Developer / Coding · azure.microsoft.comAzure OpenAI Service
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“Microsoft does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Microsoft (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the members of any public or private community, (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting,…”
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Start here. These are the highest-risk verified clauses AIRIN found in the platform's own policy text.
Specifies that licenses for images terminate when images are completely removed from the Services, but that termination does not affect licenses already granted prior to removal, and confirms no compensation is paid for image use, limiting the scope and duration of the license.
States no compensation will be paid for use of submissions and that Microsoft is under no obligation to post or use any submission, and may remove submissions at any time in its sole discretion, disclaiming any financial or usage obligation to users.
Disclaims all representations about the suitability of documents and graphics provided through the Services, providing them 'as is' without warranty of any kind, and disclaims all implied or statutory warranties including merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose on behalf of Microsoft and its suppliers.
Scores derived from 19 enriched findings — same verbatim citations as below. AI-generated, not legal advice.
- Azure OpenAI Service's terms explicitly protect your inputs from training use — the policy is affirmatively favorable on this point.
- Output ownership has conditions — review the commercial use and license carve-outs before building on these outputs.
- Data handling is conditional — 1 privacy or retention clause warrant review before using Azure OpenAI Service at scale.
Derived from AI-enriched analysis of the verified findings below — informational only, not legal advice.
How to read this page: Overall risk rates what Azure OpenAI Service's own policy terms mean for your prompts, outputs, and data. The benchmark bands below grade those same verified terms relative to peers — a platform in a risky-by-default category can rate HIGH risk and still grade STRONG against its peer set. Both trace to the cited findings.
Policy benchmark
rubric v1.0 — how this is scoredBased on 77 verified, verbatim-cited findings below — read the citations.
Based on 66 verified, verbatim-cited findings below — read the citations.
Automated assessment against a published rubric — not legal advice.
Fully verified — complete core corpus captured and read in full.
- Terms of ServiceVerified - read in full - 58 citationsstaticLast captured 2026-08-12
- Privacy PolicyVerified - read in full - 12 citationsstaticLast captured 2026-08-12
Only citation-backed plan differences are shown here; absent cells mean AIRIN has not verified a tier-specific claim.
Specifies that licenses for images terminate when images are completely removed from the Services, but that termination does not affect licenses already granted prior to removal, and confirms no compensation is paid for image use, limiting the scope and duration of the license.
"The licenses granted in the preceding sentences for a Images will terminate at the time you completely remove such Images from the Services, provided that, such termination shall not affect any licenses granted in connection with such Image..."
States that no compensation will be paid for use of submissions and that the provider has no obligation to post or use any submission and may remove any submission at any time in its sole discretion.
" No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Microsoft is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and Microsoft may remove any Submission at any time in its sole dis..."
Establishes the appeal and complaint procedure when a rights request is denied, identifying the internal appeal pathway (privacy support team) and external escalation options (Washington and Nevada Attorneys General or other regulators), constituting an enforceable remedy provision.
" If your request to exercise a right is denied, you may appeal that decision by contacting our privacy support team via our web form . If your appeal is unsuccessful, you can raise a concern or lodge a complaint with the Washington State A..."
Establishes the procedure for appealing a denied rights request by contacting the privacy support team and, if unsuccessful, raising a concern with specified regulatory authorities.
" If your request to exercise a right is denied, you may appeal that decision by contacting our privacy support team via our privacy support and requests page. If your appeal is unsuccessful, you can raise a concern or lodge a complaint wit..."
Restricts advertising or offering to buy or sell goods or services for business purposes unless the specific Communication Service explicitly permits such messages.
" Advertise or offer to sell or buy any goods or services for any business purpose, unless such Communication Services specifically allows such messages."
Establishes Restricted Rights for U.S. Government use of software downloaded from the Services, incorporating specific federal regulatory restrictions (DFARS 252.227-7013 and 48 CFR 52.227-19) that limit duplication and disclosure by government entities.
" Restricted Rights Legend. Any Software which is downloaded from the Services for or on behalf of the United States of America, its agencies and/or instrumentalities ("U.S. Government"), is provided with Restricted Rights. Use, duplication,..."
States no compensation will be paid for use of submissions and that Microsoft is under no obligation to post or use any submission, and may remove submissions at any time in its sole discretion, disclaiming any financial or usage obligation to users.
" No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Microsoft is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and Microsoft may remove any Submission at any time in its sole dis..."
Permits disclosure of consumer health data to law enforcement or government agencies for legal compliance, and to other third parties to comply with law or protect rights, and to other users in the ordinary course of service interaction, establishing the legal bases for these disclosures.
"As described in our privacy statement and our Law Enforcement Requests Report , we disclose data to law enforcement or other government agencies when we believe doing so is necessary to comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal ..."
Evidence appendix
Showing priority citations first. The full appendix is available for audit trails; not every citation is a severe risk.
"The licenses granted in the preceding sentences for a Images will terminate at the time you completely remove such Images from the Services, provided that, such termination shall not affect any licenses granted in connection with such Images prior to the time you completely remove such Images. No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Images."
Specifies that licenses for images terminate when images are completely removed from the Services, but that termination does not affect licenses already granted prior to removal, and confirms no compensation is paid for image use, limiting the scope and duration of the license.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Microsoft does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Microsoft (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the members of any public or private community, (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting ("Posting") your Submission you are granting Microsoft, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses (including, without limitation, all Microsoft Services), including, without limitation, the license rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; to publish your name in connection with your Submission; and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services."
States Microsoft does not claim ownership of user submissions but grants Microsoft and affiliated companies a license permission to use submissions in connection with operating the Services, defining the scope of the license granted upon posting.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Use of Your Content. As part of providing the AI services, Microsoft will process and store your inputs to the service as well as output from the service, for purposes of monitoring for and preventing abusive or harmful uses or outputs of the service."
Discloses that Microsoft will process and store user inputs and service outputs as part of providing AI services for the purpose of monitoring and preventing abusive or harmful uses, establishing a data processing obligation and use limitation.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" No compensation will be paid with respect to the use of your Submission, as provided herein. Microsoft is under no obligation to post or use any Submission you may provide and Microsoft may remove any Submission at any time in its sole discretion."
States no compensation will be paid for use of submissions and that Microsoft is under no obligation to post or use any submission, and may remove submissions at any time in its sole discretion, disclaiming any financial or usage obligation to users.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" As described further in the Personal data we collect section of the privacy statement, we collect personal data (which may include consumer health data) directly from you, from your interactions with our products and services, from third parties, and from publicly available sources."
Incorporates by reference the 'Personal data we collect' section of the Microsoft Privacy Statement and identifies the sources of consumer health data—direct collection, product interactions, third parties, and public sources—establishing the operative scope of data sourcing obligations.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" If any of the Services requires you to open an account, you must complete the registration process by providing us with current, complete and accurate information as prompted by the applicable registration form. You also will choose a password and a user name. You are entirely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify Microsoft immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. Microsoft will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account, either with or without your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by Microsoft or another party due to someone else using your account or password. You may not use anyone else's account at any time, without the permission of the account holder."
Imposes obligations on users to provide accurate registration information, maintain confidentiality of passwords and account credentials, accept full responsibility for all account activities, and promptly notify Microsoft of unauthorized access or security breaches; also disclaims Microsoft's liability for losses from failure to comply with these security obligations.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" The services that Microsoft provides to you are subject to the following Terms of Use ("TOU"). Microsoft reserves the right to update and modify the TOU at any time without notice to you. The most current version of the TOU can be reviewed by clicking on the "Terms of Use" hypertext link located at the bottom of our Web pages. When we make updates to the TOU, Microsoft will update the date at the top of this page. By using the website after a new version of the TOU has been posted, you agree to the terms of such new version."
This segment establishes the binding nature of the TOU, reserves Microsoft's right to modify terms unilaterally without notice, and creates an obligation for users to monitor updates; continued use after posting constitutes acceptance of new terms, which is a classic assent-by-conduct mechanism with procedural implications for disputes.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Microsoft reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as Microsoft deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Microsoft's sole discretion."
Reserves the provider's right at all times to disclose any information deemed necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, and to edit, refuse to post, or remove any information or materials in whole or in part at its sole discretion.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Microsoft and/or its respective suppliers make no representations about the suitability of the information contained in the documents and related graphics published as part of the services for any purpose. All such documents and related graphics are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft and/or its respective suppliers hereby disclaim all warranties and conditions with regard to this information, including all warranties and conditions of merchantability, whether express, implied or statutory, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. In no event shall Microsoft and/or its respective suppliers be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of information available from the services. "
Disclaims all representations about the suitability of documents and graphics provided through the Services, providing them 'as is' without warranty of any kind, and disclaims all implied or statutory warranties including merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose on behalf of Microsoft and its suppliers.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Third party claims . You are solely responsible for responding to any third-party claims regarding your use of the AI services in compliance with applicable laws (including, but not limited to, copyright infringement or other claims relating to content output during your use of the AI services)."
Places sole responsibility on users to respond to third-party claims arising from their use of AI services, including copyright infringement or content-related claims, functioning as an indemnity-adjacent liability allocation.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Software is warranted, if at all, only according to the terms of the license agreement. Except as warranted in the license agreement, Microsoft corporation hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with regard to the software, including all warranties and conditions of merchantability, whether express, implied or statutory, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. For your convenience, Microsoft may make available as part of the services or in its software products, tools and utilities for use and/or download. Microsoft does not make any assurances with regard to the accuracy of the results or output that derives from such use of any such tools and utilities. Please respect the intellectual property rights of others when using the tools and utilities made available on the services or in Microsoft software products."
Disclaims all warranties and conditions with respect to software and tools provided through the Services, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement, except as expressly warranted in the applicable license agreement; limits Microsoft's warranty exposure.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information about yourself or your children in any Communication Services. Microsoft does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Services and, therefore, Microsoft specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Services. Managers and hosts are not authorized Microsoft spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Microsoft."
Disclaims Microsoft's liability for content or actions arising from user participation in Communication Services, clarifying that Microsoft does not control or endorse Communication Services content and that managers/hosts are not authorized spokespersons.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" For example, we share your content with third parties when you tell us to do so, such as when you send an email to a friend, share photos and documents on OneDrive, or link accounts with another service. If you make a purchase, we will share information about the transaction as necessary to process the payment, including protection against fraud. And we may disclose data when we believe that doing so is necessary to comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process."
Enumerates specific permissible sharing scenarios—third-party content sharing at user direction, payment processing including fraud protection, and legal compliance disclosures—establishing the operative grounds under which data may be disclosed to external parties.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"As described in our privacy statement and our Law Enforcement Requests Report , we disclose data to law enforcement or other government agencies when we believe doing so is necessary to comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process. Other third parties . In certain circumstances, it may be necessary to provide data to other third parties, for example, to comply with the law or to protect our rights or those of our customers. Other users and individuals . If you use our services to interact with other users of the service or other recipients of communications, we will share data, including consumer health data, as directed by you and your interactions. The public . You may select options available through our services to publicly display and disclose certain information, such as your profile, demographic data, content and files, or geolocation data, which may include consumer health data."
Permits disclosure of consumer health data to law enforcement or government agencies for legal compliance, and to other third parties to comply with law or protect rights, and to other users in the ordinary course of service interaction, establishing the legal bases for these disclosures.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Microsoft reserves the right at all times to disclose any information as Microsoft deems necessary to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request, or to edit, refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, in Microsoft's sole discretion."
Reserves Microsoft's right to disclose any information to satisfy legal requirements or governmental requests, and to edit, refuse, or remove information in its sole discretion, granting broad content governance authority.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" We may share each of the categories of consumer health data described above for the purposes described in the Reasons we share personal data section of the privacy statement. In particular, we may share personal data, including consumer health data, with your consent or as reasonably necessary to complete any transaction or provide any product you have requested or authorized, as described above."
Grants Microsoft permission to share consumer health data (and personal data generally) with third parties for transaction completion, product provision, or with user consent, incorporating by reference the broader privacy statement's sharing section.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" All content included in or made available through the Services, such as text, graphics, logos, icons, images, sounds, music, digital downloads, data compilation, software, and documents is the exclusive property of Microsoft or its content suppliers and is protected by the various applicable trade dress, copyright, trademark, patent, and other intellectual property and unfair competition laws in the United States and internationally. All rights not expressly granted to you in this TOU are reserved and retained by Microsoft or its licensors, suppliers, publishers, rightsholders, or other content providers."
Asserts that all content available through the Services is the exclusive property of Microsoft or its content suppliers, protected by intellectual property laws, and that all rights not expressly granted are reserved; this establishes Microsoft's ownership rights over content and restricts user rights to only those expressly granted.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Limits on use of data from the AI Services. You may not use the AI services, or data from the AI services, to create, train, or improve (directly or indirectly) any other AI service. "
Prohibits users from using the AI services or data derived from the AI services to create, train, or improve (directly or indirectly) any other AI service — a restriction that protects against competitive or derivative training use by users.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
Common questions about Azure OpenAI Service's policies
- Does Azure OpenAI Service train its AI models on your data?
- No training on your content by default — based on 1 verified finding from Azure OpenAI Service's published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.
- Who owns the content you create with Azure OpenAI Service?
- You own your outputs — based on 2 verified findings from Azure OpenAI Service's published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.
- Can you use Azure OpenAI Service's output commercially?
- Commercial use allowed — based on 6 verified findings from Azure OpenAI Service's published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.
Clause detail — protections, your obligations, and coverage
Every clause below is a verbatim quote from Azure OpenAI Service's own published policy, read in full and linked to its exact location. Protections and user obligations are reported separately from risk because they are different kinds of clause — an obligation on you is not a risk to your data. Informational only, not legal advice.
✅ Protections found
2 verified clausesClauses in Azure OpenAI Service's policies that work in your favour — commitments the platform made to you.
- Privacy & data usesensitive data (biometric/location/health)
“If you are covered by the MHMDA, the NHDPA, or other applicable consumer health privacy law then you may have certain rights with respect to consumer health data, including rights to access, delete, or withdraw consent relating to such data, subject to certain…”
Confers on covered individuals (under MHMDA, NHDPA, or analogous law) rights of access, deletion, and consent withdrawal with respect to consumer health data, subject to exceptions, and identifies the procedural mechanis…
📍 Privacy Policy › “How to Exercise Your Rights”Jump to exact text → - Privacy & data use
“If your request to exercise a right is denied, you may appeal that decision by contacting our privacy support team via our web form . If your appeal is unsuccessful, you can raise a concern or lodge a complaint with the Washington State Attorney General at w…”
Establishes the appeal and complaint procedure when a rights request is denied, identifying the internal appeal pathway (privacy support team) and external escalation options (Washington and Nevada Attorneys General or o…
📍 Privacy Policy › “How to Exercise Your Rights”Jump to exact text →
📋 Rules you must follow
24 verified clausesWhat Azure OpenAI Service requires of YOU. These are your obligations, not risks to your data or IP, so they are cited here and excluded from this platform's risk rating.
- Moderation & enforcementconduct restrictions
“As a condition of your use of the Services, you will not use the Services for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these terms, conditions, and notices. You may not use the Services in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair any M…”
As a condition of use, prohibits users from using the Services for any unlawful purpose or in any manner that damages, disables, overburdens, or impairs Microsoft servers or networks, interferes with other users, or invo…
📍 Terms of Service › “No Unlawful or Prohibited Use”Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcement
“The Services may contain e-mail services, bulletin board services, chat areas, news groups, forums, communities, personal web pages, calendars, photo albums, file cabinets and/or other message or communication facilities designed to enable you to communicate w…”
Defines Communication Services (email, forums, chat, etc.) and imposes an obligation on users to use these services only for proper and relevant communications, establishing the behavioral standards subject to moderation…
📍 Terms of Service › “Use of Services”Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcementconduct restrictions
“Documents specified above do not include the design or layout of the Microsoft.com website or any other Microsoft owned, operated, licensed or controlled site. Elements of Microsoft websites are protected by trade dress, trademark, unfair competition, and othe…”
Clarifies that the document use permission does not extend to the design or layout of Microsoft websites, which are protected by trade dress and trademark law, and prohibits copying or retransmitting logos, graphics, sou…
📍 Terms of Service › “Documents”Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcement
“Upload, or otherwise make available, files that contain images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or public…”
Prohibits uploading files containing intellectual-property-protected material unless the user owns or controls the rights or has obtained necessary consents, imposing a condition on content uploads.
📍 Terms of Service › “Use of Services”Jump to exact text → - Commercial useconduct restrictions
“The Software is made available for download solely for use by end users according to the License Agreement. Any reproduction or redistribution of the Software not in accordance with the License Agreement is expressly prohibited by law, and may result in severe…”
Restricts software use to end users per the License Agreement and expressly prohibits reproduction or redistribution not in accordance with that agreement, warning of civil and criminal penalties and prosecution for viol…
📍 Terms of Service › “Software”Jump to exact text →
+ 19 more verified clauses of this kind on this platform, cited in full in the report.
What the policies actually cover
9 topics- Product telemetry & usage tracking1 clause
- Sensitive data (biometric, location, health)1 protective3 clauses
- Government & law-enforcement disclosure3 clauses
- Damages & liability cap3 clauses
- Indemnity direction1 clause
- Terms can change at any time1 clause
- License survival after account deletion1 clause
- Feedback ownership2 clauses
- Conduct restrictions16 obligations16 clauses
39 further verified clauses are cited on this page but not yet assigned a topic.
Cross-clause notes
The Terms of Service, Terms of Service › “Materials Provided to Microsoft or Posted at any Microsoft Website” describes rights the platform takes in user content, and the Privacy Policy, Privacy Policy › “Our Sharing of Consumer Health Data” describes disclosure of data to third parties or subprocessors. Both clauses are in force at the same time — read them together.
Automated cross-reference against the published rubric — not legal advice.
Clause intelligence
Canonical clauses and stance patterns extracted from the same gate-verified citations shown on this page.
The clause restricts commercial use.
“Permission to use Documents (such as white papers, press releases, datasheets and FAQs) from the Services is granted, provided that (1) the below copyright notice appears in all copies and that both the copyright notice and this permission notice appear, (2) unless explicitly covered by another license or agreement, use of such Documents from the Services is for informational and non-commercial or personal use onl...”Open source citation
The clause restricts commercial use.
“Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Services.”Open source citation
The clause includes sublicensable, transferable, or assignable rights.
“Microsoft does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Microsoft (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the members of any public or private community, (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting (&...”Open source citation
The clause includes sublicensable, transferable, or assignable rights.
“In addition to the warranty and representation set forth above, by Posting a Submission that contain images, photographs, pictures or that are otherwise graphical in whole or in part ("Images"), you warrant and represent that (a) you are the copyright owner of such Images, or that the copyright owner of such Images has granted you permission to use such Images or any content and/or images contained in such...”Open source citation
The clause includes sublicensable, transferable, or assignable rights.
“Microsoft does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Microsoft (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the members of any public or private community, (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting (&...”Open source citation
Tier matrix
Plan-level conditions detected from citation-backed clauses. Empty tiers mean AIRIN has not captured decisive tier language yet.
| Tier | Surface | Verdict | Risk | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All applicable tiers | commercial use | conditional | MEDIUM | 3 |
| All applicable tiers | indemnity liability | conditional | MEDIUM | 5 |
| All applicable tiers | moderation enforcement | improves | LOW | 2 |
| All applicable tiers | output ownership | worsens | HIGH | 3 |
| All applicable tiers | privacy data use | conditional | MEDIUM | 1 |
| All applicable tiers | prompt ownership | worsens | HIGH | 3 |
| All applicable tiers | subprocessors data sharing | conditional | MEDIUM | 4 |
| All applicable tiers | training use | improves | LOW | 2 |
| Free | prompt ownership | worsens | HIGH | 4 |
| Government | privacy data use | conditional | MEDIUM | 1 |
| Government | subprocessors data sharing | conditional | MEDIUM | 2 |
| Team / Business | privacy data use | conditional | MEDIUM | 1 |
Policy evolution
Open full timelineBefore/after stance changes across captured policy versions. When no material delta exists yet, AIRIN shows the latest citation-backed stance events instead.
Latest stance: broad license on prompt ownership
“In addition to the warranty and representation set forth above, by Posting a Submission that contain images, photographs, pictures or that are otherwise graphical in whole or in part ("Images"), you warrant and represent that (a) you are the copyright owner of such Images, or that the copyright owner of such Images has granted you permission to use such Images or any content and/or images contained in such Images consistent with the manner and purpose of your use and as otherwise permitted by these Terms of Use and the Services, (b) you have the rights necessary to grant the licenses and sublicenses described in these Terms of Use, and (c) that each person depicted in such Images, if any, has provided consent to the use of the Images as set forth in these Terms of Use, including, by way of example, and not as a limitation, the distribution, public display and reproduction of such Images. By Posting Images, you are granting (a) to all members of your private community (for each such Images available to members of such private community), and/or (b) to the general public (for each such Images available anywhere on the Services, other than a private community), permission to use your Images in connection with the use, as permitted by these Terms of Use, of any of the Services, (including, by way of example, and not as a limitation, making prints and gift items which include such Images), and including, without limitation, a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Images without having your name attached to such Images, and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: sublicensable or transferable on output ownership
“Microsoft does not claim ownership of the materials you provide to Microsoft (including feedback and suggestions) or post, upload, input or submit to any Services or its associated services for review by the general public, or by the members of any public or private community, (each a "Submission" and collectively "Submissions"). However, by posting, uploading, inputting, providing or submitting ("Posting") your Submission you are granting Microsoft, its affiliated companies and necessary sublicensees permission to use your Submission in connection with the operation of their Internet businesses (including, without limitation, all Microsoft Services), including, without limitation, the license rights to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Submission; to publish your name in connection with your Submission; and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: sublicensable or transferable on prompt ownership
“In addition to the warranty and representation set forth above, by Posting a Submission that contain images, photographs, pictures or that are otherwise graphical in whole or in part ("Images"), you warrant and represent that (a) you are the copyright owner of such Images, or that the copyright owner of such Images has granted you permission to use such Images or any content and/or images contained in such Images consistent with the manner and purpose of your use and as otherwise permitted by these Terms of Use and the Services, (b) you have the rights necessary to grant the licenses and sublicenses described in these Terms of Use, and (c) that each person depicted in such Images, if any, has provided consent to the use of the Images as set forth in these Terms of Use, including, by way of example, and not as a limitation, the distribution, public display and reproduction of such Images. By Posting Images, you are granting (a) to all members of your private community (for each such Images available to members of such private community), and/or (b) to the general public (for each such Images available anywhere on the Services, other than a private community), permission to use your Images in connection with the use, as permitted by these Terms of Use, of any of the Services, (including, by way of example, and not as a limitation, making prints and gift items which include such Images), and including, without limitation, a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free license to: copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat your Images without having your name attached to such Images, and the right to sublicense such rights to any supplier of the Services.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: no training claim on training use
“Limits on use of data from the AI Services. You may not use the AI services, or data from the AI services, to create, train, or improve (directly or indirectly) any other AI service.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: sale or sell on output ownership
“Unless otherwise specified, the Services are for your personal and non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from the Services.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: user retains rights on moderation enforcement
“Upload, or otherwise make available, files that contain images, photographs, software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, including, by way of example, and not as limitation, copyright or trademark laws (or by rights of privacy or publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consent to do the same.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: liability limited on indemnity liability
“Software is warranted, if at all, only according to the terms of the license agreement. Except as warranted in the license agreement, Microsoft corporation hereby disclaims all warranties and conditions with regard to the software, including all warranties and conditions of merchantability, whether express, implied or statutory, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. For your convenience, Microsoft may make available as part of the services or in its software products, tools and utilities for use and/or download. Microsoft does not make any assurances with regard to the accuracy of the results or output that derives from such use of any such tools and utilities. Please respect the intellectual property rights of others when using the tools and utilities made available on the services or in Microsoft software products.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: liability limited on indemnity liability
“Always use caution when giving out any personally identifiable information about yourself or your children in any Communication Services. Microsoft does not control or endorse the content, messages or information found in any Communication Services and, therefore, Microsoft specifically disclaims any liability with regard to the Communication Services and any actions resulting from your participation in any Communication Services. Managers and hosts are not authorized Microsoft spokespersons, and their views do not necessarily reflect those of Microsoft.”Open timeline citation
Capture recency
- Terms of Service:Last captured 2026-08-12· verified 2026-08-12
- Privacy Policy:Last captured 2026-08-12· verified 2026-08-12
Dates state when our pipeline captured and verified each document — not when the vendor last changed it. Documents are re-scanned on a recurring cadence; a document verified once says so until a re-scan confirms it again.
↓ 84 fewer findings this quarter vs last (96 vs 180). First scan: June 2026.
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