At work, we use Office 365 which, of course, includes Outlook 365 which we
use for our office email.

Each morning, I receive at least one message from a service called
Microsoft Viva. Apparently Outlook looks through my calendar for that day
and then tries to match up meetings with emails I have received, and this message tells me what it has found. Also, once a week, I will get a second email that usually includes some brief facts about how long it takes me to answer emails, on average, and additional info about the days I have the
most meetings, etc.

At the bottom, there is a link where I can opt out.

Right under that is a note that says the following:

For people in Canada:
This is a mandatory service communication.

Then it gives them a link where they can adjust their settings for "other communications."

I am curious as to why, if I were in Canada, these messages from Microsoft
are mandatory? I am assuming there is some law behind it. I thought it
was an odd message. :)

Mike


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Mike,

I thought it was an odd message. :)

Odd people, odd messages ... they worship the king of another country ... what to expect... 8-)

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Hello Mike!

Each morning, I receive at least one message from a
service called Microsoft Viva. Apparently Outlook looks
through my calendar for that day and then tries to match
up meetings with emails I have received, and this message
tells me what it has found. Also, once a week, I will get
a second email that usually includes some brief facts
about how long it takes me to answer emails, on average,
and additional info about the days I have the most
meetings, etc.

OMG, they just activated all those meeting/email matchings,
brief facts, and stats?

Something like that would make me furious.

At the bottom, there is a link where I can opt out.

Right under that is a note that says the following:

For people in Canada:
This is a mandatory service communication.

THAT is certainly strange for disallowing Canadian users to opt
out. I'd simply opt out of such MS product!

I use MS Outlook 2007 (local to my PC). It is quite good
enuff, even if it is considered 15 yrs old.

I am curious as to why, if I were in Canada, these
messages from Microsoft are mandatory? I am assuming
there is some law behind it. I thought it was an odd
message. :)

Maybe you can find more about that matter elsewhere, but since
I'm not a 365 or cloud Outlook user, I am not affected.

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Each morning, I receive at least one message from a
service called Microsoft Viva. Apparently Outlook looks
through my calendar for that day and then tries to match
up meetings with emails I have received, and this message
tells me what it has found. Also, once a week, I will get
a second email that usually includes some brief facts
about how long it takes me to answer emails, on average,
and additional info about the days I have the most
meetings, etc.

OMG, they just activated all those meeting/email matchings,
brief facts, and stats?

Something like that would make me furious.

As a Canadian, you'd be very furious. :D I can set a rule to make them go
to junk or "other" so it is not a big deal. I am guessing a Canadian user
could do the same, since they cannot opt out.

On rare instances, they are actually helpful.

Mike


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Hello Mike!

On rare instances, they are actually helpful.

But.. they are still taking the privilege of scanning email
content, making AI decisions as to what is associated with
what, meter your usage, under the guise of helpfulness.

It just feels wrong to me.

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