Services Agreement

Microsoft · agreement dated September 30, 2026 · Official agreement

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Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception

Worldwide sharing permissions granted to other users

Sharing content allows recipients to use, save, record, reproduce, broadcast, transmit, share and display it worldwide without compensation, for the purpose for which you made it available. You must hold the rights needed for content you upload or share and keep its collection, use and retention lawful.

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When you share Your Content with other people, you understand that they may be able to, on a worldwide basis, use, save, record, reproduce, broadcast, transmit, share and display Your Content for the purpose that you made Your Content available on the Services without compensating you.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Xbox activity and account information can be shared with gaming partners

Microsoft tracks gameplay and service use and shares information with developers and publishers to operate Xbox and non-Microsoft games. Signing in on or linking another platform permits limited account and usage sharing. Access to communication content and publication of profile details depend on Xbox privacy settings; third-party platforms may also track use under their own terms.

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information about your game play, activities and usage of games and XBOX Services will be tracked and shared with applicable third parties
if allowed by your XBOX privacy settings

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Store review emails do not disclose the reviewer's email address to publishers

After a Store rating or review, Microsoft may send email containing publisher content. Microsoft says it sends the email itself and does not share the user's email address with the app or digital-goods publisher.

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Any such email comes from Microsoft; we do not share your email address with publishers of applications or other Digital Goods you acquire through the Store.

Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception

Group messages require recipient consent and may incur carrier charges

Instructing Microsoft to send group messages represents that every recipient consents to those messages and related administrative texts. Members can opt out using the service's instructions; a sender must remove members known to want to leave. Each member bears their carrier's message charges, including applicable international charges.

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YOU AND EACH PERSON YOU HAVE INSTRUCTED US TO MESSAGE CONSENT TO RECEIVE SUCH MESSAGES AND ANY OTHER RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE TEXT MESSAGES
can opt-out of receiving further messages from Microsoft or Microsoft-controlled affiliates at any time by following the instructions provided.
If you have reason to believe that a group member no longer wishes to receive such messages or participate in the group, you agree to remove them from the group.
each group member is responsible for the costs of any message charges assessed by his or her mobile carrier

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Work or school domains may administer accounts and access files

Signing in with a work or school address permits the domain owner to learn of, administer and control the account and access or process data, communications and files. Microsoft may report a compromise to that owner; organizational agreements may govern instead of these terms.

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control and administer your account, and access and process your Data, including the contents of your communications and files