#To inform you plus

When you are asked to provide personal data, you can decline. You have choices when it comes to the technology you use and the data you share. Publicly-available sources, such as open public sector, academic, and commercial data sets and other data sources. Third parties that deliver experiences through Microsoft products.Developers who create experiences through or for Microsoft products.Partners with which we offer co-branded services or engage in joint marketing activities.Service providers that help us determine your device’s location.Communication services, including email providers and social networks, when you give us permission to access your data on such third-party services or networks.Services that make user-generated content from their service available to others, such as local business reviews or public social media posts.

Data brokers from which we purchase demographic data to supplement the data we collect.

These third-party sources vary over time and include:

#To inform you plus

We protect data obtained from third parties according to the practices described in this statement, plus any additional restrictions imposed by the source of the data. We rely on a variety of legal reasons and permissions (sometimes called “legal bases”) to process data, including with your consent, a balancing of legitimate interests, necessity to enter into and perform contracts, and compliance with legal obligations, for a variety of purposes described below. We get some of it by collecting data about your interactions, use, and experience with our products and communications. You provide some of this data directly, such as when you create a Microsoft account, administer your organization’s licensing account, submit a search query to Bing, register for a Microsoft event, speak a voice command to Cortana, upload a document to OneDrive, sign up for Microsoft 365, or contact us for support. Microsoft collects data from you, through our interactions with you and through our products for a variety of purposes described below, including to operate effectively and provide you with the best experiences with our products. Where providing the data is optional, and you choose not to share personal data, features like personalization that use such data will not work for you. We will notify you if this is the case at the time. Likewise, where we need to collect personal data by law or to enter into or carry out a contract with you, and you do not provide the data, we will not be able to enter into the contract or if this relates to an existing product you’re using, we may have to suspend or cancel it. If you choose not to provide data required to provide you with a product or feature, you cannot use that product or feature. Many of our products require some personal data to provide you with a service. When we ask you to provide personal data, you can decline. If you are an end user of a Microsoft product or a Microsoft account provided by your organization, please see the Products provided by your organization and the Microsoft account sections for more information. If you represent an organization, such as a business or school, that utilizes Enterprise and Developer Products from Microsoft, please see the Enterprise and developer products section of this privacy statement to learn how we process your data. We also obtain data about you from third parties. The data we collect depends on the context of your interactions with Microsoft and the choices you make, including your privacy settings and the products and features you use. You provide some of this data directly, and we get some of it by collecting data about your interactions, use, and experiences with our products. Microsoft collects data from you, through our interactions with you and through our products.