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The provision establishes the operational scope of data collection and use for AI model development and service personalization. It specifies that retention of interaction data occurs as part of normal product improvement processes, which affects how user-generated inputs to AI features are processed and stored.
Interpretive note: The statement qualifies opt-out availability with 'in some cases' and 'may be able to,' meaning the scope of user control over AI data use varies by product and is not uniformly guaranteed across all Microsoft AI features.
The updated policy establishes additional grounds on which Microsoft may retain personal data. While the prior version tied retention to specific user expectations and available deletion controls, the revised language authorizes retention for 'operating our business, meeting our contractual and legal obligations, improving and developing our products and services, protecting the safety and security of our systems and customers, and resolving disputes.' This expands the stated purposes beyond transaction fulfillment and legal compliance. The updated policy directs users to product-specific documentation for retention details rather than providing explicit deletion procedures and timelines in the privacy statement itself.
View change record →The updated policy now grounds data retention in five broad business purposes: operating the business, meeting contractual and legal obligations, improving and developing products and services, protecting system and customer safety, and resolving disputes. Previously, the policy articulated specific criteria for determining retention periods, including customer expectations for retention until manual deletion, availability of automated deletion controls, and data sensitivity. The revised language removes these granular criteria and instead requires users to consult individual product documentation to understand when their specific data will be deleted. This shifts the burden of finding retention timelines from the main policy statement to separate product-specific documents.
View change record →The updated Privacy Statement removes previously stated language about additional rights available to European Economic Area users, narrowing the policy's explicit protections in that region. Simultaneously, the revised terms now explicitly authorize Microsoft to contact users via auto-dialer and prerecorded voice for marketing purposes, provided the user has consented to receive marketing communications to the phone number supplied. This establishes Microsoft's contractual permission to initiate automated marketing calls using artificial intelligence-generated voice technology where user consent to marketing contact has been given.
View change record →Users operating under this provision have their prompts, responses, and interactions with AI features retained and used by Microsoft for model improvement and service personalization purposes. The clause permits this data use while establishing that users can manage data connected to their Microsoft account and may have options in some cases to opt out of data use for AI model improvement.
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"When you use Microsoft products with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, including Copilot features, Microsoft may use the data you provide to improve AI models, to deliver AI-powered features, and to personalize your experience. Interactions with Copilot and other AI features, including your prompts and the responses you receive, may be retained to improve Microsoft products and services. You can manage data connected to your Microsoft account, and in some cases you may be able to choose whether your data is used to improve AI models.— Excerpt from Microsoft's Microsoft Privacy Statement (Legacy)
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The provision establishes the operational scope of data collection and use for AI model development and service personalization. It specifies that retention of interaction data occurs as part of normal product improvement processes, which affects how user-generated inputs to AI features are processed and stored.
Users operating under this provision have their prompts, responses, and interactions with AI features retained and used by Microsoft for model improvement and service personalization purposes. The clause permits this data use while establishing that users can manage data connected to their Microsoft account and may have options in some cases to opt out of data use for AI model …
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