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This clause establishes that data governance responsibility transfers to the organization rather than remaining with Microsoft when users access products through organizational accounts. Organizations may implement privacy policies that operate independently of Microsoft's stated practices, creating a dual governance structure.
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 accessing Microsoft products through organization-provided accounts operate under administrative controls and data practices established by their organization rather than solely those outlined in Microsoft's privacy statement. The organization retains authority over product settings, data access, and data receipt, and may apply its own privacy policies to user data.
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"If you use a Microsoft product with an account provided by an organization you are affiliated with, such as your work or school account, that organization can: access and retain data you store in the product, control and administer your product and product data, control privacy-related settings of the product, and receive your product data. When your organization provides you with a Microsoft product, they may have their own policies governing the use of your data. Microsoft is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of our customers, which may differ from those set forth in this privacy statement.— Excerpt from Microsoft's Microsoft Privacy Statement (Legacy)
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This clause establishes that data governance responsibility transfers to the organization rather than remaining with Microsoft when users access products through organizational accounts. Organizations may implement privacy policies that operate independently of Microsoft's stated practices, creating a dual governance structure.
Users accessing Microsoft products through organization-provided accounts operate under administrative controls and data practices established by their organization rather than solely those outlined in Microsoft's privacy statement. The organization retains authority over product settings, data access, and data receipt, and may apply its own privacy policies to user data.
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