192 Total
62 High severity
110 Medium severity
20 Low severity

Key Facts

Does Xbox prohibit users from using AI services to make decisions or take actions without appropriate human oversight that may have a consequential impact on any person's legal position, financial position, life opportunities, employment opportunities, or human rights?
Xbox prohibits users from using AI services to make decisions or take actions without appropriate human oversight that may have a consequential impact on any person's legal position, financial position, life opportunities, employment opportunities, or human rights.
Are all purchases final and non-refundable?
Xbox establishes that all purchases are final and non-refundable unless otherwise provided by law or by a particular Service offer.
What does Xbox prohibit?
Xbox prohibits class action lawsuits, class-wide arbitrations, private attorney-general actions, requests for public injunctions, and any other proceeding or request for relief where someone acts in a representative capacity.
Does Xbox prohibit class action lawsuits?
Xbox prohibits class action lawsuits, class-wide arbitrations, private attorney-general actions, requests for public injunctions, and any other proceeding or request for relief where someone acts in a representative capacity.
What will Xbox do with data and content associated with a closed Microsoft account?
Xbox will delete data and content associated with a closed Microsoft account or otherwise disassociate it from the user and their account, unless Xbox is required by law to keep it, return it, or transfer it to a third party identified by the user.
What is users' exclusive remedy for losses or breaches?
Xbox limits users' exclusive remedy for losses or breaches to recovery of direct damages up to the amount of the Services fee paid for the month in which the loss or breach occurred, or up to $10.00 if the Services are free.
What is the limit of users' exclusive remedy for losses or breaches?
Xbox limits users' exclusive remedy for losses or breaches to recovery of direct damages up to the amount of the Services fee paid for the month in which the loss or breach occurred, or up to $10.00 if the Services are free.
May Xbox change its Terms?
Xbox may change its Terms at any time and will notify users when changes occur, with continued use of the Services after the changes become effective constituting agreement to the new terms.
Will Xbox notify users when changes to its Terms occur?
Xbox may change its Terms at any time and will notify users when changes occur, with continued use of the Services after the changes become effective constituting agreement to the new terms.
What constitutes agreement to new terms after changes become effective?
Xbox may change its Terms at any time and will notify users when changes occur, with continued use of the Services after the changes become effective constituting agreement to the new terms.
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Summary

This document sets the rules for using Xbox Services. Purchases are final and non-refundable by default, and if you keep using the Services after Xbox updates its Terms, you are bound by the new rules. If you have a dispute with Xbox and live in the US, you must resolve it through individual arbitration — not a lawsuit or class action — and your maximum financial recovery is capped at one month's subscription fee or $10.00 for free services.

Analysis

The Xbox Terms of Use establish the conditions under which users may access and use Xbox Services, including a broad intellectual property license granted to Xbox over user-submitted content, a prohibition on using Xbox AI services or AI-derived data to build or improve any AI technology, and restrictions on deploying AI services in high-stakes decision-making contexts without human oversight. The document imposes a no-refund default on purchases, caps user remedies for losses to one month's service fee or $10.00 for free services, and disclaims all service quality guarantees by providing Services on an 'as is,' 'with all faults,' and 'as available' basis. US residents are required to resolve disputes through binding individual arbitration before the AAA under the FAA, with class actions, class-wide arbitrations, and all representative proceedings expressly prohibited. Xbox retains the right to modify its Terms at any time, with continued use constituting acceptance, and will delete or disassociate all data and content upon account closure unless law requires otherwise.

What this means for you

As an individual user, you grant Xbox a worldwide, royalty-free license to copy, reformat, display, and distribute content you submit through the Services. Your purchases are non-refundable unless a specific law or offer says otherwise, and your financial remedy for any loss is capped at one month's service fee. Your account will be closed if you do not sign in at least once every two years, after which Xbox will delete or disassociate your data and content. You may not use Xbox AI services or any data derived from them to build or improve AI technology, and you must not use those services to make consequential decisions affecting anyone's legal, financial, employment, or human rights without appropriate human oversight. To avoid automatic recurring charges on a subscription, you must actively cancel before the next billing interval.

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