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that question independently for your Microsoft account and your

work or school email accounts, if any.

Activity recommendations is the on/off switch for the “Pick up
where you left off” feature described on “UP TO SPEED A Little

Bit About 64 Bits”.

My device history, My search history. Are you willing to let

Microsoft’s servers see what you’ve been doing and searching, in
the name of making your searching more accurate?

Searching Windows

Here’s where you specify which folders Windows can search; see “Where
Windows Looks”.

Search history. If you’re only now figuring out that Microsoft has
been collecting your search terms, open this link. It takes you to a
website where you can clear your search history, scrubbing

Microsoft’s brain free of your questionable queries.

Cortana

Of course Cortana the voice assistant gets her own pages of settings:

Talk to Cortana. See “How to Use Cortana” for details on the
different ways you can trigger Cortana.

Permissions. Choose “Manage the information Cortana can access
from this device” to turn off its access to your location, contacts,
email, calendar, browsing history, and so on.

More details. This screen offers links to various privacy
statements on Microsoft’s website.

Privacy