Symptoms

A notice is displayed that informs users about the transfer of data outside China after installing a Windows 10 or Windows 11 update that is dated on or after March 21, 2023. For a list of specific Windows updates that introduced this behavior, see the More information section.

Notice displayed on Windows 10

Your data will be processed outside of your country or region
Microsoft Privacy Statement

Notice displayed on Windows 11

Your data will be processed outside of your country or region
Microsoft Privacy Statement

Workaround

We are aware that the notice is shown to users who log on to a device that is running Enterprise or Education versions of Windows 10 or Windows 11 by using a local user account. If an Enterprise wants to suppress this notice, implement the following workaround.

1. Before you apply a Windows update dated on or after March 21, 2023, create the following registry entry on the Windows 10 or Windows 11 device for each local account.
   
   

   Registry location	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\CloudExperienceHost\Intent\PersonalDataE xport
   Value name	PDEShown
   Data type	REG_DWORD
   Data value	1

2. Then apply the applicable Windows updates dated on or after March 21, 2023 and then restart the device. For a list of specific Windows updates that introduced this behavior, see the More information section.

Note This workaround will not suppress the notice for any newly created local user accounts that are created.

More information

In response to the Chinese Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), Microsoft intended to notify Windows users who have local accounts on unmanaged devices about the transfer of some personal data from China to another country or region to process the personal data and enable the product to work as intended. To see the full list of products that are affected by this notice, please see the following support article:

• Why does my personal data need to transfer from China to another country when I use this Microsoft product?

Note We introduced this explicit notice in the release of the following Windows updates dated on or after March 21, 2023:

Windows 11, version 22H2

• KB5023778: March 28, 2023—KB5023778 (OS Build 22621.1485) Preview
• KB5025239: April 11, 2023—KB5025239 (OS Build 22621.1555)

Windows 11, version 21H2

• KB5023774: March 28, 2023—KB5023774 (OS Build 22000.1761) Preview
• KB5025224: April 11, 2023—KB5025224 (OS Build 22000.1817)

Windows 10, version 20H2, 21H2, and 22H2

• KB5023773: March 21, 2023—KB5023773 (OS Builds 19042.2788, 19044.2788, and 19045.2788) Preview
• KB5025221: April 11, 2023—KB5025221 (OS Builds 19042.2846, 19044.2846, and 19045.2846)

References

Learn more about data collection and processing in Windows

Enterprise administrators can control whether required or optional diagnostic data is sent to Microsoft. They can also control what connected experiences and many of the essential services that are available to their users. Learn more about the various options available to administrators to manage privacy settings in an organization:

• Windows Required diagnostic events and fields
• Windows Optional diagnostic data details
• Windows Privacy Compliance: A Guide for IT and Compliance Professionals
• Configure Windows diagnostic data in your organization
• Changes to Windows diagnostic data collection
• Windows Essential services and connected experiences (for Enterprise administrators)

To learn more about data collection and processing for other affected Microsoft products, please go to the documentation pages for those products.

Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...1-a42238810fa0

Posted By: Brink
27 Apr 2023