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All usersUsers who consent to phone marketing
Microsoft updated its Privacy Statement to disclose that if you consent to receive marketing communications via phone, the company may contact you using auto-dialer technology and artificial or prerecorded voice messages, which may be generated using artificial intelligence. This expands the disclosed methods by which Microsoft may conduct marketing outreach to phone numbers you provide. The change does not establish new consent requirements but clarifies the specific technologies that may be used once you have opted into phone-based marketing.
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The updated privacy statement discloses that if you consent to receive marketing communications to a phone number you provide, Microsoft may contact you using auto-dialer technology and artificial or prerecorded voice messages, which may be generated using artificial intelligence. This clarifies the specific methods Microsoft may employ for phone-based marketing outreach. You can decline to provide a phone number or decline consent to phone-based marketing communications to avoid these contact methods.
What you can do
→ Decline to provide a phone number if you do not wish to receive marketing calls.
→ Decline consent to phone-based marketing communications when prompted.
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Marketing contact methods disclosure
Clarifies that auto-dialer and AI-generated voice technology may be used for marketing calls to consenting phone numbers.
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Previous text Adds disclosure that marketing calls via phone may use auto-dialers and AI-generated voices if you consent.
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Previous text 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.
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Previous text 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.
2026-10-07 · Change line edited · change line rewritten to the 2026-10-07 template: no detection date, no sentence counts
Previous text Microsoft Azure updated their Microsoft Privacy on March 13, 2026. Change detected: 1 sentence(s) added, 1 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 2306 sentences after update.
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Microsoft has added disclosure language describing the use of auto-dialer and AI-generated voice technology for marketing calls to phone numbers where users have consented. This is a clarification of existing marketing practices rather than a …
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