• requiem@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Depends on your sector of work. Imagine you’re a therapist or a lawyer…

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      10 months ago

      A lot of healthcare and education institutions use Outlook as well, so I wouldn’t be surprised if mental health or legal uses it too. There may be rules about what kind of client/student/patient information can be sent over email, and often there are healthcare/institution specific variants of the office suites which (are supposed to) meet regulatory requirements

      I think the other comment applies regardless. Do work things on the work device/account and let the workplace handle any other concerns. When it comes time to discuss alternatives, you can make a case for something else

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        10 months ago

        I mean it even harvests typing data and Outlook also includes calendars etc… It’s really bad.

        But yes, I just suggested a re-evaluation of the use of Microsoft Outlook to my company …

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          10 months ago

          What would you get them to use instead? I use Proton personally, but I doubt many companies are using it at scale.

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          10 months ago

          A company would use a Microsoft 365 plan that includes Outlook for Office 365, not a Windows Mail app. An the MS365 agreement would come with protections of company data from sharing with advertisers.

          In other words, I wouldn’t worry if my company used Outlook. But never log in to your private mailbox from a corporate device.

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        10 months ago

        Cloud services who want the business of healthcare providers usually offer a separate service for customers who need enhanced privacy.

        Google etc have this option.

        Also Microsoft has “pay for enterprise control” for businesses. Businesses can pay for their data not to be collected or at least sent to a business controlled server.

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      10 months ago

      There are different versions of Outlook depending on your subscription. Companies that do things properly, never see the problematic, “free version” of Outlook. They have very fine control over the features and data collections they enable.