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Microsoft Advertising holds a broad discretionary right to remove ads or campaigns, exercisable both manually and through automated systems, without the violation needing to be confirmed—only suspected.
Interpretive note: The word 'may' before 'violate' is preserved; the right applies to ads that may violate policies, not only confirmed violations.
Readers' ads or campaigns may be rejected or removed by Microsoft Advertising, in its discretion, either manually or through automated detection, if they may violate its terms or policies.
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Microsoft reserves the right to restrict the export of data that may compromise the security of the services or Microsoft's intellectual property.
If Your Content is prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction where our Services are available, we may remove it even if it is not illegal in your location.
Microsoft or the owners of the Digital Goods may, from time to time, remove Digital Goods from the Services without notice.
"We reserve the right in our discretion, to manually, or systematically (through automated detection), reject or remove any ad or campaign that may violate our terms or policies...Excerpt from Microsoft Advertising's Policies
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Microsoft Advertising holds a broad discretionary right to remove ads or campaigns, exercisable both manually and through automated systems, without the violation needing to be confirmed—only suspected.
Readers' ads or campaigns may be rejected or removed by Microsoft Advertising, in its discretion, either manually or through automated detection, if they may violate its terms or policies.
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