Overview
- Ireland’s Data Protection Commission confirmed it has received civil-society complaints and said the matters are under assessment.
- The groups Eko and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties allege Microsoft unlawfully processed data belonging to Palestinians and EU citizens to enable Israeli military surveillance and targeting.
- Microsoft says customers control their own data, noting that a customer moved data in August, and the company restricted some Israeli military access to cloud and AI services in September.
- Eko cites purported Microsoft whistleblowers who claim large volumes of surveillance data were rapidly offloaded after the Guardian’s investigation, allegations Microsoft disputes.
- Guardian reporting said the trove of intercepted phone calls was stored on Microsoft servers in Ireland and the Netherlands, placing the issue under EU GDPR oversight.