Microsoft should be sued class action by users for copying and deleting all files from local computer without notifying the user!!

Anonymous
2024-01-24T04:14:53+00:00

Microsoft should be sue class action for copying and deleting all my files from my computer and moving it OneDrive cloud space without letting the user know...to get more money and subscription, MS has moved all my files onto Cloud and deleted from my C: drive!

This is done without the users permission or letting the user know of deleting files from the local drive.

I can understand if it copies to OneDrive location on the CLOUD.

NOw it has also made multiple copies and when I want a file I connot find it even!

What MS has done is by virtue of owning the desktop, they are forcing people to use OneDrive and moving files and filling it up on OneDrive so Microsoft can charge more money for cloud space when I did not want to remove it from my local hard drive and keep it on the cloud to begin with.

Now I had too many directories under Documents, they are saying I will have to copy one by one; that too create a zip for each directory and restore it....no easy way back from MS Cloud OneDrive back to the local hard drive.

This is unacceptable and created headaches for many users!!

Now I have to put in a lot of hours to reconstuct my files...

-JP

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For business | Windows

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-15T00:25:00+00:00

    The same thing happened to me. It removed my files from my desktop and computer. I deleted these files from OneDrive and removed the program from my computer only to learn later that it deleted all of my files from my computer. I attempted to use a third party software to recover the files and could not retrieve them. They are all lost.

    I contacted the company only to have them send me a generic email and would not respond back answering any of my questions. This is a fraudulent program and company.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-13T05:15:26+00:00

    I will also be joining the lawsuit, should one form.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-06-26T19:28:43+00:00

    I would 100% say this is false too, I work in IT have been for a very long time, and the problems with one drive is mind boggling. I hope Microsoft gets sued too, cause they are effecting a lot of people.

    I know doctor office who didnt have one drive now have it and some of their confidential data ended up on One drive. I manage their programs i know for a fact I didn't install it. They are breaking compliancy for doctor office its only a matter of time till it comes back and bites them in the butt.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-06-16T10:45:38+00:00

    I'm not sure that Microsoft can legally make us sign away our right to a class action in extreme circumstances, such as misleading its customers into signing over their personal documents and photos to them to keep forever. I'm sure there would be enough hot shot lawyers out there willing to make a name for themselves in a billion dollar law suit against Microsoft. No one is above the law, not even Microsoft.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-15T11:51:14+00:00

    I too would join this class action. My computer went into some kind of syncing mode, over a month ago, and still not fully recovered.

    I didn't agree for all of my data and files to be taken, and not even if get everything local it's too late. All of my data has been moved and stored somewhere else.

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