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Security scanning and content blocking right

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Postman

While we do not generally search for content in your workspaces, we may scan our servers and content to detect certain tokens or security signatures, known active malware, known vulnerabilities in dependencies, or other content known to violate the Postman Terms of Service.

Cloudflare

Cloudflare may modify certain components of Customer Content on or transmitted to or from your Internet Properties or scan your infrastructure and related configurations to enhance your website's performance or security

Anyscale

If Anyscale reasonably believes the Platform Services (or any component thereof) could infringe any third party’s Intellectual Property Rights, Anyscale may, at its sole option and expense, use commercially reasonable efforts to: (a) modify or replace the Platform Services...to make it non-infringin...

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We reserve the right to block communications or remove content that violates our terms of use. We use scanning technologies (like hash matching) to help prevent harm to our systems, our users, and oth...

Excerpt from Microsoft Azure's Microsoft Privacy

Provision details

Document information
Document
Microsoft Privacy
Entity
Microsoft Azure
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
March 6, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-004341, captured June 30, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-017633
Document ID
CA-D-000018
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-004341)
d77d32c276d6d5acbbf2a0580d3601a2fd3853e6ae784a2f2b19279381219c17
Analysis generated
July 11, 2026 02:05 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-004341, captured June 30, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: Microsoft Azure
Document: Microsoft Privacy
Record ID: CA-P-017633
Version: CA-V-004341
Captured: 2026-06-30 01:08:47 UTC
SHA-256: d77d32c276d6d5ac…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/microsoft-azure/microsoft-privacy/provision/CA-P-017633/security-scanning-and-content-blocking-right/
Accessed: Nov. 3, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Microsoft Azure's Security scanning and content blocking right clause do?

The clause states: “We reserve the right to block communications or remove content that violates our terms of use. We use scanning technologies (like hash matching) to help prevent harm to our systems, our users, and oth...”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 249 platforms. See the full comparison.

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