The German state of Hesse has banned Office 365 in its schools over concerns personal information and classroom information are exposed via the platform . The ruling follows years of government doubt over whether Office 365 makes students ’ and teachers ’ personal details available to US officials . Germany ’s Federal Office for Information privacy has also expressed concern about the security of the Windows OS platform , but has not taken action since there is not yet a satisfactory solution . The German government calls instead for more secure cloud services while it pushes lawsuits regarding the transfer of information to the US .
The German state of Hesse has banned Office 365 in its schools over concerns personal information and telemetry data are exposed via the platform. The ruling follows years of government doubt over whether Office 365 makes students’ and teachers’ personal details available to US officials. Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security has also expressed concern about the security of the Windows OS platform, but has not taken action since there is not yet a satisfactory alternative. The German government calls instead for more secure cloud services while it pushes lawsuits regarding the transfer of information to the US.