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"If your Services are canceled (whether by you or us), first your right to access the Services stops immediately and your license to the software related to the Services ends...we'll delete Data or Your Content associated with your Service or will otherwise disassociate it from you...Excerpt from Microsoft's Services Agreement (Legacy)
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The clause states: “If your Services are canceled (whether by you or us), first your right to access the Services stops immediately and your license to the software related to the Services ends...we'll delete Data or Your Content associated with your Service or will otherwise disassociate it from you...”
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