“Microsoft Monday” takes a look back at the past week of news related to Microsoft. This week, “Microsoft Monday” includes details about the data that Windows 10 collects, ads appearing on the lock screen, the shutdown of Qik, several new Android apps, the acquisition of Xamarin, the cancellation of Project Astoria, the Bill and Melinda Gates annual letter, the Xbox One getting Universal Windows 10 apps, the backing of Apple in the FBI case and more.
Windows 10: What Does It Collect?
When Windows 10 was released, Microsoft acknowledged that the operating system has a telemetry and diagnostics service that cannot be disabled completely. Data collection was optional in previous versions of Windows, but Microsoft has taken a more aggressive stance in Windows 10 by making it mandatory. Microsoft uses this telemetry data to fix bugs and security issues.
The collection of telemetry data is common with many products that connect to the Internet. Google collects telemetry data to find out how users interact with its online services and many of the largest wireless carriers companies share telemetry data for safety and quality purposes.
What type of telemetry data does Microsoft collect? There are four types of Universal Telemetry Clients (UTC) on Windows 10: Basic, Enhanced, Full and Security. The Security UTC runs only in Windows 10 Enterprise and Education editions. This is the type of data that each of the UTC levels collects:

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