High, provisions that significantly limit your legal rights, authorize broad data collection, or create material financial exposure. Medium, provisions worth knowing about but with partial protections or limited scope. Low, standard terms with minimal consumer impact.
Higher = more protective of you, the user/customer — a deliberately user-protective lens, not a universal “good vs bad” score. Computed algorithmically from Microsoft Azure’s cited governance stances; no dimension we haven’t confidently read is ever counted against the score. Free, reproducible, and never purchasable.
Users of pre-release Azure features are subject to a separate layer of legal terms — the Preview Supplemental Terms — on top of their standard agreement.
Uptime and connectivity commitments are not contained in the main Azure agreement but are described in separate Service Level Agreements that a reader must consult independently.
Data processing and security obligations for Customer Data and Personal Data are not contained in the main Azure agreement but are established in a separate document — the DPA — which both parties ar…
Users of Preview services may receive reduced or altered privacy protections compared to generally available services, as explicitly permitted by this clause.
Information about Microsoft's personal data processing practices is located in a separate document — the Microsoft Privacy Statement — rather than in the Azure agreement itself.
This is Microsoft's comprehensive privacy statement covering data collection and use across virtually all Microsoft consumer and enterprise products, including Windows, Microsoft 365, Copilot, Bing, Xbox, Teams, OneDrive, Edge, and …
Microsoft Azure does not operate under one set of terms — the rules that govern your use depend on how you signed up, and key obligations around data, privacy, and …
Microsoft Azure updated its privacy policy on April 19, 2026, making several changes to how it handles your data and communicates with you. The company added language stating it may …
View change record →Microsoft revised how it explains data retention. Previously, the policy listed specific criteria for deciding how long to keep data, including examples like documents in OneDrive. Now the policy provides …
View change record →Microsoft updated its data retention policy on March 6, 2026, to provide more specific guidance on how long it keeps your data and under what circumstances. The new language clarifies …
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ConductAtlas tracks 2 Microsoft Azure documents including terms of service, privacy policy, and other governance documents. Every document is captured daily with cryptographic verification.
Microsoft Azure has made 7 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks.
ConductAtlas has classified 35 provisions across Microsoft Azure's tracked documents. 10 are rated high severity, 22 medium, and 3 low.
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