Microsoft Terms of Use

Microsoft · agreement dated February 7, 2022 · Official agreement

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Microsoft reserves the right to disclose information it deems necessary for legal demands, and to edit or remove content

Microsoft reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as it deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request. It also reserves the right to edit, refuse to post or remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion.

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Microsoft reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as Microsoft deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request
or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Microsoft's sole discretion.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The disclosure right is tied to what Microsoft "deems necessary" to satisfy law, regulation, legal process or a governmental request.
  • "In Microsoft's sole discretion" is stated for editing, refusing to post or removing information or materials.

Not stated here

  • The text does not say which information could be disclosed, to whom, or whether you would be told. The disclosure wording is not limited to Communication Services.