Microsoft updates Terms of Use for higher privacy, transparency and simplicity

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Microsoft is changing their Terms of Use and Privacy statements in an effort to build trust with customers of their products and services. In an email sent to users of Microsoft's services, they claim that the needs of the users is at the center of everything they do, and as a result are trying to increase that level of trust with the users. Given that they highlight trust as a user's "need," it appears that Microsoft is paying close attention to the concerns of their users.

The email highlighted three focus areas where their Terms of Use and Privacy statements are changing:

• The first is regarding privacy and targeted advertising. Microsoft claims that as part of their "ongoing commitment to respecting [user's] privacy," they will not use documents, photos, other personal files, email, chat, video calls or voice mail content to target advertising to their users.
• The second is regarding transparency in terms of what types of behavior could affect a user's Microsoft account. This also focuses on the emphasis that parents are responsible for their children's actions, specifically to do with purchases either via the Microsoft Store or in-app purchases.
• The third is simplicity, in that they have rewritten the content in their Terms of Use and Privacy statements to make it more understandable and to remove excessively technical or confusing legal jargon.

This Microsoft Services Agreement update, taking place on 31 July 2014, affects all users with Microsoft accounts, including Outlook.com, OneDrive, XBOX, and Bing. Microsoft suggests that you will automatically agree to the update if you continue to use their services after the aforementioned date.

Check out the updated Privacy Policy here, the updated Services Agreement here, and a FAQ on the changeshere.

Source: Microsoft | Image via MaxConsole

 

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Microsoft is changing their Terms of Use and Privacy statements in an effort to build trust with customers of their products and services. In an email sent to users of Microsoft's services, they claim that the needs of the users is at the center of everything they do, and as a result are trying to increase that level of trust with the users. Given that they highlight trust as a user's "need," it appears that Microsoft is paying close attention to the concerns of their users.

The email highlighted three focus areas where their Terms of Use and Privacy statements are changing:

• The first is regarding privacy and targeted advertising. Microsoft claims that as part of their "ongoing commitment to respecting [user's] privacy," they will not use documents, photos, other personal files, email, chat, video calls or voice mail content to target advertising to their users.
• The second is regarding transparency in terms of what types of behavior could affect a user's Microsoft account. This also focuses on the emphasis that parents are responsible for their children's actions, specifically to do with purchases either via the Microsoft Store or in-app purchases.
• The third is simplicity, in that they have rewritten the content in their Terms of Use and Privacy statements to make it more understandable and to remove excessively technical or confusing legal jargon.

This Microsoft Services Agreement update, taking place on 31 July 2014, affects all users with Microsoft accounts, including Outlook.com, OneDrive, XBOX, and Bing. Microsoft suggests that you will automatically agree to the update if you continue to use their services after the aforementioned date.

Check out the updated Privacy Policy here, the updated Services Agreement here, and a FAQ on the changeshere.

Source: Microsoft | Image via MaxConsole

thanks