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Semrush has moderate defaults; Microsoft 365 Copilot carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT NOT RECOMMENDED · SEMRUSH ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE
| RISK SURFACE | MICROSOFT 365 COPILOT | SEMRUSH |
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| TModel Training | ||
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“When you provide your Data or Your Content to Bing Places, you grant Microsoft a worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, save, modify, aggregate, promote, transmit, display, and distribute your Data and Your Content (including intellectual property rights in your Data…”
Broad, worldwide, royalty-free license over user inputs/content submitted to Bing Places, including sublicensing rights to third parties with no apparent scope limitation or termination right described here.
“ Proprietary Rights . You agree that all rights, title, and interest in and to the Website, Services, Semrush API, the technology underlying each of them, all modifications and any work product we create relating thereto, and all intellectual property rights in each of the forego…”
“As part of building the Xbox Services community, you grant to Microsoft, its affiliates and sublicensees a free and worldwide right to use, modify, reproduce, distribute, broadcast, share and display Your Content or your name, gamertag, motto, or avatar that you posted for any Xb…”
Broad, royalty-free, worldwide license granted to Microsoft and its sublicensees to use, modify, reproduce, distribute, broadcast, share and display user-submitted content with no expiry stated.
“ Feedback . You are under no obligation to give Semrush any ideas, suggestions, comments, or other feedback related to the Website, the Services, or Semrush (“ Feedback ”). If you elect to provide any Feedback, you agree that all such Feedback is non-confidential and that we own…”
“As part of our efforts to improve and develop our products, we may use your data to develop and train our AI models. Learn more here .”
Microsoft explicitly reserves the right to use user data to train AI models. This appears twice in the document, suggesting it applies broadly across products and tiers.
“ take any action that would cause any portion of the Services to be placed in the public domain; (n) remove, alter, or obscure any proprietary notices of Semrush, its licensors, or its suppliers included in the Services; (o) use the Services to create, send, or store infringing,…”
“The articles, text, photos, maps, videos, video players, and third-party material available on Bing and MSN, including through Microsoft bots, applications and programs, are for your noncommercial, personal use only. Other uses, including downloading, copying, or redistributing t…”
Bing and MSN content is restricted to noncommercial personal use. Using outputs/materials to build products or for commercial purposes requires explicit Microsoft authorization, which is not granted by default.
“ share your personal data such as name, last name and email address with our authorized resellers distributors,”
“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.”
Microsoft may permanently delete Outlook.com user content upon storage quota breach without a defined grace period in this clause.
“ If you ask us to delete your data or to be removed from our marketing lists and we are required to fulfill your request, to keep basic data to identify you and prevent further unwanted processing.”
“ f. Refund Policy. Unless otherwise provided by law or by a particular Service offer, all purchases are final and non-refundable. If you believe that Microsoft has charged you in error, you must contact us within 90 days of such charge. No refunds will be given for any charges mo…”
“ Support . During the Subscription Term, support for the Services will be provided in accordance with the Customer Support Terms and Conditions, located at https://www.semrush.com/company/legal/customer-support-terms/ .”