Microsoft scans for harmful content, may block or remove content, and may report to NCMEC and law enforcement
Microsoft uses data to protect the security and safety of its products and customers, such as detecting malware and malicious activities. It reserves the right to block communications or remove content that violates its terms of use. It uses scanning technologies, such as hash matching, to help prevent harm to its systems, its users and others as described in its Code of Conduct, and to help prevent child exploitation. It may share information with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and law enforcement authorities. It also uses tools to detect and disrupt misuse of video-calling capabilities by high-risk users to produce and share child sexual exploitation and abuse imagery.
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We use data to protect the security and safety of our products and customers, such as by detecting malware and malicious activities.
We reserve the right to block communications or remove content that violates our terms of use.
We use scanning technologies (like hash matching) to help prevent harm to our systems, our users, and others as described in our Code of Conduct, and to help prevent child exploitation.
We may share information with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and law enforcement authorities.
Qualifications & exceptions
Sharing with NCMEC and law enforcement is stated as "may".
The Code of Conduct is referenced but not supplied here.
Not stated here
The scanning technologies are described only by example (hash matching); the text does not say which content types or products are scanned.
The Code of Conduct is not part of the supplied text.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Microsoft discloses data with your consent, to complete what you request, or as required
Microsoft says it discloses your personal data with your consent, to complete any transaction or provide any product you have requested or authorized, or as needed for any other purpose described in the How we use personal data section. For example, it provides your content to third parties when you tell it to, such as when you send an email to a friend or link accounts with another service. It also discloses data when required by law or to respond to legal process, and to protect customers, safety, security, and Microsoft's and its customers' rights and property. It provides data to Microsoft-controlled affiliates and subsidiaries and to vendors working on its behalf.
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Microsoft discloses your personal data with your consent, to complete any transaction or provide any product you have requested or authorized, or as needed to carry out any other purpose described in the How we use personal data section.
We also disclose personal data when required by law or to respond to legal process, and to protect customers, safety, security, and Microsoft and its customers’ rights and property.
We provide data to Microsoft-controlled affiliates and subsidiaries and to vendors working on our behalf.
we provide your content to third parties when you tell us to do so, such as when you send an email to a friend or link accounts with another service
Qualifications & exceptions
The reasons include any other purpose described in the How we use personal data section, which is broad.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Work or school accounts: data such as interaction and diagnostic data is disclosed to your organization
If you use a work or school account, or a Microsoft product provided by an organization you are affiliated with, such as an employer or school, Microsoft discloses certain data, such as interaction data and diagnostic data, so your organization can manage the products. This applies to organization-provided accounts, not to personal Microsoft accounts.
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If you use a work or school account or use a Microsoft product provided by an organization you are affiliated with, such as an employer or school, we disclose certain data such as interaction data and diagnostic data to enable your organization to manage the products.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to work or school accounts and organization-provided products.
"Certain data such as" means the examples are not an exhaustive list.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Data may be sent to an external provider to deliver push notifications on non-Windows devices
When you allow push notifications for Microsoft products or apps on a non-Windows device, Microsoft may send data to an external notification provider to deliver them. Your device's push notification services are governed by their own service-specific terms and privacy statements, which are not supplied here.
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When you permit push notifications for Microsoft products or applications on a non-Windows device, we may send data to an external notification provider to deliver push notifications.
Your device’s push notification services are governed by their own service-specific terms and privacy statements.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies when you permit push notifications on a non-Windows device.
Not stated here
The device push notification providers' terms and privacy statements are not part of the supplied text.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Personal data is also disclosed for digital advertising; details are in the Advertising section
Microsoft states that it also discloses personal data for digital advertising purposes and points to the Advertising section for how personal data is used for advertising. The detail of what is disclosed and to whom is not in this paragraph.
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We also disclose personal data for digital advertising purposes.
Not stated here
This paragraph does not say which advertising partners receive data or which data.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Data is shared with affiliates and vendors bound to Microsoft standards, and may transfer in mergers or sales
Microsoft enables access to personal data among Microsoft-controlled affiliates and subsidiaries, including for the purposes in the statement. It provides personal data to vendors or agents working on its behalf for those purposes, such as companies hired for customer service support. These companies must comply with Microsoft's data privacy and security standards and may not use your data for other purposes. Microsoft may also disclose personal data as part of corporate transactions such as mergers or asset sales.
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we enable access to personal data among Microsoft-controlled affiliates and subsidiaries, including for the purposes described in this privacy statement
We also provide personal data to vendors or agents working on our behalf for the purposes described in this statement, such as companies we hire to provide customer service support.
These companies must comply with our data privacy and security standards and may not use your data for other purposes.
We may also disclose personal data as part of corporate transactions such as mergers or asset sales.
Qualifications & exceptions
Vendors must comply with Microsoft's data privacy and security standards and may not use data for other purposes.
Disclosure in corporate transactions is stated as "may".
Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license
Microsoft may access and disclose your content, including emails and files, on a good-faith belief it is necessary
Microsoft says it retains, accesses, transfers, discloses and preserves personal data, including your content such as the content of emails in Outlook.com or files in OneDrive, when it has a good faith belief this is necessary to: comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies; protect the safety of customers, organizations and the public, such as preventing spam, stopping fraud or detecting and combating harmful or illegal behavior and content; operate and maintain the security of its products, including stopping an attack; or protect Microsoft's rights or property, including enforcing the terms governing its services. If it receives information that its services are used to traffic in stolen property, it may refer the matter to law enforcement. A separate Law Enforcement Requests Report gives more information about government requests and is not supplied here.
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we retain, access, transfer, disclose, and preserve personal data, including your content (like the content of your emails in Outlook.com or files in OneDrive), when we have a good faith belief that it is necessary to do any of the following:
Comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies.
Protect the safety of our customers, organizations, and the public
Operate and maintain the security of our products, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks.
Protect the rights or property of Microsoft, including enforcing the terms governing the use of our services.
we may refer the matter to law enforcement
For more information about data we disclose in response to requests from law enforcement and other government agencies
Qualifications & exceptions
The standard is Microsoft's "good faith belief" that an action is necessary.
Referral to law enforcement for trafficking in stolen property is stated as "may".
Not stated here
The linked Law Enforcement Requests Report is not part of the supplied text.
The text does not say whether or when you are notified of such access or disclosure.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Third-party products reached through Microsoft products follow their own privacy policies
Microsoft warns that some of its products link to, or let you access, products of third parties whose privacy practices differ from Microsoft's. For example, third-party applications or extensions that run on Windows or the Edge browser may collect personal data under their own practices. If you give personal data to any of those products, your data is governed by their privacy policies, not this statement.
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some of our products include links to or otherwise enable you to access products of third parties whose privacy practices differ from those of Microsoft
If you provide personal data to any of those products, your data is governed by their privacy policies.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to third-party products accessed through Microsoft products.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Affiliates, partners and third parties may place cookies on Microsoft websites for several purposes
Microsoft websites may include web beacons, cookies or similar technologies from Microsoft affiliates and partners and from third parties such as service providers acting on its behalf. Third-party cookies may be used for required purposes to provide the website or service, to show you ads and content based on your social media profiles and activities on its websites, to help understand how people use the websites (including so the third parties can improve their own products and services), and to show you ads relevant to you.
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Our websites may include web beacons, cookies, or similar technologies from Microsoft affiliates and partners as well as third parties, such as service providers acting on our behalf.
to show you ads and content based on your social media profiles and activities on our websites
so the third parties can improve their own products and services
Some cookies are placed by third parties acting on our behalf.
Qualifications & exceptions
Third-party cookies "may" be used; the text does not name the third parties.
Some uses benefit the third parties' own products and services.
Not stated here
The third parties that place cookies are not named in this passage.
Sharing & Disclosure · Procedure
A third-party cookie inventory lists who sets cookies, but some sites list them only on the site
Microsoft points to a third-party cookie inventory listing the third parties that set cookies on its websites. On some websites a list is available only directly on the site and may not be in the inventory. For those third parties' own practices you are told to consult their websites or privacy notices. The inventory is linked, not supplied here.
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For a list of the third parties that set cookies on our websites, please visit our
On some of our websites, a list of third parties is available directly on the site and may not be included in our
Please consult the third party websites or privacy notices for more information on their privacy practices with respect to their cookies that may be set on our websites.
Qualifications & exceptions
The central inventory may be incomplete for some sites.
Not stated here
The inventory page is not part of the supplied text.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Third-party analytics providers may track you across sites; they are barred from identifying beacons on Microsoft sites
Microsoft products often include web beacons or similar technologies from third-party analytics providers who help compile statistics about Microsoft campaigns and operations. They may set or read their own cookies or identifiers on your device to collect information about your online activities across websites and apps. Microsoft says it prohibits these providers from using web beacons on its sites to collect or access information that directly identifies you, such as your name or email address. You can opt out of data collection or use by some of these providers by visiting their listed sites; one of them requires installing a browser add-on. The opt-out covers only some providers, not all.
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Microsoft products often include web beacons or similar technologies from third-party analytics providers.
They may set or read their own cookies or identifiers on your device to collect information about your online activities across websites and apps.
we prohibit these providers from using web beacons on our sites to collect or access information that directly identifies you, such as your name or email address
You can opt out of data collection or use by some of these analytics providers by visiting any of the following sites:
Qualifications & exceptions
The prohibition covers beacons on Microsoft sites and information that directly identifies you, not tracking across other sites.
Opt-out is available for "some" of these providers via their own sites.
Not stated here
The text does not name every analytics provider used, only those with opt-out pages.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Signing in to third-party products or paying third-party merchants shares account data with them
If you sign in to a service offered by a third party with your Microsoft account, Microsoft shares account data with that third party according to the third party's privacy policy. When you sign in to a third-party product or pay third-party merchants with your Microsoft account, Microsoft shares data as needed, including your account version number and whether your account has been deactivated. Third parties may use or share your data under their own privacy policies, and you are told to review those policies.
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If you sign into a service offered by a third party with your Microsoft account, Microsoft shares account data with that third party according to the third party’s privacy policy.
Microsoft shares data with the third party as needed, including your account version number and whether your account has been deactivated.
Third parties may use or share your data per their own privacy policies.
Qualifications & exceptions
Sharing is "as needed", and the examples include account version number and whether the account is deactivated.
The third party then handles the data under its own privacy policy.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Data is transferred internationally, including to countries with weaker protection, under legal safeguards
Microsoft transfers personal data from the country of origin to other countries, including ones that may not offer the level of data protection the European Commission or your local data protection authority has determined to be adequate. In those cases it says it implements legal safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, to help protect your rights and keep data protected. It notes the EU has found certain non-EU countries to have an "adequate" level of protection. For other reasons data may be transferred, it points to the sharing section.
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When we transfer personal data internationally, we implement appropriate legal safeguards – to help protect your rights and ensure your data remains protected.
We transfer personal data from the country of origin to other countries, including those that may not offer the same level of data protection as determined by the European Commission or your local data protection authority.
we implement legal safeguards-such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission – to help protect your rights and ensure your data remains protected
Please refer to the Reasons we share personal data section for more information on Microsoft’s sharing of data, which include when we transfer data to another country.
Qualifications & exceptions
Safeguards are stated as help to protect your rights; the exact safeguard for each transfer is not listed.
Standard contractual clauses are one example, not the only safeguard.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Advertisers and ad companies can set cookies and track you across sites; Microsoft shares reports with advertisers
Advertisers sometimes include their own or other partners' web beacons within ads Microsoft displays, which lets them set and read their own cookies. In some cases Microsoft shares reports with advertisers about data it collected on their sites or ads. Microsoft partners with Xandr, a Microsoft company, and third-party ad companies to help provide advertising services, and also allows other third-party ad companies to display ads on its sites. These third parties may place cookies on your devices and collect data about your online activities across websites or online services. The companies currently include, but are not limited to, Facebook, Media.net, Outbrain, Taboola and Yahoo.
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Advertisers sometimes include their own or other advertising partners’ web beacons within their ads that we display, enabling them to set and read their own cookies.
In some cases, we share reports with advertisers about the data we have collected on their sites or ads.
These third parties may place cookies on your devices and collect data about your online activities across websites or online services.
These companies currently include, but are not limited to:
Qualifications & exceptions
The named companies are examples ("include, but are not limited to").
Reports shared with advertisers are "in some cases".
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Microsoft may give collected data to partners such as Xandr, Yahoo, Facebook and The Trade Desk for ad relevance
Microsoft says it may provide collected data to internal and external partners, including Xandr, other subsidiaries and affiliates, Yahoo, Facebook or The Trade Desk, to help make ads in Microsoft products, theirs or on other sites more relevant to you. Individuals in the United Kingdom are pointed to a Trade Desk page to learn about its advertising practices and opt out. Many of these companies take part in industry choice tools (DAA in the US, EDAA in Europe, DAAC in Canada) that let you opt out of ad targeting by participating companies.
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We may provide collected data to internal and external partners, including Xandr, other subsidiaries and affiliates, Yahoo, Facebook, or Trade Desk to help make sure the ads you see in our products and theirs, or on other sites, are more relevant to you.
Many of these companies participate in the
which provide industry-wide choice tools to opt out of ad targeting from participating companies
Qualifications & exceptions
Provision of data is stated as "may".
Industry opt-out tools cover participating companies only.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Products enterprise customers buy from third parties are governed by their own privacy statements
Enterprise and Developer Products let customers buy, subscribe to or use other products and online services from Microsoft or third parties that have different privacy practices. Those products and services are governed by their own privacy statements and policies, not by this one.
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Those products and online services are governed by their respective privacy statements and policies.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to other products or services bought or used through the Enterprise and Developer Products.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Your Teams profile can be visible to others and shared with schools and enterprises you interact with
Your Teams profile includes information from your Microsoft account: display name, email and/or phone number. It may become visible to other users through your interactions or your use of other apps or services, including Loop. Microsoft may also share it with enterprise customers when you interact through meetings and chats with end users on school or work accounts; for example, in a chat with a user on a school account, Microsoft may share your information with that school. To let others find you, your profile is included in the Teams public search directories and may be displayed on Teams; depending on your settings, people can find you by display name, email and/or phone number, and your profile may be visible to enterprise customers and their end users when you chat or meet with an end user of an organization.
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Your Teams profile information may become visible to other users through your interactions with them or through your use of other apps or services, including Loop.
Microsoft may also share this information with enterprise customers when you interact through meetings and chats with end users who are using their school or work account.
your Teams profile is included in the Teams public search directories, and may be displayed on Teams
Depending on your settings, Teams users can find you by your display name, email, and/or phone number.
Your Teams profile may be visible to enterprise customers and their end users when you engage with an end user of an organization in chats and meetings.
Qualifications & exceptions
Findability depends on your settings.
Sharing with enterprise customers is stated as "may" and applies when you interact with end users on school or work accounts.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Teams tells your device's notification service who is calling and the start of chats; that company is not Microsoft
Teams uses the notification service on your device to alert you to incoming calls, chats and messages. On many devices that service is provided by another company. To show who is calling, or the first few words of a new chat, Teams has to tell the notification service, which uses the information under its own terms and privacy policy. Microsoft says it is not responsible for data collected by that company. If you do not want to use notification services for incoming Teams calls and messages, you can turn them off in your device settings.
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To tell you who is calling, for example, or to give you the first few words of the new chat, Teams has to tell the notification service so that they can provide the notification to you.
The company providing the notification service on your device will use this information in accordance with their own terms and privacy policy. Microsoft is not responsible for the data collected by the company providing the notification service.
If you do not want to use the notification services for incoming Teams calls and messages, turn it off in the settings found on your device.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies on devices whose notification service is provided by another company.
Not stated here
The device notification providers' terms are not part of the supplied text.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Data you share with end users of organizations is subject to their organizations' policies
If you chat or meet in Teams with end users of organizations, such as schools and businesses, the data you share with them is subject to their organizations' policies, if any. You should direct privacy inquiries about data shared through those chats and meetings, including requests to exercise your data protection rights, to the organization's administrator. Microsoft states it is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of its customers, which may differ from this statement. If you use Teams with a work or school account, the Enterprise and developer products section applies.
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If you engage in Teams meetings or chats with end users of organizations, the data you share with the end users is subject to their organization’s policies, if any.
You should direct your privacy inquiries related to your data shared through chats and meetings with an organization’s end users, including any requests to exercise your data protection rights, to the organization’s administrator.
Microsoft is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of our customers, which may differ from those set forth in this privacy statement.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to chats and meetings with end users of organizations.
Microsoft disclaims responsibility for customers' practices.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
Skype Dial Pad emergency calling in the U.S. collects your location only if you enable it and shares it on a 911 call
If you enable location sharing for emergency calling from the Skype Dial Pad in the United States, your location is periodically collected so Microsoft can share it with emergency calling service providers if you dial 911. Microsoft states your location information is shared only if you enabled location sharing for emergency calling and you start a 911 call.
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If you enable location sharing for emergency calling, your location will be periodically collected to enable Microsoft to share your location with emergency calling service providers if you dial 911.
Your location information is only shared if you enable location sharing for emergency calling and you initiate a 911 call.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to the Skype Dial Pad in the United States.
Sharing requires both enabling the setting and starting a 911 call.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Partners that use Bing send Microsoft search data, and destination sites receive standard browser data
You may reach Bing-powered experiences through third-party services. To provide these, Bing receives data from partners, including your search query and related data such as date, time, IP address and a unique identifier, and Microsoft uses it as described in the statement or as further limited by its contracts with partners. For how the third parties handle your data you are told to check their privacy policies. When you select a search result or ad on a Bing results page, the destination website receives the standard data your browser sends to every site, such as your IP address, browser type and language and the host name of the site you came from.
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Bing receives data from these and other partners, including your search query and related data (such as date, time, IP address, and a unique identifier).
We will use this data as described in this statement or as further limited by our contractual obligations with our partners.
the destination website will receive the standard data your browser sends to every web site you visit—such as your IP address, browser type and language, and the host name of the site you came from
Qualifications & exceptions
Use of partner data may be further limited by contracts with partners.
Not stated here
The contracts with partners and the third-party services' privacy policies are not part of the supplied text.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Microsoft shares de-identified Bing data with selected third parties after a filter for sensitive terms
Microsoft shares some de-identified data from Bing and Bing-powered experiences with selected third parties. Before doing so it runs the data through a process designed to remove certain sensitive data that users may have typed into search terms, such as social security numbers or credit card numbers. It requires these third parties to keep the data secure and not use it for purposes other than those for which it was provided. The filter is described as "designed to" remove certain sensitive data, not all of it.
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We share some de-identified data from Bing and Bing-powered experiences with selected third parties.
we run the data through a process designed to remove certain sensitive data that users may have included in the search terms themselves (such as social security numbers or credit card numbers)
We require these third parties to keep the data secure and to not use the data for purposes other than for which it is provided.
Qualifications & exceptions
The filtering process is "designed to remove certain sensitive data", not guaranteed to remove all.
Not stated here
The third parties receiving the data are not named.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
Edge sends what you type in the address bar and standard device data to your default search provider
Edge's Search and site suggestions feature uses your search queries and browsing history to give faster and more relevant recommendations. As you type in the address bar, Edge sends your search queries, standard device data and location (if enabled) to your default search provider for real-time suggestions and results. You can disable these features in Edge settings. If Bing is your default search provider, Microsoft uses the data as described in the Bing section.
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As you type in the address bar, Microsoft Edge sends your search queries, standard device data, and location (if enabled) to your default search provider for real-time suggestions and search results.
You can disable these features in Edge settings.
If Bing is your default search provider, we use this data as described in the
Qualifications & exceptions
Location is sent only if enabled.
Another default search provider uses the data under its own practices.
Not stated here
The text does not describe other search providers' handling of this data.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
With your consent, Settings may share device and SIM identifiers with a mobile operator's website
When you activate a cellular data plan from a third-party mobile operator through Windows Settings, the operator's website may ask for access to your device and SIM card identifiers. With your consent, the Settings app may share those specific identifiers with the operator's website.
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the mobile operator's website may request access to your device and SIM card identifiers. With your consent, the Settings app may share the specific identifiers with the operator’s website.
Qualifications & exceptions
Requires your consent.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
If your organization enrolls your device, Microsoft processes Windows diagnostic data under its contract with it
If you use a work or school account, your organization may enroll your device in the Windows diagnostic data processor configuration, in which case Microsoft processes Windows diagnostic data based on a contract with the organization. If an organization uses Microsoft management tools or engages Microsoft to manage your device, Microsoft and the organization can process and use diagnostic and error data from your device for device management, monitoring, troubleshooting and other organizational purposes.
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your organization may enroll your device in the Windows diagnostic data processor configuration. Microsoft processes Windows diagnostic data based on a contract with the organization.
Microsoft and your organization can process and use diagnostic and error data from your device for device management, monitoring, troubleshooting, and other organizational purposes.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to devices used with a work or school account and enrolled by the organization.
Not stated here
The contract with the organization is not part of the supplied text.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Windows diagnostic collection can change; error report portions and aggregated data may be shared with others
The specific Windows diagnostic data collected may change to address new issues or support new devices, for example collecting new types of data to troubleshoot performance or update devices. Microsoft provides limited portions of error report information to partners, like device manufacturers, solely to help them repair or improve products and services that work with Windows and other Microsoft products. It may also share aggregated, de-identified diagnostic data, such as general usage trends for Windows apps and features, with select third parties.
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The specific data collected through Windows diagnostics may change as needed to address new issues or support recently released devices.
We provide limited portions of error report information to partners, like device manufacturers, solely to help them repair or improve their products and services, which work with Windows and other Microsoft products and services.
We may also share aggregated, de-identified diagnostic data, such as general usage trends for Windows apps and features, with select third parties.
Qualifications & exceptions
Error report sharing is limited portions and solely for repair or improvement by partners.
Shared usage data is aggregated and de-identified.
Not stated here
The select third parties that receive aggregated data are not named.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Feedback may be visible to your organization or the public and shared with device and firmware partners
You can sign in to Feedback Hub with a personal Microsoft account or a work or school account. With a work or school account, your feedback may be associated with your organization and viewable by its administrators. Whichever account you use, your feedback may be publicly accessible depending on your organization's settings. Microsoft may also share your feedback and related data with partners, like device manufacturers or firmware developers, to help resolve issues with products and services that work with Windows.
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When you use a work or school account your feedback may be associated with your organization and viewable by its administrators through Feedback Hub or the admin center.
Regardless of which account you use, your feedback may be publicly accessible depending on your organization’s settings.
Microsoft may also share your feedback and related data with partners, like device manufacturers or firmware developers to assist in resolving issues with products and services that work with Windows.
Qualifications & exceptions
Public accessibility depends on the organization's settings.
Sharing with partners is stated as "may".
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Emergency calls share your precise location regardless of settings, and apps may still get your general location
Whenever you make an emergency call, Windows attempts to determine and share your precise location regardless of your location settings, and your mobile operator will have access to your device location if your device uses a cellular service. If you turn on Location services, apps that cannot use your precise location may still have access to your general or coarse location, such as your city, postal code or region.
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whenever you make an emergency call, Windows will attempt to determine and share your precise location, regardless of your location settings
your mobile operator will have access to your device’s location if your device is using a cellular service
apps that cannot use your precise location may still have access to your general or coarse location, such as your city, postal code, or region
Qualifications & exceptions
Emergency location sharing applies regardless of location settings.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Photos or videos you share can carry embedded location, camera model and date
If you share a photo or video using the Photos app or the Photos legacy app, any embedded data, such as location, camera model and date, is accessible to the people and services you share it with.
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any embedded data (such as location, camera model, and date) will be accessible to the people and services you share the photo or video with
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Windows Media Player Legacy sends media identifiers to Microsoft and a per-session Player ID to streaming servers
Windows Media Player Legacy plays CDs and digital media and shows related media information. To provide more details, it may send Microsoft a request containing standard computer information, a media content identifier and your library's existing media information, including your edits and entries, so Microsoft can recognize the track. When playing content streamed over a network, it may send the streaming media or web server a log with details such as connection time, IP address, operating system version, player version, Player ID, date and protocol. To help protect privacy, the Player ID sent is unique to each session.
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Windows Media Player Legacy may send a request to Microsoft that includes standard computer information, a media content identifier, and your library’s existing media information (including any edits or entries you’ve made) so Microsoft can recognize the track and return other available information.
the player may send a log to the streaming media or web server containing details such as connection time, IP address, operating system version, Windows Media Player Legacy version, Player ID number, date, and protocol
the Player ID sent by Windows Media Player Legacy is unique to each session
Qualifications & exceptions
Requests to Microsoft and logs to streaming servers are stated as "may".
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Your Xbox gamertag, scores and activity are visible to players, linked services and partners; leaderboards are public
Your gamertag, game and play statistics, achievements, presence (whether you are signed in), shared content and other activity data can be seen by other players signed in to Xbox, customers of third-party services you linked your profile to, and other services associated with Xbox, including partner companies. Your gamertag and leaderboard scores are public and cannot be hidden. For other data, you can adjust privacy settings on consoles and on Xbox.com to limit or block what is shared with the public or friends. For children, online presence (default "friends"), gamertag, statistics and achievements are visible to other players, and sharing while playing or communicating depends on safety settings.
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Your gamertag, game and play statistics, achievements, presence (whether you are currently signed in to XBOX), content you share, and other data about your activity on XBOX can be seen by:
Other players signed in to XBOX.
Customers of third-party services you’ve linked your profile to.
Other services associated with XBOX (including those of partner companies).
Your gamertag and scores that show on game leaderboards are considered public and cannot be hidden.
For other data, you can adjust your privacy settings on consoles and at
your child’s online presence (defaulted to “friends”), gamertag, gameplay statistics, and achievements are visible to other players
Qualifications & exceptions
Gamertag and leaderboard scores are public and cannot be hidden.
Other data can be limited with privacy settings.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Game and app publishers get your Xbox ID, gamertag, play data, friends list and content, under their own policies
When you use an Xbox online game or any network-connected app on Xbox, PC or mobile, the publisher gets data to help deliver, support and improve its product. That includes your Xbox user identifier and gamertag; limited account info such as country and age range; in-game communications data; any Xbox enforcement activity; game-play sessions; your presence; time spent; rankings, statistics, profiles, avatars or gamerpics; friends lists; activity feeds and memberships for official clubs; and content you create or submit in the game or app. To stop sharing game or app data with a publisher, remove its games or app from all your devices, and some access can be revoked on the Microsoft consent page. Third-party publishers have their own relationship with users and their own privacy policies, linked from detail pages in the Microsoft Store.
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the publisher of that game or app has access to data to help the publisher deliver, support, and improve its product
your XBOX user identifier; gamertag; limited account info such as country and age range; data about your in-game communications; any XBOX enforcement activity; game-play sessions (for example, moves made in-game, types of vehicles used in-game); your presence on the XBOX network; the time you spend playing the game or app; rankings, statistics, gamer profiles, avatars, or gamerpics; friends lists; activity feeds for official clubs you belong to; official club memberships; and any content you create or submit in the game or app
To stop sharing game or app data with a publisher, remove its games or app from all devices where you have installed them.
Third-party publishers and developers of games and apps have their own distinct and independent relationship with users and their collection and usage of personal data is subject to their specific privacy policies.
Qualifications & exceptions
Stopping sharing generally means removing the game or app from all devices.
Publishers' own policies govern their use of your data.
Not stated here
The third-party publishers' privacy policies are not part of the supplied text.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Store apps may access device features and follow their developers' policies; other sources are outside this statement
Many apps from Microsoft Store use device hardware and software features that can require access to your data, such as a photo app using the camera or a restaurant guide using location; the app's product description page lists the features used. On Windows you can choose in many cases which apps can use a feature in Settings. For security, Microsoft Store automatically checks for, downloads and installs updates for apps installed from it, which you can pause in Store settings, and you are prompted for consent if an update seeks new access to features such as location. Personal data an app collects is subject to the developer's privacy policy, linked from the app page. Microsoft says the privacy information described here does not apply to your use of or acquisitions from third-party sources such as other app stores or websites.
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Many apps you install from Microsoft Store use specific hardware and software features of your device, which can require access to your data.
On Windows, in many cases, you can choose which apps can use a particular feature.
Microsoft Store will automatically check for, download, and install app updates to ensure you have the latest versions. You can pause this feature in your Microsoft Store settings.
If an updated app seeks new access to certain features—such as your location—you will be prompted for consent.
Any personal data that an app collects and uses is subject to the app developer's privacy policy
The privacy information described here does not apply to your use of or acquisitions from those third-party sources.
Qualifications & exceptions
Store apps' own data collection is governed by each developer's privacy policy.
Automatic app updates can be paused.
Not stated here
App developers' privacy policies are not part of the supplied text.