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This provision operationalizes privacy governance by requiring systematic integration of data protection measures into product development cycles, establishing privacy as a foundational design requirement rather than a compliance obligation applied post-deployment.
Under this framework, users operate under terms where Microsoft's AI systems are designed with privacy protections built into core functionality and architecture. This affects what data collection and processing practices are implemented at the system level rather than being layered on afterward.
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This provision operationalizes privacy governance by requiring systematic integration of data protection measures into product development cycles, establishing privacy as a foundational design requirement rather than a compliance obligation applied post-deployment.
Under this framework, users operate under terms where Microsoft's AI systems are designed with privacy protections built into core functionality and architecture. This affects what data collection and processing practices are implemented at the system level rather than being layered on afterward.
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