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Suspension is temporary and triggered by reasonable belief of compromise—not confirmed compromise—and the reasonableness qualifier limits but does not eliminate Microsoft Advertising's discretion to suspend.
Readers' account access may be temporarily suspended by Microsoft Advertising if it suspects or detects unauthorized activity it reasonably believes constitutes hacking or another form of account compromise.
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Suspension is temporary and triggered by reasonable belief of compromise—not confirmed compromise—and the reasonableness qualifier limits but does not eliminate Microsoft Advertising's discretion to suspend.
Readers' account access may be temporarily suspended by Microsoft Advertising if it suspects or detects unauthorized activity it reasonably believes constitutes hacking or another form of account compromise.
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