Microsoft Privacy Statement

This Privacy Statement applies to the products and services offered by Microsoft Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, "Microsoft," "we," "us," or "our").

We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data in an open and transparent manner. This statement details how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal data when you use our products and services.

Last Updated: November 1, 2023

Microsoft collects data to operate effectively and provide you with the best experiences with our products and services. You provide some of this data directly, such as when you create a Microsoft account, submit a search query to Bing, or contact us for support.

Categories of Information:

• Information you provide: This includes name, email address, postal address, phone number, usernames, passwords, and demographic information.
• Information we collect automatically: This includes device information (e.g., hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers), log information (e.g., IP addresses, browser type, referring URLs, pages visited, search terms), and location data.
• Information from third-party sources: We may receive information about you from other sources, such as public databases, social media platforms, and partners.

The specific data we collect depends on the products and services you use.

We use the data we collect to:

• Provide and improve our products and services.
• Personalize your experiences.
• Process your transactions.
• Communicate with you, including customer support and product updates.
• Develop new products and services.
• Show you personalized advertisements.
• Conduct research and analysis.
• Detect and prevent fraud and other malicious activity.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

Microsoft shares your personal data only as described in this Privacy Statement. We do not share your personal data with third parties for their marketing purposes unless you have consented.

• With your consent: We will share personal data with companies, organizations, or individuals outside of Microsoft when we have your consent to do so.
• For external processing: We may share data with trusted third parties to process it for us, based on our instructions and in compliance with our Privacy Statement and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
• For legal reasons: We will share personal data if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation, or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request.

You have choices regarding the data we collect and how it's used. You can manage your privacy settings, review and edit your personal information, and control the communications you receive from us.

• Microsoft Account: You can manage your Microsoft account settings, including your personal information and privacy preferences, at account.microsoft.com.
• Communication Preferences: You can opt out of receiving promotional emails and other communications.
• Advertising: You can manage your advertising preferences and opt out of personalized advertising.

We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. We store the personal data we collect on computer systems that are located in controlled facilities and are protected from unauthorized access, use, or modification.

We will update this Privacy Statement from time to time. If we make changes to this statement, we will post the revised statement on our website and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this statement.