Microsoft gives users tools to view, download, correct, and delete their personal data through the Privacy Dashboard. Some deletion requests may be refused if legal or business requirements mean the data must be kept.
You have the right to access, export, correct, and delete your Microsoft personal data, but Microsoft may decline deletion requests citing legal requirements or legitimate business interests, leaving some data beyond your control.
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We may also share your Personal Information with interested parties in connection with, or during negotiations of, any proposed or actual merger, purchase, or sale of all or any portion of our assets to another business.
Knowing your rights and how to exercise them is the primary way you can control what Microsoft knows about you — but the carve-outs for 'legitimate business interests' mean not all deletion requests will be honored.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: GDPR Arts. 15-22 establish data subject rights (access, rectification, erasure, portability, objection, restriction). CCPA/CPRA §§1798.100, 1798.105, 1798.110, 1798.115, 1798.120 establish equivalent California consumer rights. U.S. state privacy laws (VCDPA §59.1-578, CPA §6-1-1306, TDPSA §541.051, CTDPA §4-43) provide equivalent rights. UK GDPR mirrors GDPR rights post-Brexit. COPPA grants parents rights to access and delete children's data. FTC Act Section 5 applies to deceptive representations about the scope of user rights.
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