Microsoft collects data about your interests, browsing activity, and interactions across its products to show you personalized advertisements.
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Microsoft builds a profile of your interests and behaviors across multiple products and services, which is used to target you with ads — you may not realize how much data feeds into this profile.
Microsoft now discloses that it may contact you by phone for marketing using automated dialers and AI-generated voices if you have consented to marketing communications, which represents a new disclo…
Microsoft's privacy policy now provides a less detailed explanation of how long your data is retained. Previously, the policy included specific examples, such as how long deleted emails remain in you…
Microsoft's updated retention policy provides greater specificity about how long your data persists and under what conditions it is deleted. The policy now explicitly states that deleted items from O…
Microsoft collects a broad range of personal data across all its products and services — including location, voice inputs, browsing history, and behavioral profiles — which is used for advertising, product improvement, and AI model training, creating significant privacy implications for everyday users. Data is shared with third-party advertising partners and affiliates, meaning information generated in one Microsoft product may influence experiences across unrelated services. You can review and manage your privacy settings, including ad personalization and data sharing preferences, by visiting account.microsoft.com/privacy.
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This practice engages GDPR Article 22 (automated decision-making and profiling), CCPA/CPRA opt-out rights for cross-context behavioral advertising, and FTC guidelines on data broker and advertising practices; compliance teams should assess lawful basis and opt-out mechanism adequacy.
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Microsoft builds a profile of your interests and behaviors across multiple products and services, which is used to target you with ads — you may not realize how much data feeds into this profile.
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