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Aug 28, 2026retentionmedium
data sharing
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing
“g. Ending your Services. 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. Second, we’ll delete Data or Your Content associated with your Service 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). As a result you may no longer be able to access any of the Services (or Your Content that you’ve stored on those Services). You should have a regular backup plan. Third, you may lose access to products you’ve acquired. If you have canceled your Microsoft account and have no other account able to access the Services your Services may be canceled immediately.”
Open citationAug 28, 2026retentionmedium
data sharing
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing
“2. If your Microsoft account is closed (whether by you or us), a few things happen. First, your right to use the Microsoft account to access the Services stops immediately. Second, 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). You should have a regular backup plan as Microsoft won’t be able to retrieve Your Content or Data once your account is closed. Third, you may lose access to products you’ve acquired.”
Open citationAug 28, 2026retentionhigh
content ownership
Latest stance: platform claims or reserves rights
“OneDrive Storage Allocation. If you have more content stored in your OneDrive than is provided to you under the terms of your free or paid subscription service for Microsoft storage and you do not respond to notice from Microsoft to fix your account by removing excess content or moving to a new subscription plan with more storage, we reserve the right to close your account and delete or disable access to Your Content on OneDrive. Read more about Microsoft storage quotas here (https://prod.support.services.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/how-does-microsoft-storage-work-2a261b34-421c-4a47-9901-74ef5bd0c426). ii. OneDrive Service Performance. Depending on factors such as your equipment, internet connection and Microsoft’s efforts to maintain the performance and integrity of its service, you may occasionally experience delays in uploading or syncing content on OneDrive. iii. Outlook.com Storage Allocation. If you exceed your Outlook.com mailbox storage quota or your Microsoft storage quota that is provided to you under a free or paid subscription, you will be unable to send or receive messages until you remove excess content or move to a new subscription with sufficient storage. If you fail to remove excess content or obtain sufficient additional storage after receiving notice from Microsoft, we reserve the right to delete or disable access to Your Content. Read more about Microsoft storage quotas here .”
Open citationAug 28, 2026retentionmedium
content license
Latest stance: broad license
“b. To the extent necessary to provide the Services to you and others, to protect you and the Services, and to improve Microsoft products and services, you grant to Microsoft a worldwide and royalty-free intellectual property license to use Your Content, for example, to make copies of, retain, transmit, reformat, display, and distribute via communication tools Your Content on the Services. If you publish Your Content in areas of the Service where it is available broadly online without restrictions, Your Content may appear in demonstrations or materials that promote the Service. Some of the Services are supported by advertising. Controls for how Microsoft personalizes advertising are available at https://choice.live.com (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=286759). We do not use what you say in email, chat, video calls or voice mail, or your documents, photos or other personal files, to target advertising to you. Our advertising policies are covered in detail in the Privacy Statement.”
Open citationAug 28, 2026retentionmedium
retention
Latest stance: indefinite or necessity based
“vi. Skype Number/Skype To Go. If Skype provides you with a Skype Number or Skype To Go number, you agree that you do not own the number or have a right to retain that number forever. For more details on Skype Number see https://secure.skype.com/en/skype-number/ .”
Open citationAug 5, 2026retentionlow
retention
Latest stance: deletion or time bound
“After requesting account closure, the account is marked for deletion, but we will wait 60 days before permanently deleting the account in case you change your mind or need to access information. After 60 days, the account will be permanently deleted.”
Open citationAug 5, 2026retentionmedium
retention
Latest stance: indefinite or necessity based
“Microsoft retains personal data for as long as necessary to provide the products and services you use and to fulfill the transactions you request. We also retain personal data for other legitimate purposes such as operating our business, meeting our contractual and legal obligations, improving and developing our products and services, protecting the safety and security of our systems and customers, and resolving disputes. Because these needs can vary for different data types and the context of our interactions with you or your use of our products, actual retention periods can vary significantly. See relevant product documentation for more information.”
Open citationAug 5, 2026retentionlow
retention
Latest stance: deletion or time bound
“Bing experience improvement program for Bing Desktop and Bing Toolbar . If you are using Bing Desktop or Bing Toolbar and choose to participate in the Bing Experience Improvement Program, we also collect additional data about how you use these specific Bing apps, including the addresses of the websites you visit, to help improve search ranking and relevance. We do not use the data collected through the Bing Experience Improvement Program to identify or contact you or to personalize advertising. You can turn off the Bing Experience Improvement Program at any time in the Bing Desktop or Bing Toolbar settings. We delete the information collected through the Bing Experience Improvement Program after 18 months.”
Open citationAug 5, 2026retentionlow
retention
Latest stance: deletion or time bound
“When you delete an email or item from a mailbox in Outlook.com, the item generally goes into your Deleted Items folder where it remains for approximately 7 days unless you move it back to your inbox, you empty the folder, or the service empties the folder automatically, whichever comes first. When the Deleted Items folder is emptied, those items remain in our system for up to 30 days before final deletion, unless we are legally required to retain the data for longer.”
Open citationAug 5, 2026retentionmedium
data sharing
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing
“Opting Out . To opt out of receiving personalized advertising from Microsoft, visit our personalized ads and offers page. To opt out of sharing data with third parties for personalized ads, please visit our third-party ad settings page. When you’re logged into your Microsoft account, your opt out choice will be associated with your account and applied across devices whenever you are signed in. If you are not signed in and choose to opt out, your preference is stored in a browser-specific cookie on your device, valid for five years; if you delete cookies, you must opt out again.”
Open citationAug 5, 2026retentionmedium
data sharing
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing
“A third-party account is a Microsoft account that you or your service provider (such as a cable or internet service provider) create that is tied to your email address with your service provider’s domain. Your service provider has control over your account, including the ability to access or delete your account. You should carefully review the terms the third party provided to you to help you understand what the service provider can do with your account and data.”
Open citationAug 3, 2026retentionhigh
content ownership
Latest stance: platform claims or reserves rights
“OneDrive Storage Allocation. If you have more content stored in your OneDrive than is provided to you under the terms of your free or paid subscription service for Microsoft storage and you do not respond to notice from Microsoft to fix your account by removing excess content or moving to a new subscription plan with more storage, we reserve the right to close your account and delete or disable access to Your Content on OneDrive. Read more about Microsoft storage quotas here (https://prod.support.services.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/how-does-microsoft-storage-work-2a261b34-421c-4a47-9901-74ef5bd0c426). ii. OneDrive Service Performance. Depending on factors such as your equipment, internet connection and Microsoft’s efforts to maintain the performance and integrity of its service, you may occasionally experience delays in uploading or syncing content on OneDrive. iii. Outlook.com Storage Allocation. If you exceed your Outlook.com mailbox storage quota or your Microsoft storage quota that is provided to you under a free or paid subscription, you will be unable to send or receive messages until you remove excess content or move to a new subscription with sufficient storage. If you fail to remove excess content or obtain sufficient additional storage after receiving notice from Microsoft, we reserve the right to delete or disable access to Your Content. Read more about Microsoft storage quotas here .”
Open citationAug 3, 2026retentionmedium
data sharing
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing
“g. Ending your Services. 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. Second, we’ll delete Data or Your Content associated with your Service 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). As a result you may no longer be able to access any of the Services (or Your Content that you’ve stored on those Services). You should have a regular backup plan. Third, you may lose access to products you’ve acquired. If you have canceled your Microsoft account and have no other account able to access the Services your Services may be canceled immediately.”
Open citationAug 3, 2026retentionmedium
data sharing
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing
“2. If your Microsoft account is closed (whether by you or us), a few things happen. First, your right to use the Microsoft account to access the Services stops immediately. Second, 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). You should have a regular backup plan as Microsoft won’t be able to retrieve Your Content or Data once your account is closed. Third, you may lose access to products you’ve acquired.”
Open citationAug 3, 2026retentionmedium
content license
Latest stance: broad license
“b. To the extent necessary to provide the Services to you and others, to protect you and the Services, and to improve Microsoft products and services, you grant to Microsoft a worldwide and royalty-free intellectual property license to use Your Content, for example, to make copies of, retain, transmit, reformat, display, and distribute via communication tools Your Content on the Services. If you publish Your Content in areas of the Service where it is available broadly online without restrictions, Your Content may appear in demonstrations or materials that promote the Service. Some of the Services are supported by advertising. Controls for how Microsoft personalizes advertising are available at https://choice.live.com (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=286759). We do not use what you say in email, chat, video calls or voice mail, or your documents, photos or other personal files, to target advertising to you. Our advertising policies are covered in detail in the Privacy Statement.”
Open citationAug 3, 2026retentionmedium
retention
Latest stance: indefinite or necessity based
“vi. Skype Number/Skype To Go. If Skype provides you with a Skype Number or Skype To Go number, you agree that you do not own the number or have a right to retain that number forever. For more details on Skype Number see https://secure.skype.com/en/skype-number/ .”
Open citationJul 27, 2026retentionlow
retention
Latest stance: deletion or time bound
“Bing experience improvement program for Bing Desktop and Bing Toolbar . If you are using Bing Desktop or Bing Toolbar and choose to participate in the Bing Experience Improvement Program, we also collect additional data about how you use these specific Bing apps, including the addresses of the websites you visit, to help improve search ranking and relevance. We do not use the data collected through the Bing Experience Improvement Program to identify or contact you or to personalize advertising. You can turn off the Bing Experience Improvement Program at any time in the Bing Desktop or Bing Toolbar settings. We delete the information collected through the Bing Experience Improvement Program after 18 months.”
Open citationJul 27, 2026retentionlow
retention
Latest stance: deletion or time bound
“After requesting account closure, the account is marked for deletion, but we will wait 60 days before permanently deleting the account in case you change your mind or need to access information. After 60 days, the account will be permanently deleted.”
Open citationJul 27, 2026retentionmedium
data sharing
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing
“A third-party account is a Microsoft account that you or your service provider (such as a cable or internet service provider) create that is tied to your email address with your service provider’s domain. Your service provider has control over your account, including the ability to access or delete your account. You should carefully review the terms the third party provided to you to help you understand what the service provider can do with your account and data.”
Open citationJul 27, 2026retentionmedium
retention
Latest stance: indefinite or necessity based
“Microsoft retains personal data for as long as necessary to provide the products and services you use and to fulfill the transactions you request. We also retain personal data for other legitimate purposes such as operating our business, meeting our contractual and legal obligations, improving and developing our products and services, protecting the safety and security of our systems and customers, and resolving disputes. Because these needs can vary for different data types and the context of our interactions with you or your use of our products, actual retention periods can vary significantly. See relevant product documentation for more information.”
Open citationJul 27, 2026retentionlow
retention
Latest stance: deletion or time bound
“When you delete an email or item from a mailbox in Outlook.com, the item generally goes into your Deleted Items folder where it remains for approximately 7 days unless you move it back to your inbox, you empty the folder, or the service empties the folder automatically, whichever comes first. When the Deleted Items folder is emptied, those items remain in our system for up to 30 days before final deletion, unless we are legally required to retain the data for longer.”
Open citationJul 27, 2026retentionmedium
data sharing
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing
“Opting Out . To opt out of receiving personalized advertising from Microsoft, visit our personalized ads and offers page. To opt out of sharing data with third parties for personalized ads, please visit our third-party ad settings page. When you’re logged into your Microsoft account, your opt out choice will be associated with your account and applied across devices whenever you are signed in. If you are not signed in and choose to opt out, your preference is stored in a browser-specific cookie on your device, valid for five years; if you delete cookies, you must opt out again.”
Open citationJul 22, 2026retentionmedium
content license
Latest stance: broad license
“b. To the extent necessary to provide the Services to you and others, to protect you and the Services, and to improve Microsoft products and services, you grant to Microsoft a worldwide and royalty-free intellectual property license to use Your Content, for example, to make copies of, retain, transmit, reformat, display, and distribute via communication tools Your Content on the Services. If you publish Your Content in areas of the Service where it is available broadly online without restrictions, Your Content may appear in demonstrations or materials that promote the Service. Some of the Services are supported by advertising. Controls for how Microsoft personalizes advertising are available at https://choice.live.com (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=286759). We do not use what you say in email, chat, video calls or voice mail, or your documents, photos or other personal files, to target advertising to you. Our advertising policies are covered in detail in the Privacy Statement.”
Open citationJul 22, 2026retentionmedium
data sharing
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing
“2. If your Microsoft account is closed (whether by you or us), a few things happen. First, your right to use the Microsoft account to access the Services stops immediately. Second, 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). You should have a regular backup plan as Microsoft won’t be able to retrieve Your Content or Data once your account is closed. Third, you may lose access to products you’ve acquired.”
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