While many of us will be (and probably should be) upgrading our Windows computers to the Windows 10 operating system (from Windows 7, 8 or 8.1; hopefully no one is still running that unsupported and vulnerable OS, Windows XP), we should be aware of its privacy and personal data aspects. It really amounts to Microsoft jumping on the personal data bandwagon, which most of its competitors (Facebook would be the most egregious, in my opinion) have long done. Here is a discussion from the How-To Geek about “30 Ways Your Windows 10 Computer Phones Home to Microsoft”: