When you use Microsoft services including Copilot, anything you submit — text, images, files — can be used by Microsoft in almost any way it chooses, forever and for free.
Every prompt you type into Copilot, every document you process, and every file you share through Microsoft services is subject to a perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide license — Microsoft can use this content to develop and improve its AI systems without further compensation or consent.
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Compare across platforms →This broad license means your Copilot inputs, conversation history, and any content you share could be used to train AI models or be processed by Microsoft indefinitely, with limited ability to retract consent.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This content license implicates GDPR Art. 6 (lawful basis for processing), Art. 9 (special categories of data if content includes health or biometric information), and Art. 17 (right to erasure — a perpetual irrevocable license creates direct tension with erasure rights). It also engages CCPA §1798.100 (right to know and delete personal information), EU AI Act Title IV (transparency obligations for general-purpose AI models trained on user data), FTC Act Section 5 (deceptive data practices), and copyright law (17 U.S.C. §106 et seq.) where user-submitted creative content is licensed to Microsoft.
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