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Was getting the same pop up for several days, had a search around and found this video, the solution worked for me!
How to stop "Microsoft respects your privacy" message?
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How to stop "Microsoft respects your privacy" message? Every time I open a doc or open Outlook it comes on. It's extremely annoying.
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Van De Streek, David Bruce 0 Reputation points2023-09-22T22:36:32.9+00:00 I have the same issue. It just started a day ago.
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Andrew Stonestreet 10 Reputation points2023-09-28T09:04:18.55+00:00 Was getting the same message for several days, had a search around and found this video tutorial that fixed the issue for me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc_tWokWx1M
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Randall MacArthur 0 Reputation points2023-10-20T18:10:06.1733333+00:00 The dialog boxes are annoying enough but what is even more annoying is when I have to pay my IT firm to fix the problem across our network for multiple users.
This kind of clunkiness is so characteristic of Microsoft produce that it keeps me on the lookout for alternatives to Microsoft.
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Nick Wood 0 Reputation points2023-10-21T12:19:04.2933333+00:00 The solution in the video Andrew Stonestreet points to worked for me. Apparently it happens because you are signed in more than once. Watch the video.
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S.Sengupta 24,636 Reputation points MVP2023-09-14T00:36:34.53+00:00 Ensure that you are using the latest version of Microsoft Outlook. Microsoft often releases updates that may change or improve the way privacy notices are displayed or handled.
Microsoft Outlook may have privacy settings that control certain aspects of data collection and sharing. You can access these settings through the following steps:
- Open Outlook.
- Click on "File" or the "Settings" (gear) icon.
- Look for "Privacy" or "Security" settings in the menu
- This depends ob Outlook version and may change.
Shange the settings > Sign out > Sign in > recheck.
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Dan Manning 0 Reputation points2023-09-21T23:24:48.6166667+00:00 These instructions are useless. The "Microsoft Respects Your Privacy" message behaves like ransomeware. It pops up and you aren't allowed to click on ANYTHING in Outlook. So how is one expected to "Click on File" when the popup essentially freezes your ability to do anything. OR-I can click on the through the ransomware looking popup questions and wonder what data is being stolen from my PC. Because, I repeat, IT LOOKS LIKE RANSOMEWARE AND I DON'T LIKE CLICKING BUTTONS WHEN I'M PRESENTED WITH A BOX THAT FREEZES MY APP AND DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO ESCAPE FROM IT.
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Rob 0 Reputation points2023-09-28T08:56:15.9933333+00:00 @S.Sengupta I have the exact same problem. My email is handled by GoDaddy and my only other option is to use webmail.
Please give us some help we can use.
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Rob 0 Reputation points
2023-09-28T09:04:56.9466667+00:00 The problem is being signed into different accounts. Go to File>Account Settings and make sure you are signed in with the correct account and that any problems are resolved.
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Randall MacArthur 0 Reputation points
2023-10-21T13:36:02.39+00:00 You are correct. This video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qc_tWokWx1M does solve the problem. Thanks.
The trick is that users must be vigilant to never sign into their other Microsoft accounts. I am prompted by Microsoft often to sign into my other account. When prompted, I must be vigilant to select "sign into other account" (or similar wording) and select the primary account and sign into just that account. Otherwise, I have the problem again of being signed into too many accounts and the pop ups return.
Is it too much to ask that someone from Microsoft watch this video and solve the underlying problem? At the very least Microsoft could make login less confusing for those of us with multiple accounts so that we can more easily avoid this error of being logged in to too many accounts.