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Microsoft tweaks Productivity Score, removing employee names to preserve privacy – Channel Asia Singapore
When users saw a Microsoft tool marked “Productivity Score” that was tied to their names, they freaked out. So Microsoft made changes.
Microsoft has attempted to defuse consumer worries that it might be spying on customers via a tool known as the Microsoft Productivity Score by removing individual names from the tool, the company said Tuesday.
For years, Microsoft has built analytics into Office suite, including a tool called MyAnalytics for evaluating your own productivity, and more groups-focused analytics tools in Outlook that measured how well the group collaborated, for example. An offshoot of that service, known as the Microsoft…
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