Advertising targeting restriction on personal communications and files
Microsoft does not use private communications (email, chat, video calls, voicemail) or personal files (documents, photos) to target advertising to users.
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We do not use what you say in email, chat, video calls or voice mail, or your documents, photos or other personal files, to target advertising to you. Our advertising policies are covered in detail in the Privacy Statement.
Qualifications & exceptions
Excludes personal communications and private files from ad targeting
Where applicable, Microsoft may use automated systems and human reviewers to identify suspected spam, viruses, fraud, phishing, malware, jailbreaking, or other illegal or harmful content or conduct.
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Where applicable, we may use automated systems and humans to review content to identify suspected spam, viruses, fraud, phishing, malware, jailbreaking, or other illegal or harmful content or conduct.
Qualifications & exceptions
Review is permitted where applicable; the clause does not promise universal monitoring.
Use & Processing · Context
Definition and scope of AI services
Defines AI services as features incorporating artificial intelligence technologies, including generative AI tools.
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AI services" are services or features thereof that use Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, including any generative AI services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Includes all generative AI services
purpose: service_operation
Use & Processing · Restriction or exception
Restriction against using AI service data to train AI models
Users may not use Microsoft AI services, or data from them, to create, train or improve any AI technology, directly or indirectly. The clause is not limited to competing products.
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You may not use the AI services, or data from the AI services, to create, train, or improve (directly or indirectly) any AI technology.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Storage and processing of AI inputs and outputs for abuse prevention
Microsoft stores and processes user prompts and generated AI outputs to detect and prevent abusive or harmful uses.
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As part of providing the AI services, Microsoft will process and store your inputs to the service as well as output from the service, for purposes of monitoring for and preventing abusive or harmful uses or outputs of the service.