Back to today’s briefing

Story perspectives

Microsoft's OneDrive Faces Privacy Backlash Over Face Recognition

10/13/2025

47 7

Summary

Story summary

Microsoft Corporation is testing a face-recognition feature in OneDrive that groups photos to simplify organization.
The feature is currently available to a limited group of users.
Critics say the opt-out approach, which allows disabling the feature only up to three times per year, raises privacy concerns because details on data storage and usage remain unclear.
User feedback will shape the feature before any potential public launch.

1 of 1

Story summary

Microsoft Corporation is testing a face-recognition feature in OneDrive that groups photos to simplify organization.
The feature is currently available to a limited group of users.
Critics say the opt-out approach, which allows disabling the feature only up to three times per year, raises privacy concerns because details on data storage and usage remain unclear.
User feedback will shape the feature before any potential public launch.