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• April 19, 2026 v1 medium
  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 contact you by phone using automated dialers and AI-generated voices if you consent to marketing communications. It also simplified and reorganized its data retention section, clarifying that it keeps your data while you use its services and for business, legal, and security purposes, but removed some specific examples and details about how long it retains different types of information.
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• April 8, 2026 v1
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• April 1, 2026 v1 medium
  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 a higher-level framework mentioning purposes for retention, data sensitivity, and legal obligations, but directs users to product documentation for specifics. The practical effect is less transparency about retention timelines in the main privacy policy itself.
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• March 13, 2026 v1 low
  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.
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• March 6, 2026 v1 medium
  Initial snapshot — monitoring begins
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