“we'll delete Data or Your Content associated with your Microsoft account or will otherwise disassociate it from you and your Microsoft account (unless we are required by law to keep it, return it, or transfer it to you or a third party identified by you).”
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Users stand to permanently lose access to data and content stored under a closed account, making account closure an irreversible data loss event in the absence of a legal obligation on Microsoft to preserve or return it.
If your Microsoft account is closed, your data and content will be deleted or disassociated from you unless a legal obligation compels Microsoft to keep, return, or transfer it.
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If you close your account, we will delete your account data within 180 days...
If your account is deleted, some of your information and content may remain on our Services to allow your team members or other users to make full use of the Services.
We may continue to retain some information even after you delete your account if we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable laws.
"we'll delete Data or Your Content associated with your Microsoft account or will otherwise disassociate it from you and your Microsoft account (unless we are required by law to keep it, return it, or transfer it to you or a third party identified by you).Excerpt from Microsoft's Services Agreement (Legacy)
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Users stand to permanently lose access to data and content stored under a closed account, making account closure an irreversible data loss event in the absence of a legal obligation on Microsoft to preserve or return it.
If your Microsoft account is closed, your data and content will be deleted or disassociated from you unless a legal obligation compels Microsoft to keep, return, or transfer it.
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