Microsoft explains why Microsoft Edge imported all data from Chrome and Firefox without consent

Previously, users found that the Microsoft Edge browser imported Google and Firefox browser data without the user’s consent. The imported data includes multiple privacy contents such as history records, bookmarks, and favorites, forms, and passwords. To do these, Microsoft should first ask the user and obtain consent.

But Microsoft’s approach is to copy these data directly into the Microsoft browser. If the user logs in to the Windows 10 account, the data may be automatically uploaded to the cloud. That is to say, the user’s private data is likely to be directly uploaded to the Microsoft server for storage.

In response to this issue, Microsoft officially released a response. Microsoft officially stated that the situation found by the user does exist, but the user has misunderstood the process.

Microsoft said that when users install the Microsoft Edge browser and open it for the first time, the wizard program will automatically run, and the wizard program will automatically import the browser data.

It is at this stage that Microsoft did copy the data to its own browser without user consent, but Microsoft emphasized that the data was not completely imported at this time.

Because the wizard will ask if you want to import other browser data in the next step if the user chooses yes, the previously imported data will be officially imported.

If the user chooses otherwise, those data will be cleared immediately and will not be uploaded to the cloud for storage.

Via: windowscentral