Title

Handwriting personalization data sharing with Microsoft must be prevented. (Cat III impact)

Discussion

Some features may communicate with the vendor, sending system information or downloading data or components for the feature. Turning off this capability will prevent potentially sensitive information from being sent outside the enterprise and uncontrolled updates to the system. This setting prevents data from the handwriting recognition personalization tool being shared with Microsoft.

Check Content

If the following registry value does not exist or is not configured as specified, this is a finding: Registry Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Subkey: \Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\TabletPC\ Value Name: PreventHandwritingDataSharing Type: REG_DWORD Value: 1

Fix Text

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Internet Communication Management -> Internet Communication settings -> "Turn off handwriting personalization data sharing" to "Enabled".

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-48454r2_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-21966

Group Title: Handwriting personalization data sharing

Expert Comments

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