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“Microsoft will only use your Microsoft Copilot conversations to monitor performance, troubleshoot problems, diagnose bugs, prevent abuse, and to provide and improve Microsoft Copilot. In certain markets, we use conversation data to train the generative AI models in Copilot, unless you choose to opt-out of such training. More information about how your data…”
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Restricts governmental use of Bird's Eye imagery for specified countries (US, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, Japan) without separate written approval from Microsoft, creating a conditional use restriction tied to user type and geography.
This segment restricts Microsoft's use of data collected through the Bing Experience Improvement Program by prohibiting its use to identify or contact users or to target advertising, while also describing the procedure for opting out of the program.
Consent to data processing is obtained via acceptance of Terms, not a separate affirmative act. The substantive data-use rules are in a separate Privacy Statement, meaning users must read two documents. 'To the extent permitted by law' creates jurisdictional variability in scope.
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- Privacy PolicyVerified - read in full - 444 citationsstatic-revalidatedLast captured 2026-08-05
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Grants Microsoft a worldwide, royalty-free intellectual property license to use user content to provide, protect, and improve its products and services, including making copies, retaining, transmitting, reformatting, displaying, and distributing content — this is an operative training and service-improvement license over user content.
" 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..."
The phrase 'improve Microsoft products and services' is a recognized formulation used to authorize training AI/ML models on user-submitted content. The license is granted automatically upon use, is royalty-free, and has global scope. Users have no opt-out mechanism stated within this clause.
"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 You..."
Clarifies that the MPEG LA notice does not restrict normal personal business use of the software under the Terms, provided it does not include redistribution to third parties or creation of VIDEO STANDARDS-compliant material for third-party distribution.
" For clarification purposes only, this notice does not limit or inhibit the use of the software provided under these Terms for normal business uses that are personal to that business which do not include (i) redistribution of the software t..."
This segment establishes the procedure for users to submit privacy concerns, complaints, or questions to Microsoft's privacy team or Data Protection Officer, imposes a 30-day response obligation, and preserves users' right to raise complaints with data protection authorities, creating enforceable procedural rights and obligations under applicable data protection law.
" If you have a privacy concern, complaint, or question for the Microsoft privacy team or the Data Protection Officer for your region, please visit our privacy support and requests page and click on the “Contact the Microsoft privacy team or..."
This clause further specifies Required diagnostic data collected regarding update readiness, update success/failure, reliability of diagnostics systems, and basic error reporting, defining the scope of Microsoft's mandatory data collection.
" Whether a device is ready for an update and whether there are factors that may impede the ability to receive updates, such as low battery, limited disk space, or connectivity through a paid network. Whether updates complete successfully o..."
Describes Microsoft's obligation to collect and use data across various customer interactions (sales, support, payment, communications) for service provision, business operations, and customer communication within Enterprise and Developer Products.
" General . When a customer tries, purchases, uses, or subscribes to Enterprise and Developer Products, or obtains support for or professional services with such products, Microsoft receives data from you and collects and generates data to p..."
This clause establishes Microsoft's obligation to use personal data for fraud detection, dispute resolution, agreement enforcement, rights protection, and legal compliance, defining the lawful bases and purposes for these processing activities.
"This enables us to make informed decisions and report on the performance of our business. Protecting rights and property . We use data to detect and prevent fraud, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and protect our property. For example..."
Defines Administrator Data and specifies Microsoft's obligation to use it for service provision, transaction completion, account servicing, fraud detection, and legal compliance, while also describing permitted uses for communications.
" Administrator Data . Administrator Data is the information provided to Microsoft during sign-up, purchase, or administration of Enterprise Online Services. We use Administrator Data to provide the Enterprise Online Services, complete trans..."
Clause A describes 'Tailored experiences' (which include personalized suggestions and ads) as a general offering, while Clause B states that 'Personalized offers' (which are described identically) are only provided if the user explicitly chooses to turn them on.
" Tailored experiences include suggestions on how to customize and optimize Windows, as well as ads and recommendations for Microsoft and third-party products and services, features, apps, and hardware for your Windows experiences. For example, to help you get the most out of your device, we may tell you about features you may not know about or that are new. If you are having a problem with your Windows device, you may be offered a solution. You may be offered a chance to customize your lock screen with pictures, or to be shown more pictures of the kind you like, or fewer of the ones you do not. If you stream movies in your browser, you may be recommended an app from the Microsoft store that streams more efficiently. Or, if you are running out of space on your hard drive, Windows may recommend you try OneDrive or purchase hardware to gain more space. Learn more about tailored experiences in Windows ."
" If you choose to turn on Personalized offers , we will use information about your device and how you use it, including Windows diagnostic data, in combination with your account info and data collected by other Microsoft products and services to offer you personalized tips, ads, and recommendations to enhance your Windows experiences. Personalized offers include suggestions on how to customize and optimize Windows, as well as ads and recommendations for Microsoft and third-party products and services, features, apps, and hardware to enhance your Windows experiences. For example, Windows might tell you about new features to help you get the most out of your device. If you stream movies in your browser, Windows might recommend an app from the Microsoft Store that streams more efficiently. Or, if you are running out of space on your hard drive, Windows might recommend you try OneDrive or purchase hardware to add more storage."
Within one documentClause A states users can choose to sync a comprehensive list of data types in Microsoft Edge, including browsing history, passwords, and payment information, while Clause B provides a significantly narrower list for Edge, omitting these key data types, which could mislead users about what data is synced.
" Microsoft collects data necessary to provide features you request in Microsoft Edge. When signed into Microsoft Edge using your Microsoft personal account or work or school account, Microsoft Edge will sync your browser data saved on your device across other signed-in devices. You may choose which browser data to sync, including your favorites, browsing history, extensions and associated data, settings, open tabs, autofill form entries (such as your name, address, and phone number), passwords, payment information, and other data types as they become available. If you choose to sync extensions that you acquired from third-party web stores, a copy of those extensions will be downloaded directly from those web stores on your synced device(s). If you have turned on Password Monitor, your saved credentials are hashed, encrypted and sent to Microsoft’s Password Monitor service to warn you if your credentials were detected as part of a malicious attack or a breach. Microsoft does not retain this data after the check is complete. You can disable or configure syncing in the Microsoft Edge settings."
" Some Microsoft browser information saved on your device will be synced across other devices when you sign in with your Microsoft account so you can access your data on all your signed-in browsers across your devices. For instance, in Internet Explorer, this information includes your browsing history and favorites; and in Microsoft Edge, it includes your favorites, reading lists, autofill form entries (such as your name, address, and phone number), and may include data for extensions that you have installed. As an example, if you sync your Microsoft Edge reading list across devices, copies of the content you choose to save to your reading list will be sent to each synced device for later viewing. You can disable syncing in Internet Explorer by going to Start > Settings > Accounts > Sync your settings . (For more information, see the Sync settings section of this privacy statement.) You can also disable syncing of Microsoft Edge browser information by turning off the sync option in Microsoft Edge Settings."
Within one document
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"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."
The phrase 'improve Microsoft products and services' is a recognized formulation used to authorize training AI/ML models on user-submitted content. The license is granted automatically upon use, is royalty-free, and has global scope. Users have no opt-out mechanism stated within this clause.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Microsoft will only use your Microsoft Copilot conversations to monitor performance, troubleshoot problems, diagnose bugs, prevent abuse, and to provide and improve Microsoft Copilot. In certain markets, we use conversation data to train the generative AI models in Copilot, unless you choose to opt-out of such training. More information about how your data is protected and the controls we offer in Microsoft Copilot is available here ."
Restricts use of Microsoft Copilot conversation data to performance monitoring, troubleshooting, abuse prevention, and service improvement, and conditionally permits use for training generative AI models in certain markets subject to user opt-out, creating a restriction with an opt-out exception.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" ii. Bing Maps. You may not use Bird’s eye imagery of the United States, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia or Japan for governmental use without our separate written approval."
Restricts governmental use of Bird's Eye imagery for specified countries (US, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, Japan) without separate written approval from Microsoft, creating a conditional use restriction tied to user type and geography.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" 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, such as the addresses of the websites you visit, to help improve search ranking and relevance. To help protect your privacy, we do not use the data collected through the Bing Experience Improvement Program to identify or contact you or target advertising to you. You can turn off the Bing Experience Improvement Program at any time in the Bing Desktop or Bing Toolbar settings. Finally, we delete the information collected through the Bing Experience Improvement Program after 18 months."
This segment restricts Microsoft's use of data collected through the Bing Experience Improvement Program by prohibiting its use to identify or contact users or to target advertising, while also describing the procedure for opting out of the program.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"Your privacy is important to us. Please read the Microsoft Privacy Statement (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=521839) (the " 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. The Privacy Statement also describes how Microsoft uses your content, which is your communications with others; postings submitted by you to Microsoft via the Services; and the files, photos, documents, audio, digital works, livestreams and videos that you upload, store, broadcast, create, generate, or share through the Services or inputs that you submit in order to generate content (" Your Content "). 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."
Consent to data processing is obtained via acceptance of Terms, not a separate affirmative act. The substantive data-use rules are in a separate Privacy Statement, meaning users must read two documents. 'To the extent permitted by law' creates jurisdictional variability in scope.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"Interests and favorites . Data about your interests and favorites, such as the sports teams you follow, the programming languages you prefer, the stocks you track, or cities you add to track things like weather or traffic. In addition to those you explicitly provide, your interests and favorites can also be inferred or derived from other data we collect, such as your interactions on websites where our technology is used to show or measure ads."
Inference of user interests from cross-site ad measurement data goes beyond data voluntarily provided and creates a behavioral profile. This practice may implicate GDPR profiling rules (Article 22) and similar state-level privacy laws (e.g., CCPA), and users may not realize their off-Microsoft browsing is feeding their profile.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"Microsoft uses data to provide you with relevant and valuable information regarding our products. We analyze data from a variety of sources to predict the information that will be most interesting and relevant to you and deliver such information to you in a variety of ways. For example, we may predict your interest in gaming and communicate with you about new games you may like."
Multi-source data aggregation for behavioral prediction and targeted communication raises profiling concerns under GDPR Art. 22 and similar laws. Users may not be aware of the breadth of data sources used.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"We use cookies and similar technologies for storing and honoring your preferences and settings, enabling you to sign in, providing interest-based advertising, combating fraud, analyzing how our products perform, and fulfilling other legitimate purposes. Microsoft apps use additional identifiers, such as the advertising ID in Windows described in the Advertising ID section of this privacy statement, for similar purpose"
The clause broadly authorizes data collection via cookies and advertising IDs for multiple purposes including interest-based advertising. Opt-out is limited in effect — data collection continues even after opting out of personalized ads.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"Interest-based advertising . Microsoft uses cookies to collect data about your online activity and identify your interests so that we can provide advertising that is most relevant to you. You can opt out of receiving interest-based advertising from Microsoft as described in the How to access and control your personal data section of this privacy statement."
Collecting behavioural data to infer interests and target advertising constitutes profiling under GDPR Art. 4(4) and similar frameworks, potentially requiring explicit consent or a clear opt-out mechanism depending on jurisdiction.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" When we process personal data based on our or a third party’s legitimate interests, we consider and balance those interests against your rights and freedoms, and we will only process your personal data where the legitimate interests we have in processing are not outweighed by your interests."
Imposes a restriction on processing based on legitimate interests, requiring Microsoft to consider and balance its interests against user rights and freedoms, and prohibiting processing where legitimate interests are outweighed by user interests.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"For example, we may predict your interest in gaming and communicate with you about new games you may like. Advertising . Microsoft does not use what you say in email, human-to-human chat, video calls, or voice mail, or your documents, photos, or other personal files to target ads to you. We use data we collect through our interactions with you, through some of our first-party products, services, apps, and web properties (Microsoft properties), and on third-party web properties, for advertising on our Microsoft properties and on third-party properties. We may use automated processes to help make advertising more relevant to you. For more information about how your data is used for advertising, see the Advertising section of this privacy statement. Prize promotions and events . We use your data to administer prize promotions and events available in our physical Microsoft Stores. For example, if you enter into a prize promotion, we may use your data to select a winner and provide the prize to you if you win. Or, if you register for a coding workshop or gaming event, we will add your name to the list of expected attendees. Transacting commerce . We use data to carry out your transactions with us. For example, we process payment information to provide customers with product subscriptions and use contact information to deliver goods purchased from the Microsoft Store. Reporting and business operations . We use data to analyze our operations and perform business intelligence. "
This clause restricts Microsoft from using email, chat, video call, voice mail, documents, photos, or personal files to target advertising, while simultaneously permitting use of interaction and browsing data for advertising across Microsoft and third-party properties.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" In some cases, your ability to access or control your personal data will be limited, as required or permitted by applicable law."
This clause limits the scope of user data access and control rights by acknowledging that applicable law may restrict or narrow these rights, qualifying the rights granted in surrounding provisions.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Help ensure the security and integrity of our services, systems, and data, to combat malicious deceptive, fraudulent or illegal acts, and to protect the physical safety of individuals, to the extent the processing is reasonably necessary and proportionate For short-term transient use (including non-personalized advertising), so long as the personal data is not disclosed to a third party, is not used for profiling, and is not used to alter an individual’s experience outside the current interaction with Microsoft Perform services on behalf of Microsoft, such as maintaining accounts, providing customer service, processing, or fulfilling orders/transactions, verifying customer information, processing payments, providing financing, providing analytics, providing storage, and similar services Undertake activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of, or improve, upgrade, or enhance a service or device owned or controlled by Microsoft Collect or process sensitive data where the collection or processing is not for inferring characteristics about the individual Any other activities in accordance with any future regulations that are issued pursuant to U.S. state data privacy laws"
This segment enumerates additional permitted exceptions to the sensitive data restriction, including security and integrity purposes, transient non-personalized advertising without profiling, and performing internal services such as maintaining accounts, collectively defining the scope of permissible sensitive data uses.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Advertising allows us to provide, support, and improve some of our products. Microsoft does not use what you say in email, human-to-human chat, video calls or voice mail, or your documents, photos, or other personal files to target ads to you. We use other data, detailed below, for advertising on our Microsoft properties and on third-party properties. For example:"
This segment restricts Microsoft from using the content of emails, human-to-human chats, video calls, voice mails, documents, photos, or personal files to target ads, while permitting use of other specified data categories for advertising purposes.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" There are some exceptions to how your device’s location can be determined that are not directly managed by the location settings."
This segment introduces exceptions to standard location-setting controls, noting that certain location determination methods are not governed by the usual location settings, qualifying the scope of user control rights.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" When you use cloud-based speech recognition technologies from Microsoft, whether enabled by the Online speech recognition setting or when you interact with HoloLens or voice typing, Microsoft collects and uses your voice recordings to provide the speech recognition service by creating a text transcription of the spoken words in the voice data. Microsoft will not store, sample, or listen to your voice recordings without your permission. To learn more about how Microsoft manages your voice data, see Speech recognition technologies ."
Restricts Microsoft from storing, sampling, or listening to voice recordings without user permission, while permitting collection and use of voice recordings to create text transcriptions for the speech recognition service, defining the boundaries of permissible voice data use.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Finally, Microsoft products often contain web beacons or similar technologies from third-party analytics providers, which help us compile aggregated statistics about the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns or other operations. These technologies enable the analytics providers to set or read their own cookies or other identifiers on your device, through which they can collect information about your online activities across applications, websites, or other products. However, we prohibit these analytics providers from using web beacons on our sites to collect or access information that directly identifies you (such as your name or email address). You can opt out of data collection or use by some of these analytics providers by visiting any of the following sites: Adjust , AppsFlyer , Clicktale , Flurry Analytics , Google Analytics (requires you to install a browser add-on), Kissmetrics , Mixpanel , Nielsen , Acuity Ads , WebTrends , or Optimizely ."
Restricts third-party analytics providers from using web beacons on Microsoft sites to collect or access information beyond what is permitted, while permitting Microsoft to use such providers to compile aggregated promotional statistics.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"Microsoft uses the data we collect to provide you with rich, interactive experiences. In particular, we use data to: Provide our products, which includes updating, securing, and troubleshooting, as well as providing support. It also includes sharing data, when it is required to provide the service or carry out the transactions you request. Improve and develop our products. Personalize our products and make recommendations. Advertise and market to you, which includes sending promotional communications, targeting advertising, and presenting you with relevant offers"
The enumerated purposes include advertising and marketing, meaning personal data collected through product use can be leveraged for commercial targeting. This is a medium risk from a user privacy perspective.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
Common questions about Microsoft Designer's policies
- Does Microsoft Designer train its AI models on your data?
- Training possible — conditions or opt-outs apply — based on 3 verified findings from Microsoft Designer's published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.
- Can you use Microsoft Designer's output commercially?
- Commercial use allowed — with conditions — based on 10 verified findings from Microsoft Designer's published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.
Clause detail — protections, your obligations, and coverage
Every clause below is a verbatim quote from Microsoft Designer'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
91 verified clausesClauses in Microsoft Designer's policies that work in your favour — commitments the platform made to you.
- Privacy & data use
“Bing. If you are signed into Bing, you can view and clear your stored search and chat history on your privacy dashboard . If you are not signed into Bing, you can view and clear stored search history associated to your device in your Bing settings . Micros…”
This clause details product-specific procedures for accessing, viewing, clearing, and controlling personal data across Bing and Microsoft Account platforms, specifying the tools and pathways available to users for exerci…
Location: exact-text link only — source has no section structureJump to exact text → - Privacy & data usechildren's data
“Once parental consent or authorization is granted, the child's account is treated much like any other account. Learn more about personal and school accounts in the Microsoft account section of the Privacy Statement and Microsoft Family Safety in the produc…”
Describes the procedure following parental consent—treating child accounts like standard accounts, enabling communication services and data sharing—and establishes the right of parents or guardians to change or revoke co…
Location: exact-text link only — source has no section structureJump to exact text → - Privacy & data useads & tracking use
“Cookie controls . You can control the data stored by cookies and withdraw consent to cookies by using the browser-based cookie controls described in the Cookies section of this privacy statement. Tracking protections . You can control the data third-party s…”
This segment describes specific browser-based controls users can exercise—cookie controls, tracking protections, and Do Not Track browser settings—to control data collected about them, including withdrawing consent to co…
Location: exact-text link only — source has no section structureJump to exact text → - Privacy & data usesensitive data (biometric/location/health)
“Recall is a Windows feature only available in CoPilot+ PCs that allows users to find things they've seen on their device using the text and visual clues they remember. To use Recall, a user must opt-in to save snapshots on their Copilot+ PC, which are images o…”
This clause describes the opt-in procedure for Recall, defining what snapshots consist of (images with metadata), the on-device local storage model, and the Windows Hello ESS security protection, establishing procedural…
Location: exact-text link only — source has no section structureJump to exact text → - Privacy & data useproduct telemetry/usage tracking
“Copilot in Microsoft 365 . The Copilot features that appear in Microsoft 365 apps as part of a Microsoft 365 Personal, Microsoft 365 Family, or Microsoft 365 Premium subscription provide AI-powered productivity capabilities through real-time conversational exp…”
This segment describes how Copilot in Microsoft 365 uses large language model processing on user-provided content within Microsoft 365 apps, establishing the scope of AI-driven data processing and use obligations applica…
Location: exact-text link only — source has no section structureJump to exact text → - Privacy & data useads & tracking use
“You can choose whether you wish to receive promotional communications from Microsoft by email, SMS, physical mail, and telephone. If you receive promotional email or SMS messages from us and would like to opt out, you can do so by following the directions in t…”
This clause grants users the right to opt out of promotional communications from Microsoft via email, SMS, mail, and telephone, and specifies the procedures for exercising this opt-out right, including in-message unsubsc…
Location: exact-text link only — source has no section structureJump to exact text →
+ 85 more verified clauses of this kind on this platform, cited in full in the report.
📋 Rules you must follow
7 verified clausesWhat Microsoft Designer 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.
- Commercial useconduct restrictions
“b. The software is licensed, not sold, and Microsoft reserves all rights to the software not expressly granted by Microsoft, whether by implication, estoppel, or otherwise. This license does not give you any right to, and you may not:”
Restricts user rights by clarifying the software is licensed not sold, reserves all rights not expressly granted to Microsoft, and introduces a list of prohibited activities enumerated in the following sub-segments.
📍 Terms of Service › “Software License”Jump to exact text → - Commercial useconduct restrictions
“iv. 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 AI technology.”
Prohibits users from using AI services or data derived from AI services to create, train, or improve any AI technology, directly or indirectly, restricting competitive or derivative model development.
📍 Terms of Service › “AI Services”Jump to exact text → - Commercial useconduct restrictions
“ii. Bing Maps. You may not use Bird’s eye imagery of the United States, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia or Japan for governmental use without our separate written approval.”
Restricts governmental use of Bird's Eye imagery for specified countries (US, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, Australia, Japan) without separate written approval from Microsoft, creating a conditional use restriction tied t…
📍 Terms of Service › “Bing and MSN”Jump to exact text → - Commercial useconduct restrictions
“c. Make more copies of the application than specified in this agreement or allowed by applicable law, despite this limitation.”
Prohibits making more copies of the application than specified in the agreement or allowed by applicable law, limiting reproduction rights.
📍 Terms of Service › “FOR APPLICATIONS OFFERED IN THE UNITED STATES”Jump to exact text → - Commercial useconduct restrictions
“iii. separate components of the software or Services for use on different devices;”
Prohibits separating software or Service components for use on different devices, restricting fragmented deployment of the licensed software.
📍 Terms of Service › “Software License”Jump to exact text →
+ 2 more verified clauses of this kind on this platform, cited in full in the report.
What the policies actually cover
11 topics- Product telemetry & usage tracking26 protective215 clauses
- Advertising & tracking13 protective75 clauses
- Sale or sharing of personal data3 protective3 clauses
- Sensitive data (biometric, location, health)11 protective29 clauses
- Children's data6 protective19 clauses
- Data shared with other AI providers1 clause
- Does not train on your content1 protective1 clause
- Trains by default, opt-out available1 protective2 clauses
- Human review of your content3 clauses
- Breach-notification promises3 protective3 clauses
- Conduct restrictions7 obligations7 clauses
115 further verified clauses are cited on this page but not yet assigned a topic.
Cross-clause notes
Verified training clauses point in different directions: the Privacy Policy describes use of content for training or improvement, while the Privacy Policy states content is not used for training. The clauses may govern different products, tiers, or data categories — the documents' text alone does not resolve it. Surfaced as an ambiguity, treated as Caution.
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.
“a. If you comply with these Terms, we grant you the right to install and use one copy of the software per device on a worldwide basis for use by only one person at a time as part of your use of the Services. For certain devices, such software may be pre-installed for your personal, non-commercial use of the Services. The software or website that is part of the Services may include third-party code. Any third-party...”Open source citation
The clause restricts commercial use.
“h. Microsoft 365 Apps and Services. i. Use Terms. Microsoft 365 Family, Microsoft 365 Personal, Microsoft 365 Basic, Sway, OneNote.com and any other Microsoft 365 app or Service or Office-branded Service is for your personal, noncommercial use, unless you have commercial use rights under a separate agreement with Microsoft. Use of apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive, Access, and Publisher in Mi...”Open source citation
The clause restricts commercial use.
“Cortana is Microsoft’s personal assistant Service. The features, services and content provided by Cortana (collectively "Cortana Services" ) are only for your personal and noncommercial use.”Open source citation
The clause restricts commercial use.
“THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE H.264/AVC, AND THE VC-1 PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSES FOR THE PERSONAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER TO (A) ENCODE VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STANDARDS ("VIDEO STANDARDS") AND/OR (B) DECODE H.264/AVC, AND VC-1 VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NONCOMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND/OR WAS OBTAINED FROM A VIDEO PROVIDER LICENSED TO PROVIDE SUCH VIDEO. ...”Open source citation
The clause restricts commercial use.
“a. Xbox. i. Personal Noncommercial Use. The Xbox online service, ("Xbox Network"), Xbox Game Studios games (https://www.xbox.com/xbox-game-studios), applications, subscriptions (e.g., Xbox Game Pass subscription service offerings), services (e.g., Xbox Live and Xbox Cloud Gaming), and content provided by Microsoft (collectively, the " Xbox Services ") are only for your personal and noncommercial use.”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 | 16 |
| All applicable tiers | data retention | conditional | MEDIUM | 19 |
| Basic | commercial use | conditional | MEDIUM | 7 |
| Team / Business | commercial use | conditional | MEDIUM | 2 |
| Team / Business | data retention | conditional | MEDIUM | 6 |
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.
model training improved from high/training permitted to low/no training claim.
“Our processing of personal data involves both automated and manual (human) methods, which often work together. For example, to build, train, and improve the accuracy of our automated systems – such as AI - we manually review some of the results against the underlying data.”Before citation
“iv. 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 AI technology.”After citation
model training worsened from low/no training claim to high/training permitted.
“iv. 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 AI technology.”Before citation
“Our processing of personal data involves both automated and manual (human) methods, which often work together. For example, to build, train, and improve the accuracy of our automated systems – such as AI - we manually review some of the results against the underlying data.”After citation
model training improved from high/training permitted to low/no training claim.
“Our processing of personal data involves both automated and manual (human) methods, which often work together. For example, to build, train, and improve the accuracy of our automated systems – such as AI - we manually review some of the results against the underlying data.”Before citation
“iv. 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 AI technology.”After citation
model training worsened from low/no training claim to high/training permitted.
“iv. 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 AI technology.”Before citation
“Our processing of personal data involves both automated and manual (human) methods, which often work together. For example, to build, train, and improve the accuracy of our automated systems – such as AI - we manually review some of the results against the underlying data.”After citation
model training improved from high/training permitted to low/no training claim.
“Our processing of personal data involves both automated and manual (human) methods, which often work together. For example, to build, train, and improve the accuracy of our automated systems – such as AI - we manually review some of the results against the underlying data.”Before citation
“iv. 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 AI technology.”After citation
model training worsened from low/no training claim to high/training permitted.
“iv. 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 AI technology.”Before citation
“Our processing of personal data involves both automated and manual (human) methods, which often work together. For example, to build, train, and improve the accuracy of our automated systems – such as AI - we manually review some of the results against the underlying data.”After citation
Latest stance: no training claim on training use
“iv. 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 AI technology.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: arbitration or waiver on governing law disputes
“e. Arbitration Fees and Payments. The AAA rules will govern payment of filing fees and the AAA’s arbitrator’s fees and expenses. In addition, if the dispute is not part of the Related Cases described above, the dispute involves less than $75,000, and before initiating arbitration you complied with all pre-arbitration requirements in this section 15, then (1) we will promptly reimburse your filing fees and pay the AAA’s and arbitrator’s fees and expenses; and (2) if, at the conclusion of the arbitration, the arbitrator awards you more than our last written offer made before the arbitrator was appointed, we will: pay you (i) the amount of the award or $1,000 (whichever is more); and; (ii) for any reasonable attorney’s fees you incurred; and any reasonable expenses (including expert witness fees and costs) that your attorney accrued in connection with your individual arbitration.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: restricted on commercial use
“a. If you comply with these Terms, we grant you the right to install and use one copy of the software per device on a worldwide basis for use by only one person at a time as part of your use of the Services. For certain devices, such software may be pre-installed for your personal, non-commercial use of the Services. The software or website that is part of the Services may include third-party code. Any third-party scripts or code, linked to or referenced from the software or website, are licensed to you by the third parties that own such code, not by Microsoft. Notices, if any, for the third-party code are included for your information only.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: platform claims or reserves rights on data retention
“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 timeline citation
Capture recency
- Privacy Policy:Last captured 2026-08-05· verified 2026-08-05
- Terms of Service:Last captured 2026-08-28· verified 2026-08-28
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.
↓ 256 fewer findings this quarter vs last (372 vs 628). First scan: June 2026.
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