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Parents and guardians should know that creating a Microsoft account for a child requires their active consent, and that Microsoft's family tools include mechanisms to manage and supervise a child's account and data.
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, th…
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, prote…
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. Simulta…
The statement authorizes Microsoft to collect a wide range of personal data including identifiers, location, voice and audio recordings, browsing and search history, and content created within Microsoft products, and to use this data for advertising, product personalization, and AI model improvement across its product portfolio. EU and UK users have GDPR-based rights including access, correction, deletion, and objection to processing, while California and other U.S. state residents have rights under applicable state privacy laws including the right to opt out of data sales or sharing for targeted advertising. You can access, review, download, or delete your personal data and adjust advertising and personalization settings at account.microsoft.com/privacy.
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Replit does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Users between the ages of 13 and 18 may use the platform with parental or guardian consent. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete...
If you would like to opt out of the disclosure of your personal information for purposes that could be considered "sales" for those third parties' own commercial purposes, or "sharing" or processing for purposes of targeted advertising, please visit the following link, which is also available in the...
Zendesk complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. When Zendesk transfers personal data from the EU, UK, or Switzerland to the United ...
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"Microsoft products are intended for use by adults. For products directed to children or where the user is identified as a child, Microsoft will take additional steps to protect the child's personal data. When a Microsoft account is created for a child, a parent or guardian must consent to the creation of the account and to the collection and use of the child's data. Microsoft does not knowingly collect personal data from children under age 13 without parental consent. If we learn we have collected personal data from a child under age 13 without parental consent, we will delete it.— Excerpt from Microsoft's Microsoft Privacy Statement (Legacy)
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Parents and guardians should know that creating a Microsoft account for a child requires their active consent, and that Microsoft's family tools include mechanisms to manage and supervise a child's account and data.
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