Neowin News Feed for: Confidential

Microsoft is uploading your confidential emails to Copilot for summarization [Update]

Usama Jawad — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:18:01 +0000

Copilot caught peeking? A bug reportedly let the AI read confidential enterprise emails it was never meant to see. A complete fix is still not available. Read more...

A Microsoft Confidential Windows Server 2012 build has leaked and it's quite pretty

Sayan Sen — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:28:01 +0000

Leaked Windows development builds are always fun to look at as they reveal some of Microsoft's direction and decisions along the way. Today, a new Server 2012 build was shared on the web. Read more...

Microsoft is removing non-compete clauses in the U.S. and increasing pay transparency

Usama Jawad — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 06:38:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced four U.S.-centric initiatives to foster a healthy culture at its workplace. These include removing non-compete clauses for almost all employee and increasing pay transparency. Read more...

European Court of Human Rights says companies can snoop on employees' private email, chats

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:10:01 +0000

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a company, which read its employee's private e-mail and then fired him, acted legally. This decision may create new controversy with regards to privacy. Read more...

Leaked slide shows off notification center in Windows Phone 8.1

Shreyas Gandhe — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 06:22:28 +0000

A leaked slide from a confidential Microsoft presentation has shown off the much awaited "notification center" feature, planned for release with the upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update in April. Read more...

comScore accused of stealing credit cards and passwords

Denis Wong — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:17:07 +0000

Credit card numbers, passwords, and Social Security Numbers are amongst the confidential data comScore is accused of siphoning via spyware-like software installed by users. Read more...

Do you trust your copier? A gaping hole in document security uncovered

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:58:23 +0000

Ask the average user to define 'secure printing' and you'll likely get a wide swath of answers. The most common concern is that confidential documents sitting unattended on the output tray are particularly prone to... Read more...

Confidential Apple music details leaked

Sat, 07 Jun 2003 23:40:00 +0000

An insight into the success of Apple's online music service has been provided by leaked details from a meeting with representatives from the independent record industry. According to notes published on the... Read more...

eBay memo, about leaking confidential memos, leaked

Michael Stanclift — Sat, 04 Jan 2003 08:14:18 +0000

Henry Gomez, Vice President of Corporate Communications for eBay, has warned all of eBay's staff via internal memo that sending internal emails to Internet websites is banned and violators may face disciplinary action. ... Read more...

Dutch ISP exposes confidential data

Darren Bolton — Thu, 08 Aug 2002 09:00:59 +0000

Ex-customer inundated with customer details A Dutch internet service provider has accidentally spammed a former customer with hundreds of confidential emails. The problem started when Albert Curvers tried to cancel his... Read more...