Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Places - Find and book desks near colleagues

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft Places now allows users to find and book desks near colleagues, with individual control over sharing their desk booking information. This introduces new data sharing vectors for physical presence.

The Impact

End users can share location data, creating a privacy risk if not managed, and security teams need to assess data exposure.

• End users: Risk of inadvertent sharing of physical presence data.
• Security teams: Need to assess new data sharing vectors and privacy implications.
• Privacy officers: Must review feature against existing privacy policies and PII handling.
• IT administrators: Responsible for communicating privacy controls to users.

The Action

1. Review Microsoft Places privacy documentation for data handling specifics.
2. Communicate to end users the privacy controls available for desk booking information sharing.
3. Update internal privacy policies and user awareness training to reflect new location data sharing capabilities.
4. Monitor user adoption and feedback regarding privacy settings in Microsoft Places.

Domain: M365-Apps · Impact: medium · Workload: M365 Apps