Microsoft Azure's privacy policy now discloses that if you consent to receive marketing communications via phone, the company may contact you using automated dialing systems and artificial or prerecorded voices, including those generated by AI. This is a new disclosure about how marketing calls may be delivered if you opt in to phone-based marketing. The update clarifies a specific practice rather than changing your existing rights, but it sets expectations about the technology used if you provide a phone number for marketing purposes.
If you provide a phone number and consent to receive marketing communications, Microsoft Azure may contact you using automated dialing systems and voices generated or recorded with artificial intelligence technology. This is a disclosure of an existing or potential practice rather than a new right or obligation. You can decline to provide your phone number or withdraw consent to phone marketing if you do not wish to receive calls using these technologies.
This disclosure sets clear expectations about how Microsoft may contact users who opt in to phone-based marketing. It informs consumers that automated and AI-generated technology may be used in marketing calls, allowing them to make informed decisions about whether to provide a phone number and consent to marketing contact.
→ Review whether you have consented to receive marketing communications via phone on your Azure account
→ If you do not wish to receive marketing calls using auto-dialers or AI-generated voices, decline to provide a phone number or withdraw consent to phone marketing
→ If you have previously consented to phone marketing, Microsoft may contact you using automated dialing and AI-generated voices
→ You may receive unsolicited marketing calls using technologies you were not previously informed about
Added disclosure that phone marketing may use auto-dialers and AI-generated voices if consumer consents to phone contact.
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Microsoft added a single disclosure sentence to its privacy policy clarifying that phone-based marketing contacts may involve auto-dialers and AI-generated voices where consent has been granted. This is a transparency measure that discloses existing or contemplated practice rather than a new substantive obligation. The disclosure may be relevant to TCPA compliance (Telephone Consumer Protection Act) if such calls are made to US numbers; however, the disclosure itself is informational. Organizations using Azure in their vendor stack should note that this represents Microsoft's approach to phone marketing transparency and may be relevant to evaluating Azure's compliance posture with respect to consumer-facing marketing practices.
TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 USC 227), FTC Act Section 5 (unfair or deceptive practices)
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