Microsoft collects data about how you use its services and shares it in accordance with its Privacy Statement, which is incorporated into this agreement by reference.
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This provision structures data governance by incorporating the Privacy Statement by reference and obtaining explicit consent for data processing activities. It establishes the legal basis for Xbox to collect and process user data across its services.
Removal suggests privacy terms are now handled separately in privacy policy rather than in terms of service, though domain owner access rights now provide explicit data access provisions.
View full change record →Consumers' personal data, usage information, and content are collected and processed by Microsoft; the full extent of data practices requires review of the separate Privacy Statement, creating a transparency gap for everyday users.
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You may give us your Identity Data, Contact Data, Financial Data, Profile Data, and other information by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, e-mail or otherwise.
NIM container releases that collect data, collect it for the following purposes: (a) to properly configure and optimize products for use with Software; and (b) to improve NVIDIA products and services.
Some of our ad partners may also enable us to collect similar data directly from their website or app by integrating our or our affiliates' advertising technology.
"Your privacy is important to us. Please read the Microsoft Privacy Statement as it describes the types of data we collect from you and your devices ("Data"), how we use your Data, and the legal bases we have to process your Data. Where processing is based on consent and to the extent permitted by law, by agreeing to these Terms, you consent to Microsoft's collection, use and disclosure of Your Content and Data as described in the Privacy Statement.Excerpt from Xbox's Terms of Use
Incorporation of the Privacy Statement by reference engages GDPR, UK GDPR, and CCPA compliance obligations.
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This provision structures data governance by incorporating the Privacy Statement by reference and obtaining explicit consent for data processing activities. It establishes the legal basis for Xbox to collect and process user data across its services.
Consumers' personal data, usage information, and content are collected and processed by Microsoft; the full extent of data practices requires review of the separate Privacy Statement, creating a transparency gap for everyday users.
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