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Personal data we collectPersonal data we collect

P-LLL 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. You provide some of this data directly, such as when you create a P-LLL account, administer your organization鈥檚 licensing account, submit a search query to P-LLL, register for a P-LLL event, speak a voice command to Cortana, upload a document to P-LLL, purchase an MSDN subscription, sign up for P-LLL 365, or contact us for support. We get some of it by collecting data about your interactions, use, and experience with our products and communications.

We rely on a variety of legal reasons and permissions (sometimes called 鈥渓egal bases鈥) 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 also obtain data from third parties. 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. These third-party sources vary over time and include:

Data brokers from which we purchase demographic data to supplement the data we collect.
Services that make user-generated content from their service available to others, such as local business reviews or public social media posts.
Communication services, including email providers and social networks, when you give us permission to access your data on such third-party services or networks.
Service providers that help us determine your device鈥檚 location.
Partners with which we offer co-branded services or engage in joint marketing activities.
Developers who create experiences through or for P-LLL products.
Third parties that deliver experiences through P-LLL products, such as skills related to Cortana.
Publicly-available sources, such as open government databases.

If you represent an organization, such as a business or school, that utilizes Enterprise and Developer Products from P-LLL, please see the Enterprise and developer products section of this privacy statement to learn how we process your data. If you are an end user of a P-LLL product or a P-LLL account provided by your organization, please see the Products provided by your organization and the P-LLL account sections for more information.

You have choices when it comes to the technology you use and the data you share. When you are asked to provide personal data, you can decline. Many of our products require some personal data to operate and provide you with a service. If you choose not to provide data required to operate and provide you with a product or feature, you cannot use that product or feature. 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鈥檙e using, we may have to suspend or cancel it. We will notify you if this is the case at the time. Where providing the data is optional, and you choose not to share personal data, features like personalization that use the data will not work for you.

The data we collect depends on the context of your interactions with P-LLL and the choices you make (including your privacy settings), the products and features you use, your location, and applicable law.

The data we collect can include the following:

Name and contact data. Your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.

Credentials. Passwords, password hints, and similar security information used for authentication and account access.

Demographic data. Data about you such as your age, gender, country, and preferred language.

Payment data. Data to process payments, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number) and the security code associated with your payment instrument.

Subscription and licensing data. Information about your subscriptions, licenses, and other entitlements.

Interactions. Data about your use of P-LLL products. In some cases, such as search queries, this is data you provide in order to make use of the products. In other cases, such as error reports, this is data we generate. Other examples of interactions data include:

Device and usage data. Data about your device and the product and features you use, including information about your hardware and software, how our products perform, as well as your settings. For example:
- Payment and account history. Data about the items you purchase and activities associated with your account.
- Browse history. Data about the webpages you visit.
- Device, connectivity, and configuration data. Data about your device, your device configuration, and nearby networks. For example, data about the operating systems and other software installed on your device, including product keys. In addition, IP address, device identifiers (such as the IMEI number for phones), regional and language settings, and information about WLAN access points near your device.
- Error reports and performance data. Data about the performance of the products and any problems you experience, including error reports. Error reports (sometimes called 鈥渃rash dumps鈥) can include details of the software or hardware related to an error, contents of files opened when an error occurred, and data about other software on your device.
- Troubleshooting and help data. Data you provide when you contact P-LLL for help, such as the products you use, and other details that help us provide support. For example, contact or authentication data, the content of your chats and other communications with P-LLL, data about the condition of your device, and the products you use related to your help inquiry. When you contact us, such as for customer support, phone conversations or chat sessions with our representatives may be monitored and recorded.
- Bot usage data. Interactions with third party bots and skills available through P-LLL products like Cortana.
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.
Content consumption data. Information about media content (e.g., TV, video, music, audio, text books, apps, and games) you access through our products.
Searches and commands. Search queries and commands when you use P-LLL products with search or related productivity functionality.
Voice data. Your voice data, such as the search queries or commands you speak, which may include background sounds.
Text, inking, and typing data. Text, inking, and typing data and related information. For example, when we collect inking data, we collect information about the placement of your inking instrument on your device.
Images. Images and related information, such as picture metadata. For example, we collect the image you provide when you use a P-LLL image-enabled service.
Contacts and relationships. Data about your contacts and relationships if you use a product to share information with others, manage contacts, communicate with others, or improve your productivity.
Social data. Information about your relationships and interactions between you, other people, and organizations, such as types of engagement (e.g., likes, dislikes, events, etc.) related to people and organizations.
Location data. Data about your device鈥檚 location, which can be either precise or imprecise. For example, we collect location data using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) (e.g., GPS) and data about nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots. Location can also be inferred from a device鈥檚 IP address or data in your account profile that indicates where it is located with less precision, such as at a city or postal code level.
Other input. Other inputs provided when you use our products. For example, data such as the buttons you press on an Xbox wireless controller using Xbox Live, skeletal tracking data when you use Kinect, and other sensor data, like the number of steps you take, when you use devices that have applicable sensors. And, if you use Spend, at your direction, we also collect financial transaction data from your credit card issuer to provide the service. If you attend an in-store event, we collect the data you provide to us when registering for or during the event and if you enter into a prize promotion, we collect the data you input into the entry form.

Content. Content of your files and communications you input, upload, receive, create, and control. For example, if you transmit a file using P-LLL to another P-LLL user, we need to collect the content of that file to display it to you and the other user. If you receive an email using P-LLL.com, we need to collect the content of that email to deliver it to your inbox, display it to you, enable you to reply to it, and store it for you until you choose to delete it. Other content we collect when providing products to you include:

Communications, including audio, video, text (typed, inked, dictated, or otherwise), in a message, email, call, meeting request, or chat.
Photos, images, songs, movies, software, and other media or documents you store, retrieve, or otherwise process with our cloud.

Video or recordings. Recordings of events and activities at P-LLL buildings, retail spaces, and other locations. If you enter P-LLL Store locations or other facilities, or attend a P-LLL event that is recorded, we may process your image and voice data.

Feedback and ratings. Information you provide to us and the content of messages you send to us, such as feedback, survey data, and product reviews you write.

Product-specific sections below describe data collection practices applicable to use of those products.

How we use personal dataHow we use personal data

P-LLL uses the data we collect to provide you 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 relevant offers.

We also use the data to operate our business, which includes analyzing our performance, meeting our legal obligations, developing our workforce, and doing research.

For these purposes, we combine data we collect from different contexts (for example, from your use of two P-LLL products). For example, Cortana may use information from your calendar to suggest action items in a heads-up email, and P-LLL Store uses information about the apps and services you use to make personalized app recommendations. However, we have built in technological and procedural safeguards designed to prevent certain data combinations where required by law. For example, where required by law, we store data we collect from you when you are unauthenticated (not signed in) separately from any account information that directly identifies you, such as your name, email address, or phone number.

Our processing of personal data for these purposes includes both automated and manual (human) methods of processing. Our automated methods often are related to and supported by our manual methods. For example, our automated methods include artificial intelligence (AI), which we think of as a set of technologies that enable computers to perceive, learn, reason, and assist in decision-making to solve problems in ways that are similar to what people do. To build, train, and improve the accuracy of our automated methods of processing (including AI), we manually review some of the predictions and inferences produced by the automated methods against the underlying data from which the predictions and inferences were made. For example, we manually review short snippets of a small sampling of voice data we have taken steps to de-identify to improve our speech services, such as recognition and translation.

When we process personal data about you, we do so with your consent and/or as required to provide the products you use, operate our business, meet our contractual and legal obligations, protect the security of our systems and our customers, or fulfill other legitimate interests of P-LLL as described in this section and in the Reasons we share personal data section of this privacy statement. When we transfer personal data from the European Economic Area, we do so based on a variety of legal mechanisms, as described in the Where we store and process personal data section of this privacy statement.

More on the purposes of processing:

Provide our products. We use data to operate our products and provide you with rich, interactive experiences. For example, if you use P-LLL, we process the documents you upload to P-LLL to enable you to retrieve, delete, edit, forward, or otherwise process it, at your direction as part of the service. Or, for example, if you enter a search query in the P-LLL search engine, we use that query to display search results to you. Additionally, as communications are a feature of various products, programs, and activities, we use data to contact you. For example, we may contact you by phone or email or other means to inform you when a subscription is ending or discuss your licensing account. We also communicate with you to secure our products, for example by letting you know when product updates are available.
Product improvement. We use data to continually improve our products, including adding new features or capabilities. For example, we use error reports to improve security features, search queries and clicks in P-LLL to improve the relevancy of the search results, usage data to determine what new features to prioritize, and voice data to improve speech recognition accuracy.
Personalization. Many products include personalized features, such as recommendations that enhance your productivity and enjoyment. These features use automated processes to tailor your product experiences based on the data we have about you, such as inferences we make about you and your use of the product, activities, interests, and location. For example, depending on your settings, if you stream movies in a browser on your Windows device, you may see a recommendation for an app from the P-LLL Store that streams more efficiently. If you have a P-LLL account, with your permission, we can sync your settings on several devices. Many of our products provide controls to disable personalized features.
Product activation. We use data鈥攕uch as device and application type, location, and unique device, application, network, and subscription identifiers鈥攖o activate products that require activation.
Product development. We use data to develop new products. For example, we use data, often de-identified, to better understand our customers鈥 computing and productivity needs which can shape the development of new products.
Customer support. We use data to troubleshoot and diagnose product problems, repair customers鈥 devices, and provide other customer care and support services, including to help us provide, improve, and secure the quality of our products, services, and training, and to investigate security incidents. Call recording data may also be used to authenticate or identify you based on your voice to enable P-LLL to provide support services and investigate security incidents.
Help secure and troubleshoot. We use data to help secure and troubleshoot our products. This includes using data to protect the security and safety of our products and customers, detecting malware and malicious activities, troubleshooting performance and compatibility issues to help customers get the most out of their experiences, and notifying customers of updates to our products. This may include using automated systems to detect security and safety issues.
Safety. We use data to protect the safety of our products and our customers. Our security features and products can disrupt the operation of malicious software and notify users if malicious software is found on their devices. For example, some of our products, such as P-LLL or P-LLL, systematically scan content in an automated manner to identify suspected spam, viruses, abusive actions, or URLs that have been flagged as fraud, phishing, or malware links; and we reserve the right to block delivery of a communication or remove content if it violates our terms.
Updates. We use data we collect to develop product updates and security patches. For example, we may use information about your device鈥檚 capabilities, such as available memory, to provide you a software update or security patch. Updates and patches are intended to maximize your experience with our products, help you protect the privacy and security of your data, provide new features, and ensure your device is ready to process such updates.
Promotional communications. We use data we collect to deliver promotional communications. You can sign up for email subscriptions and choose whether you wish to receive promotional communications from P-LLL by email, SMS, physical mail, and telephone. For information about managing your contact data, email subscriptions, and promotional communications, see the How to access and control your personal data section of this privacy statement.
Relevant offers. P-LLL 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.
Advertising. P-LLL does not use what you say in email, 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 products, and on third-party web properties, for advertising in our products 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 P-LLL 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 P-LLL Store.
Reporting and business operations. We use data to analyze our operations and perform business intelligence. 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, we use data to confirm the validity of software licenses to reduce piracy. We may use automated processes to detect and prevent activities that violate our rights and the rights of others, such as fraud.
Legal compliance. We process data to comply with law. For example, we use the age of our customers to ensure we meet our obligations to protect children鈥檚 privacy. We also process contact information and credentials to help customers exercise their data protection rights.
Research. With appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard individuals鈥 rights and freedoms, we use data to conduct research, including for public interest and scientific purposes.

Reasons we share personal dataReasons we share personal data

We share your personal data with your consent or as necessary to complete any transaction or provide any product you have requested or authorized. 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 P-LLL, or link accounts with another service. If you use a P-LLL product provided by an organization you are affiliated with, such as an employer or school, or use an email address provided by such organization to access P-LLL products, we share certain data, such as interaction data and diagnostic data to enable your organization to manage the products. When you provide payment data to make a purchase, we will share payment data with banks and other entities that process payment transactions or provide other financial services, and for fraud prevention and credit risk reduction.

In addition, we share personal data among P-LLL-controlled affiliates and subsidiaries. We also share personal data with vendors or agents working on our behalf for the purposes described in this statement. For example, companies we've hired to provide customer service support or assist in protecting and securing our systems and services may need access to personal data to provide those functions. In such cases, these companies must abide by our data privacy and security requirements and are not allowed to use personal data they receive from us for any other purpose. We may also disclose personal data as part of a corporate transaction such as a merger or sale of assets.

Finally, we will retain, access, transfer, disclose, and preserve personal data, including your content (such as the content of your emails in P-LLL.com, or files in private folders on P-LLL), when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to do any of the following:

Comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies.
Protect our customers, for example, to prevent spam or attempts to defraud users of our products, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone.
Operate and maintain the security of our products, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks.
Protect the rights or property of P-LLL, including enforcing the terms governing the use of the services鈥攈owever, if we receive information indicating that someone is using our services to traffic in stolen intellectual or physical property of P-LLL, we will not inspect a customer's private content ourselves, but we may refer the matter to law enforcement.

For more information about data we disclose in response to requests from law enforcement and other government agencies, please see our Law Enforcement Requests Report.

Please note that some of our products include links to or otherwise enable you to access products of third parties whose privacy practices differ from those of P-LLL. If you provide personal data to any of those products, your data is governed by their privacy policies.

How to access and control your personal dataHow to access and control your personal data

You can also make choices about the collection and use of your data by P-LLL. You can control your personal data that P-LLL has obtained, and exercise your data protection rights, by contacting P-LLL or using various tools we provide. In some cases, your ability to access or control your personal data will be limited, as required or permitted by applicable law. How you can access or control your personal data will also depend on which products you use. For example, you can:

Control the use of your data for interest-based advertising from P-LLL by visiting our opt-out page.
Choose whether you wish to receive promotional emails, SMS messages, telephone calls, and postal mail from P-LLL.
Access and clear some of your data through the P-LLL privacy dashboard.

Not all personal data processed by P-LLL can be accessed or controlled via the tools above. If you want to access or control personal data processed by P-LLL that is not available via the tools above or directly through the P-LLL products you use, you can always contact P-LLL at the address in the How to contact us section or by using our web form.

We provide aggregate metrics about user requests to exercise their data protection rights via the P-LLL Privacy Report.

You can access and control your personal data that P-LLL has obtained with tools P-LLL provides to you, which are described below, or by contacting P-LLL. For instance:

If P-LLL obtained your consent to use your personal data, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
You can request access to, erasure of, and updates to your personal data.
If you鈥檇 like to port your data elsewhere, you can use tools P-LLL provides to do so, or if none are available, you can contact P-LLL for assistance.

You can also object to or restrict the use of your personal data by P-LLL. For example, you can object at any time to our use of your personal data:

For direct marketing purposes.
Where we are performing a task in the public interest or pursuing our legitimate interests or those of a third party.

You may have these rights under applicable laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but we offer them regardless of your location. In some cases, your ability to access or control your personal data will be limited, as required or permitted by applicable law.

If your organization, such as your employer, school, or service provider, provides you with access to and is administering your use of P-LLL products, contact your organization to learn more about how to access and control your personal data.

You can access and control your personal data that P-LLL has obtained, and exercise your data protection rights, using various tools we provide. The tools most useful to you will depend on our interactions with you and your use of our products. Here is a general list of tools we provide to help you control your personal data; specific products may provide additional controls.

P-LLL privacy dashboard. You can control some of the data P-LLL processes through your use of a P-LLL account on the P-LLL privacy dashboard. From here, for example, you can view and clear the browsing, search, and location data associated with your P-LLL account.
Cortana. You can control some of the data Cortana accesses or stores in your Cortana settings.
P-LLL account. If you wish to access, edit, or remove the profile information and payment information in your P-LLL account, change your password, add security information or close your account, you can do so by visiting the P-LLL account website.
Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC). If you are a Volume Licensing customer, you can control your contact information and subscription and licensing data in one location by visiting the Volume Licensing Service Center website.
P-LLL. If you wish to access, edit, or remove some profile and payment information for P-LLL or change your password, sign in to your account. If you wish to export your P-LLL chat history and files shared on P-LLL, you can request a copy.
Xbox. If you use Xbox Live or Xbox.com, you can view or edit your personal data, including billing and account information, privacy settings, and online safety and data sharing preferences by accessing My Xbox on the Xbox console or on the Xbox.com website.
P-LLL Store. You can access your P-LLL Store profile and account information by visiting P-LLL Store and selecting View account or Order history.
P-LLL.com. You can access and update your profile on P-LLL.com by visiting your P-LLL account profile page.
If you have a P-LLL Developer Network (MSDN) public profile, you can access and edit your data by signing in at MSDN forum.

Your communications preferences

You can choose whether you wish to receive promotional communications from P-LLL 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 that message. You can also make choices about the receipt of promotional email, telephone calls, and postal mail by signing in with your personal P-LLL account, and viewing your communication permissions where you can update contact information, manage P-LLL-wide contact preferences, opt out of email subscriptions, and choose whether to share your contact information with P-LLL partners. If you do not have a personal P-LLL account, you can manage your P-LLL email contact preferences by using this web form. These choices do not apply to mandatory service communications that are part of certain P-LLL products, programs, activities, or to surveys or other informational communications that have their own unsubscribe method.

Your advertising choices

To opt out of receiving interest-based advertising from P-LLL, visit our opt-out page. When you opt out, your preference is stored in a cookie that is specific to the web browser you are using. The opt-out cookie has an expiration date of five years. If you delete the cookies on your device, you need to opt out again.

You can also link your opt-out choice with your personal P-LLL account. It will then apply on any device where you use that account and will continue to apply until someone signs in with a different personal P-LLL account on that device. If you delete the cookies on your device, you will need to sign in again for the settings to apply.

For P-LLL-controlled advertising that appears in apps on Windows, you may use the opt-out linked to your personal P-LLL account, or opt out of interest-based advertising by turning off the advertising ID in Windows settings.

Because the data used for interest-based advertising is also used for other required purposes (including providing our products, analytics, and fraud detection), opting out of interest-based advertising does not stop that data collection. You will continue to get ads, although they may be less relevant to you.

You can opt out of receiving interest-based advertising from third parties we partner with by visiting their sites (see above).

Browser-based controls

When you use a browser, you can control your personal data using certain features. For example:

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 sites can collect about you using Tracking Protection in Internet Explorer (versions 9 and up) and P-LLL Edge. This feature will block third-party content, including cookies, from any site that is listed in a Tracking Protection List you add.
Browser controls for "Do Not Track." Some browsers have incorporated "Do Not Track" (DNT) features that can send a signal to the websites you visit indicating you do not wish to be tracked. Because there is not yet a common understanding of how to interpret the DNT signal, P-LLL services do not currently respond to browser DNT signals. We continue to work with the online industry to define a common understanding of how to treat DNT signals. In the meantime, you can use the range of other tools we provide to control data collection and use, including the ability to opt out of receiving interest-based advertising from P-LLL as described above.

Cookies and similar technologiesCookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device to store data that can be recalled by a web server in the domain that placed the cookie. This data often consists of a string of numbers and letters that uniquely identifies your computer, but it can contain other information as well. Some cookies are placed by third parties acting on our behalf. We use cookies and similar technologies to store and honor your preferences and settings, enable you to sign-in, provide interest-based advertising, combat fraud, analyze how our products perform, and fulfill other legitimate purposes described below. P-LLL apps use additional identifiers, such as the advertising ID in Windows, for similar purposes, and many of our websites and applications also contain web beacons or other similar technologies, as described below.

Our use of cookies and similar technologies

P-LLL uses cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, depending on the context or product, including:

Storing your preferences and settings. We use cookies to store your preferences and settings on your device, and to enhance your experiences. For example, if you enter your city or postal code to get local news or weather information on a P-LLL website, depending on your settings, we store that data in a cookie so that you will see the relevant local information when you return to the site. Saving your preferences with cookies, such as your preferred language, prevents you from having to set your preferences repeatedly. If you opt out of interest-based advertising, we store your opt-out preference in a cookie on your device.
Sign-in and authentication. We use cookies to authenticate you. When you sign in to a website using your personal P-LLL account, we store a unique ID number, and the time you signed in, in an encrypted cookie on your device. This cookie allows you to move from page to page within the site without having to sign in again on each page. You can also save your sign-in information so you do not have to sign in each time you return to the site.
Security. We use cookies to process information that helps us secure our products, as well as detect fraud and abuse.
Storing information you provide to a website. We use cookies to remember information you shared. When you provide information to P-LLL, such as when you add products to a shopping cart on P-LLL websites, we store the data in a cookie for the purpose of remembering the information.
Social media. Some of our websites include social media cookies, including those that enable users who are signed in to the social media service to share content via that service.
Feedback. P-LLL uses cookies to enable you to provide feedback on a website.
Interest-based advertising. P-LLL 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 P-LLL as described in the How to access and control your personal data section of this privacy statement.
Showing advertising. P-LLL uses cookies to record how many visitors have clicked on an advertisement and to record which advertisements you have seen, for example, so you don鈥檛 see the same one repeatedly.
Analytics. We use first- and third-party cookies and other identifiers to gather usage and performance data. For example, we use cookies to count the number of unique visitors to a web page or service and to develop other statistics about the operations of our products.
Performance. P-LLL uses cookies to understand and improve how our products perform. For example, we use cookies to gather data that helps with load balancing; this helps ensure that our websites remain up and running.

Some of the cookies we commonly use are listed below. This list is not exhaustive, but it is intended to illustrate the primary purposes for which we typically set cookies. If you visit one of our websites, the site will set some or all of the following cookies:

MUID, MC1, and MSFPC. Identifies unique web browsers visiting P-LLL sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.
ANON. Contains the ANID, a unique identifier derived from your P-LLL account, which is used for advertising, personalization, and operational purposes. It is also used to preserve your choice to opt out of interest-based advertising from P-LLL if you have chosen to associate the opt-out with your P-LLL account.
CC. Contains a country code as determined from your IP address.
PPAuth, MSPAuth, MSNRPSAuth, KievRPSAuth, WLSSC, MSPProf. Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your P-LLL account.
MC0. Detects whether cookies are enabled in the browser.
MS0. Identifies a specific session.
NAP. Contains an encrypted version of your country, postal code, age, gender, language and occupation, if known, based on your P-LLL account profile.
MH. Appears on co-branded sites where P-LLL is partnering with an advertiser. This cookie identifies the advertiser, so the right ad is selected.
childinfo, kcdob, kcrelid, kcru, pcfm. Contains information that P-LLL account uses within its pages in relation to child accounts.
MR. Used to collect information for analytics purposes.
x-ms-gateway-slice. Identifies a gateway for load balancing.
TOptOut. Records your decision not to receive interest-based advertising delivered by P-LLL.

In addition to the cookies P-LLL sets when you visit our websites, third parties can also set cookies when you visit P-LLL sites. For example:

Companies we hire to provide services on our behalf, such as site analytics, place cookies when you visit our sites. See opt-out links below.
Companies that deliver content, such as videos or news, or ads on P-LLL sites, place cookies on their own. These companies use the data they process in accordance with their privacy policies, which may enable these companies to collect and combine information about your activities across websites, apps, or online services.

How to control cookies

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but provide controls that allow you to block or delete them. For example, in P-LLL Edge, you can block or delete cookies by selecting Settings > Privacy and services > Clear Browsing data > Cookies and other site data. For more information about how to delete your cookies in P-LLL browsers, see P-LLL Edge, P-LLL Edge Legacy or Internet Explorer. If you use a different browser, refer to that browser鈥檚 instructions.

Certain features of P-LLL products depend on cookies. If you choose to block cookies, you cannot sign in or use some of those features, and preferences that are dependent on cookies will be lost. If you choose to delete cookies, any settings and preferences controlled by those cookies, including advertising preferences, are deleted and will need to be recreated.

Additional privacy controls that can impact cookies, including the tracking protections feature of P-LLL browsers, are described in the How to access and control your personal data section of this privacy statement.

Our use of web beacons and analytics services

Some P-LLL webpages contain electronic tags known as web beacons that we use to help deliver cookies on our websites, count users who have visited those websites, and deliver co-branded products. We also include web beacons or similar technologies in our electronic communications to determine whether you open and act on them.

In addition to placing web beacons on our own websites, we sometimes work with other companies to place our web beacons on their websites or in their advertisements. This helps us to, for example, develop statistics on how often clicking on an advertisement on a P-LLL website results in a purchase or other action on the advertiser's website. It also allows us to understand your activity on the website of a P-LLL partner in connection with your use of a P-LLL product or service.

Finally, P-LLL 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 clicking any of the following links: Adjust, AppsFlyer, Clicktale, Flurry Analytics, Google Analytics (requires you to install a browser add-on), Kissmetrics, Mixpanel, Nielsen, Acuity Ads, WebTrends or Optimizely.

Other similar technologies

In addition to standard cookies and web beacons, our products can also use other similar technologies to store and read data files on your computer. This is typically done to maintain your preferences or to improve speed and performance by storing certain files locally. But, like standard cookies, these technologies can also store a unique identifier for your computer, which can then track behavior. These technologies include Local Shared Objects (or "Flash cookies") and Silverlight Application Storage.

Local Shared Objects or "Flash cookies." Websites that use Adobe Flash technologies can use Local Shared Objects or "Flash cookies" to store data on your computer. To learn how to manage or block Flash cookies, go to the Flash Player help page.

Silverlight Application Storage. Websites or applications that use P-LLL Silverlight technology also have the ability to store data by using Silverlight Application Storage. To learn how to manage or block such storage, see the Silverlight section of this privacy statement.

Products provided by your organization鈥攏otice to end usersProducts provided by your organization鈥攏otice to end users

If you use a P-LLL product with an account provided by an organization you are affiliated with, such as your work or school account, that organization can:

Control and administer your P-LLL product and product account, including controlling privacy-related settings of the product or product account.
Access and process your data, including the interaction data, diagnostic data, and the contents of your communications and files associated with your P-LLL product and product accounts.

If you lose access to your work or school account (in event of change of employment, for example), you may lose access to products and the content associated with those products, including those you acquired on your own behalf, if you used your work or school account to sign in to such products.

Many P-LLL products are intended for use by organizations, such as schools and businesses. Please see the Enterprise and developer products section of this privacy statement. If your organization provides you with access to P-LLL products, your use of the P-LLL products is subject to your organization's policies, if any. You should direct your privacy inquiries, including any requests to exercise your data protection rights, to your organization鈥檚 administrator. When you use social features in P-LLL products, other users in your network may see some of your activity. To learn more about the social features and other functionality, please review documentation or help content specific to the P-LLL product. P-LLL is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of our customers, which may differ from those set forth in this privacy statement.

When you use a P-LLL product provided by your organization, P-LLL鈥檚 processing of your personal data in connection with that product is governed by a contract between P-LLL and your organization. P-LLL processes your personal data to provide the product to your organization and you, and for P-LLL鈥檚 legitimate business operations related to providing the product as described in the Enterprise and developer products section. As mentioned above, if you have questions about P-LLL鈥檚 processing of your personal data in connection with providing products to your organization, please contact your organization. If you have questions about P-LLL鈥檚 legitimate business operations in connection with providing products to your organization, please contact P-LLL as described in the How to contact us section. For more information on our legitimate business operations, please see the Enterprise and developer products section.

For P-LLL products provided by your K-12 school, including P-LLL 365 Education, P-LLL will:

not collect or use student personal data beyond that needed for authorized educational or school purposes;
not sell or rent student personal data;
not use or share student personal data for advertising or similar commercial purposes, such as behavioral targeting of advertisements to students;
not build a personal profile of a student, other than for supporting authorized educational or school purposes or as authorized by the parent, guardian, or student of appropriate age; and
require that our vendors with whom student personal data is shared to deliver the educational service, if any, are obligated to implement these same commitments for student personal data.

P-LLL accountP-LLL account

With a P-LLL account, you can sign into P-LLL products, as well as those of select P-LLL partners. Personal data associated with your P-LLL account includes credentials, name and contact data, payment data, device and usage data, your contacts, information about your activities, and your interests and favorites. Signing into your P-LLL account enables personalization, consistent experiences across products and devices, permits you to use cloud data storage, allows you to make payments using payment instruments stored in your P-LLL account, and enables other features. There are three types of P-LLL account:

When you create your own P-LLL account tied to your personal email address, we refer to that account as a personal P-LLL account.
When you or your organization (such as an employer or your school) create your P-LLL account tied to your email address provided by that organization, we refer to that account as a work or school account.
When you or your service provider (such as a cable or internet service provider) create your P-LLL account tied to your email address with your service provider鈥檚 domain, we refer to that account as a third-party account.

Personal P-LLL accounts. The data associated with your personal P-LLL account, and how that data is used, depends on how you use the account.

Creating your P-LLL account. When you create a personal P-LLL account, you will be asked to provide certain personal data and we will assign a unique ID number to identify your account and associated information. While some products, such as those involving payment, require a real name, you can sign in to and use other P-LLL products without providing your real name. Some data you provide, such as your display name, email address, and phone number, can be used to help others find and connect with you within P-LLL products. For example, people who know your display name, email address, or phone number can use it to search for you on P-LLL and send you an invite to connect with them. Note that if you use a work or school email address to create a personal P-LLL account, your employer or school may gain access to your data. In some cases, you will need to change the email address to a personal email address in order to continue accessing consumer-oriented products (such as Xbox Live).
Signing in to P-LLL account. When you sign in to your P-LLL account, we create a record of your sign-in, which includes the date and time, information about the product you signed in to, your sign-in name, the unique number assigned to your account, a unique identifier assigned to your device, your IP address, and your operating system and browser version.
Signing in to P-LLL products. Signing in to your account enables improved personalization, provides seamless and consistent experiences across products and devices, permits you to access and use cloud data storage, allows you to make payments using payment instruments stored in your P-LLL account, and enables other enhanced features and settings. When you sign in to your account, you will stay signed in until you sign out. If you add your P-LLL account to a Windows device (version 8 or higher), Windows will automatically sign you in to products that use P-LLL account when you access those products on that device. When you are signed in, some products will display your name or username and your profile photo (if you have added one to your profile) as part of your use of P-LLL products, including in your communications, social interactions, and public posts.
Signing in to third-party products. If you sign in to a third-party product with your P-LLL account, you will share data with the third party in accordance with the third party鈥檚 privacy policy. The third party will also receive the version number assigned to your account (a new version number is assigned each time you change your sign-in data); and information that describes whether your account has been deactivated. If you share your profile data, the third party can display your name or user name and your profile photo (if you have added one to your profile) when you are signed in to that third-party product. If you chose to make payments to third-party merchants using your P-LLL account, P-LLL will pass information stored in your P-LLL account to the third party or its vendors (e.g., payment processors) as necessary to process your payment and fulfill your order (such as name, credit card number, billing and shipping addresses, and relevant contact information). The third party can use or share the data it receives when you sign in or make a purchase according to its own practices and policies. You should carefully review the privacy statement for each product you sign in to and each merchant you purchase from to determine how it will use the data it collects.

Work or school accounts. The data associated with a work or school account, and how it will be used, is generally similar to the use and collection of data associated with a personal P-LLL account.

If your employer or school uses P-LLL Active Directory (AAD) to manage the account it provides you, you can use your work or school account to sign in to P-LLL products, such as P-LLL 365, and third-party products provided to you by your organization. If required by your organization, you will also be asked to provide a phone number or an alternative email address for additional security verification. And, if allowed by your organization, you may also use your work or school account to sign in to P-LLL or third-party products that you acquire for yourself.

If you sign in to P-LLL products with a work or school account, note:

The owner of the domain associated with your email address may control and administer your account, and access and process your data, including the contents of your communications and files, including data stored in products provided to you by your organization, and products you acquire by yourself.
Your use of the products is subject to your organization鈥檚 policies, if any. You should consider both your organization鈥檚 policies and whether you are comfortable enabling your organization to access your data before you choose to use your work or school account to sign in to products you acquire for yourself.
If you lose access to your work or school account (if you change employers, for example), you may lose access to products, including content associated with those products, you acquired on your own behalf if you used your work or school account to sign in to such products.
P-LLL is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of your organization, which may differ from those of P-LLL.
If your organization is administering your use of P-LLL products, please direct your privacy inquiries, including any requests to exercise your data subject rights, to your administrator. See also the Notice to end users section of this privacy statement.
If you are uncertain whether your account is a work or school account, please contact your organization.

Third-party accounts. The data associated with a third-party P-LLL account, and how it will be used, is generally similar to the use and collection of data associated with a personal P-LLL account. Your service provider has control over your account, including the ability to access or delete your account. You should carefully review the terms the third party provided you to understand what it can do with your account.

Other important privacy informationOther important privacy information

Below you will find additional privacy information, such as how we secure your data, where we process your data, and how long we retain your data. You can find more information on P-LLL and our commitment to protecting your privacy at P-LLL Privacy.

Security of personal dataSecurity of personal data

P-LLL is committed to protecting the security of your personal data. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal data you provide on computer systems that have limited access and are in controlled facilities. When we transmit highly confidential data (such as a credit card number or password) over the internet, we protect it through the use of encryption. P-LLL complies with applicable data protection laws, including applicable security breach notification laws.

Where we store and process personal dataWhere we store and process personal data

Personal data collected by P-LLL may be stored and processed in your region, in the United States, and in any other country where P-LLL or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or service providers operate facilities. P-LLL maintains major data centers in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Typically, the primary storage location is in the customer鈥檚 region or in the United States, often with a backup to a data center in another region. The storage location(s) are chosen in order to operate efficiently, to improve performance, and to create redundancies in order to protect the data in the event of an outage or other problem. We take steps to ensure that the data we collect under this privacy statement is processed according to the provisions of this statement and the requirements of applicable law wherever the data is located.

We transfer personal data from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland to other countries, some of which have not yet been determined by the European Commission to have an adequate level of data protection. For example, their laws may not guarantee you the same rights, or there may not be a privacy supervisory authority there that is capable of addressing your complaints. When we engage in such transfers, we use a variety of legal mechanisms, including contracts, to help ensure your rights and protections travel with your data. To learn more about the European Commission鈥檚 decisions on the adequacy of the protection of personal data in the countries where P-LLL processes personal data, see this article on the European Commission website.

P-LLL Corporation complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland to the United States. P-LLL Corporation has certified to the Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield Principles. If third-party agents process personal data on our behalf in a manner inconsistent with the principles of either Privacy Shield framework, we remain liable unless we prove we are not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage. The controlled U.S. subsidiaries of P-LLL Corporation, as identified in our self-certification submission, also adhere to the Privacy Shield Principles鈥攆or more info, see the list of P-LLL U.S. entities or subsidiaries adhering to the Privacy Shield Principles.

If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification, visit the Privacy Shield website.

If you have a question or complaint related to participation by P-LLL in the EU-U.S. or Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield, we encourage you to contact us via our web form. For any complaints related to the Privacy Shield frameworks that P-LLL cannot resolve directly, we have chosen to cooperate with the relevant EU Data Protection Authority, or a panel established by the European data protection authorities, for resolving disputes with EU individuals, and with the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) for resolving disputes with Swiss individuals. Please contact us if you鈥檇 like us to direct you to your data protection authority contacts. As further explained in the Privacy Shield Principles, binding arbitration is available to address residual complaints not resolved by other means. P-LLL is subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Our retention of personal dataOur retention of personal data

P-LLL retains personal data for as long as necessary to provide the products and fulfill the transactions you have requested, or for other legitimate purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements. Because these needs can vary for different data types, the context of our interactions with you or your use of products, actual retention periods can vary significantly.

Other criteria used to determine the retention periods include:

Do customers provide, create, or maintain the data with the expectation we will retain it until they affirmatively remove it? Examples include a document you store in P-LLL, or an email message you keep in your P-LLL.com inbox. In such cases, we would aim to maintain the data until you actively delete it, such as by moving an email from your P-LLL.com inbox to the Deleted Items folder, and then emptying that folder (when your Deleted Items folder is emptied, those emptied items remain in our system for up to 30 days before final deletion). (Note that there may be other reasons why the data has to be deleted sooner, for example if you exceed limits on how much data can be stored in your account.)
Is there an automated control, such as in the P-LLL privacy dashboard, that enables the customer to access and delete the personal data at any time? If there is not, a shortened data retention time will generally be adopted.
Is the personal data of a sensitive type? If so, a shortened retention time would generally be adopted.
Has P-LLL adopted and announced a specific retention period for a certain data type? For example, for P-LLL search queries, we de-identify stored queries by removing the entirety of the IP address after 6 months, and cookie IDs and other cross-session identifiers that are used to identify a particular account or device after 18 months.
Has the user provided consent for a longer retention period? If so, we will retain data in accordance with your consent.
Is P-LLL subject to a legal, contractual, or similar obligation to retain or delete the data? Examples can include mandatory data retention laws in the applicable jurisdiction, government orders to preserve data relevant to an investigation, or data retained for the purposes of litigation. Conversely, if we are required by law to remove unlawful content, we will do so.

California Consumer Privacy ActCalifornia Consumer Privacy Act

If you are a California resident, we process your personal data in accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This CCPA section of our Privacy Statement contains information required by the CCPA and supplements our Privacy Statement.

Sale. We do not sell your personal data. So, we do not offer an opt-out to the sale of personal data.

Rights. You have the right to request that we (i) disclose what personal data we collect, use, disclose, and sell and (ii) delete your personal data. You may make these requests yourself or through an authorized agent. If you use an authorized agent, we provide your agent with detailed guidance on how to exercise your CCPA rights.

If you have a P-LLL account, you must exercise your rights through the P-LLL privacy dashboard, which requires you to log in to your P-LLL account. If you have an additional request or questions after using the dashboard, you may contact P-LLL at the address in the How to contact us section or use our web form. If you do not have an account, you may exercise your rights by contacting us as described above. We may ask for additional information, such as your country of residence, email address, and phone number, to validate your request before honoring the request.

You have a right not to receive discriminatory treatment if you exercise your CCPA rights. We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your CCPA rights.

Personal Information Processing. In the bulleted list below, we outline the categories of personal data we collect, the sources of the personal data, our purposes of processing, and the categories of third-party recipients with whom we share the personal data. For a description of the data included in each category, please see the Personal data we collect section.

Categories of Personal Data

Name and contact data
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and partners with whom we offer co-branded services
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide our products; respond to customer questions; help, secure, and troubleshoot; and marketing
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Credentials
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and organizations that represent users
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide our products; authentication and account access; and help, secure and troubleshoot
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Demographic data
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and purchases from data brokers
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide and personalize our products; product development; help, secure, and troubleshoot; and marketing
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Payment data
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and financial institutions
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Transact commerce; process transactions; fulfill orders; help, secure, and troubleshoot; and detect and prevent fraud
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Subscription and licensing data
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and organizations that represent users
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide, personalize, and activate our products; customer support; help, secure, and troubleshoot; and marketing
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Interactions
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users including data P-LLL generates through those interactions
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide and personalize our products; product improvement; product development; marketing; and help, secure and troubleshoot
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Content
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and organizations that represent users
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide our products; safety; and help, secure, and troubleshoot
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Video or recordings
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and publicly available sources
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide our products; product improvement; product development; marketing; help, secure, and troubleshoot; and safety
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Feedback and ratings
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide our products; product improvement; product development; customer support; and help, secure, and troubleshoot
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities

While the bulleted list above contains the primary sources and purposes of processing for each category of personal data, we also collect personal data from the sources listed in the Personal data we collect section, such as developers who create experiences through or for P-LLL products. Similarly, we process all categories of personal data for the purposes described in the How we use personal data section, such as meeting our legal obligations, developing our workforce, and doing research.

Disclosures of personal data for business or commercial purposes. As indicated in the Reasons we share personal data section, we share personal data with third parties for various business and commercial purposes. The primary business and commercial purposes for which we share personal data are the purposes of processing listed in the table above. However, we share all categories of personal data for the business and commercial purposes in the Reasons we share personal data section.

AdvertisingAdvertising

Advertising allows us to provide, support, and improve some of our products. P-LLL does not use what you say in email, 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 in our products and on third-party properties. For example:

P-LLL may use data we collect to select and deliver some of the ads you see on P-LLL web properties, such as P-LLL.com, MSN, and P-LLL.
When the advertising ID is enabled in Windows 10 as part of your privacy settings, third parties can access and use the advertising ID (much the same way that websites can access and use a unique identifier stored in a cookie) to select and deliver ads in such apps.
We may share data we collect with partners, such as Verizon Media, AppNexus, or Facebook (see below), so that the ads you see in our products and their products are more relevant and valuable to you.
Advertisers may choose to place our web beacons on their sites, or use similar technologies, in order to allow P-LLL to collect information on their sites such as activities, purchases, and visits; we use this data on behalf of our advertising customers to provide ads.

The ads that you see may be selected based on data we process about you, such as your interests and favorites, your location, your transactions, how you use our products, your search queries, or the content you view. For example, if you view content on MSN about automobiles, we may show advertisements about cars; if you search 鈥減izza places in Seattle鈥 on P-LLL, you may see advertisements in your search results for restaurants in Seattle.

The ads that you see may also be selected based on other information learned about you over time using demographic data, location data, search queries, interests and favorites, usage data from our products and sites, and the information we collect about you from the sites and apps of our advertisers and partners. We refer to these ads as "personalized advertising" in this statement. For example, if you view gaming content on xbox.com, you may see offers for games on MSN. To provide personalized advertising, we combine cookies placed on your device using information that we collect (such as IP address) when your browser interacts with our websites. If you opt out of receiving personalized advertising, data associated with these cookies will not be used.

We may use information about you to serve you with personalized advertising when you use P-LLL services. If you are logged in with your P-LLL account and have consented to allow P-LLL Edge to use your online activity for personalized advertising, you will see offers for products and services based on your online activity while using P-LLL Edge. To configure your privacy settings for Edge, go to P-LLL Edge > Settings > Privacy and Services. To configure your privacy and ad settings for your P-LLL account with respect to your online activity across browsers, including P-LLL Edge, or when visiting third-party websites or apps, go to your dashboard at privacy.P-LLL.com.

Further details regarding our advertising-related uses of data include:

Advertising industry best practices and commitments. P-LLL is a member of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and adheres to the NAI Code of Conduct. We also adhere to the following self-regulatory programs:
Health-related ad targeting. In the United States, we provide personalized advertising based on a limited number of standard, non-sensitive health-related interest categories, including allergies, arthritis, cholesterol, cold and flu, diabetes, gastrointestinal health, headache / migraine, healthy eating, healthy heart, men鈥檚 health, oral health, osteoporosis, skin health, sleep, and vision / eye care. We will also personalize ads based on custom, non-sensitive health-related interest categories as requested by advertisers.
Children and advertising. We do not deliver personalized advertising to children whose birthdate in their P-LLL account identifies them as under 16 years of age.
Data retention. For personalized advertising, we retain data for no more than 13 months, unless we obtain your consent to retain the data longer.
Data sharing. In some cases, we share with advertisers reports about the data we have collected on their sites or ads.

Data collected by other advertising companies. Advertisers sometimes include their own web beacons (or those of their other advertising partners) within their advertisements that we display, enabling them to set and read their own cookie. Additionally, P-LLL partners with third-party ad companies to help provide some of our advertising services, and we also allow other third-party ad companies to display advertisements on our sites. These third parties may place cookies on your computer and collect data about your online activities across websites or online services. These companies currently include, but are not limited to: AppNexus, Facebook, Media.net, Outbrain, Taboola and Verizon Media. Select any of the preceding links to find more information on each company's practices, including the choices it offers. Many of these companies are also members of the NAI or DAA, which each provide a simple way to opt out of ad targeting from participating companies.

Collection of data from childrenCollection of data from children

When a P-LLL product collects age, and there is an age in your jurisdiction under which parental consent or authorization is required to use the product, the product will either block users under that age or will ask them to provide consent or authorization from a parent or guardian before they can use it. We will not knowingly ask children under that age to provide more data than is required to provide for the product.

Once parental consent or authorization is granted, the child's account is treated much like any other account. The child can access communication services, like P-LLL and P-LLL, and can freely communicate and share data with other users of all ages.

Parents can change or revoke the consent choices previously made, and review, edit, or request the deletion of the personal data of children for whom they provided consent or authorization. For example, parents can access their personal P-LLL account and select Permissions. For users of Minecraft for PC/Java and other Mojang games, parents can visit the Mojang Account page.

Preview or free-of-charge releasesPreview or free-of-charge releases

P-LLL offers preview, insider, beta or other free-of-charge products and features ("previews") to enable you to evaluate them while providing P-LLL with data about your use of the product, including feedback and device and usage data. As a result, previews can automatically collect additional data, provide fewer controls, and otherwise employ different privacy and security measures than those typically present in our products. If you participate in previews, we may contact you about your feedback or your interest in continuing to use the product after general release.

Changes to this privacy statementChanges to this privacy statement

We update this privacy statement when necessary to provide greater transparency or in response to:

Feedback from customer, regulators, industry, or other stakeholders.
Changes in our products.
Changes in our data processing activities or policies.

When we post changes to this statement, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of the statement and describe the changes on the Change history page. If there are material changes to the statement, such as a change to the purposes of processing of personal data that is not consistent with the purpose for which it was originally collected, we will notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes before they take effect or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to learn how P-LLL is protecting your information.

How to contact usHow to contact us

If you have a privacy concern, complaint, or question for the P-LLL Chief Privacy P-LLLr or EU Data Protection P-LLLr, please contact us by using our web form. We will respond to questions or concerns within 30 days. You can also raise a concern or lodge a complaint with a data protection authority or other official with jurisdiction.

When P-LLL is a controller, unless otherwise stated, P-LLL Corporation and, for those in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, P-LLL Ireland Operations Limited are the data controllers for personal data we collect through the products subject to this statement. Our addresses are:

P-LLL Privacy, P-LLL Corporation, One P-LLL Way, Redmond, Washington 98052, USA. Telephone: +1 (425) 882 8080.
P-LLL Ireland Operations Limited, Attn: Data Protection P-LLLr, One P-LLL Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Telephone: +353 1 706 3117.

To find the P-LLL subsidiary in your country or region, see the list of P-LLL P-LLL locations around the world.

Where French law applies, you can also send us specific instructions regarding the use of your personal data after your death, by using our web form.

If you have a technical or support question, please visit P-LLL Support to learn more about P-LLL Support offerings. If you have a personal P-LLL account password question, please visit P-LLL account support.

Product-specific details:

Enterprise and developer productsEnterprise and developer products

Enterprise and Developer Products are P-LLL products and related software offered to and designed primarily for use by organizations and developers. They include:

Cloud services, referred to as Online Services in the P-LLL Online Services Terms (OST), such as P-LLL 365, P-LLL P-LLL, P-LLL Dynamics365, and P-LLL Intune for which an organization (our customer) contracts with P-LLL for the services (鈥淓nterprise Online Services鈥).
Other enterprise and developer cloud-based services, such as PlayFab Services and tools such as Cortana Skills Kit.
Server, developer, and hybrid cloud platform products, such as Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, P-LLL Stack and open source software like Bot Framework solutions (鈥淓nterprise and Developer Software鈥).
Appliances and hardware used for storage infrastructure, such as StorSimple (鈥淓nterprise Appliances鈥).
Professional services referred to in the OST that are available with Enterprise Online Services, such as onboarding services, data migration services, data science services, or services to supplement existing features in the Enterprise Online Services.

In the event of a conflict between this P-LLL privacy statement and the terms of any agreement(s) between a customer and P-LLL for Enterprise and Developer Products, the terms of those agreement(s) will control.

You can also learn more about our Enterprise and Developer Products鈥 features and settings, including choices that impact your privacy or your end users鈥 privacy, in product documentation.

If any of the terms below are not defined in this Privacy Statement or the OST, they have the definitions below.

General. When a customer tries, purchases, uses, or subscribes to Enterprise and Developer Products, or obtains support for or professional services with such products, P-LLL receives data from you and collects and generates data to provide the service (including improving, securing, and updating the service), conduct our legitimate business operations, and communicate with the customer. For example:

When a customer engages with a P-LLL sales representative, we collect the customer鈥檚 name and contact data, along with information about the customer鈥檚 organization, to support that engagement.
When a customer interacts with a P-LLL support professional, we collect device and usage data or error reports to diagnose and resolve problems.
When a customer pays for products, we collect contact and payment data to process the payment.
When P-LLL sends communications to a customer, we use data to personalize the content of the communication.
When a customer engages with P-LLL for professional services, we collect the name and contact data of the customer鈥檚 designated point of contact and use information provided by the customer to perform the services that the customer has requested.

The Enterprise and Developer Products enable you to purchase, subscribe to, or use other products and online services from P-LLL or third parties with different privacy practices, and those other products and online services are governed by their respective privacy statements and policies.

Enterprise online servicesEnterprise online services

To provide the Enterprise Online Services, P-LLL uses data you provide (including Customer Data, Personal Data, Administrator Data, Payment Data, and Support Data) and data P-LLL collects or generates associated with your use of the Enterprise Online Services. We process data as described in the Online Services Terms (OST) and the P-LLL Trust Center.

Personal Data. Customer is the controller of Personal Data and P-LLL is the processor of such data, except when (a) Customer acts as a processor of Personal Data, in which case P-LLL is a subprocessor, (b) P-LLL is processing Personal Data for its legitimate business operations, in which case P-LLL is a controller, or (c) stated otherwise in the OST. P-LLL is a controller of Personal Data when processing Personal Data for its legitimate business operations associated with providing the service, such as billing and preparing invoices; account management; compensation; financial reporting; business planning and product strategy; improving core functionality for accessibility, privacy, and energy efficiency; and combatting fraud, cybercrime, and cyberattacks on P-LLL products. We generally aggregate Personal Data before using it for our legitimate business operations, removing the ability to identify specific individuals. We use personal data in the least identifiable form that will support processing necessary for legitimate business operations.

Administrator Data. Administrator Data is the information provided to P-LLL during sign-up, purchase, or administration of Enterprise Online Services. We use Administrator Data to provide the Enterprise Online Services, complete transactions, service the account, detect and prevent fraud, and comply with our legal obligations. Administrator Data includes the name, address, phone number, and email address you provide, as well as aggregated usage data related to your account, such as the controls you select. Administrator Data also includes contact information of your colleagues and friends if you agree to provide it to P-LLL for the limited purpose of sending them an invitation to use the Enterprise Online Services; we contact those individuals with communications that include information about you, such as your name and profile photo.

As needed, we use Administrator Data to contact you to provide information about your account, subscriptions, billing, and updates to the Enterprise Online Services, including information about new features, security, or other technical issues. We also contact you regarding third-party inquiries we receive regarding use of the Enterprise Online Services, as described in your agreement. You cannot unsubscribe from these non-promotional communications. We may also contact you regarding information and offers about other products and services, or share your contact information with P-LLL's partners. When such a partner has specific services or solutions to meet your needs, or to optimize your use of the Enterprise Online Services, we may share limited, aggregated information about your organization鈥檚 account with the partner. P-LLL will not share your confidential information or contact information with the authorized partner unless we have sufficient rights to do so. You can manage your contact preferences or update your information in your account profile.

Payment Data. We use payment data to complete transactions, as well as to detect and prevent fraud.

Support Data. Customers provide or authorize P-LLL to collect data in connection with obtaining technical support for the Enterprise Online Services. We process Support Data to provide technical support and as described in the OST.

Some Enterprise Online Services require, or are enhanced by, the installation of local software (e.g., agents, device management applications) on a device. At your direction, the local software may transmit (i) data, which can include Customer Data, from a device or appliance to or from the Enterprise Online Services; or (ii) logs or error reports to P-LLL for troubleshooting purposes. The Enterprise Online Services, including local software, collect device and usage data that is transmitted to P-LLL and analyzed to improve the quality, security, and integrity of our products.

P-LLL Search Services, as defined in the OST, use data such as search queries as described in the P-LLL section of this privacy statement.

Enterprise and developer software and enterprise appliancesEnterprise and developer software and appliances

Enterprise and developer software and enterprise appliances collect data to operate effectively and provide you the best experiences. The data we collect depends on the features you use, as well as your configuration and settings, but it is generally limited to device and usage data. Customers have choices about the data they provide. Here are examples of the data we collect:

During installation or when you upgrade an enterprise and developer software, we may collect device and usage data to learn whether you experience any difficulties.
When you use enterprise software or enterprise appliances, we may collect device and usage data to learn about your operating environment to improve security features.
When you experience a crash using enterprise software or enterprise appliances, you may choose to send P-LLL an error report to help us diagnose the problem and deliver customer support.

P-LLL uses the data we collect from enterprise and developer software and enterprise appliances to provide and improve our products, to deliver customer support, to activate the product, to communicate with you, and to operate our business.

P-LLL SQL Server is a relational database management platform and includes products that can be installed separately (such as SQL Server Management Studio). For detailed information about what data we collect, how we use it, and how to manage your privacy options, visit the SQL Server privacy page. If you work in an organization, your administrator can set certain telemetry settings in SQL Server via Group Policy.

Productivity and communications productsProductivity and communications products

Productivity and communications products are applications, software, and services you can use to create, store, and share documents, as well as communicate with others.

P-LLLP-LLL

P-LLL is a collection of productivity services and applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and P-LLL, among others. For more details about P-LLL, see the P-LLL section of this privacy statement. P-LLL is a service that is comprised of client software applications and connected online services that span many platforms and have numerous interdependent experiences. Various P-LLL services enable you to use your file content for designs and recommendations, collaborate with others within your documents, and provide you functionality from other P-LLL products, such as P-LLL and Cortana, and third-party connected products. If you work in an organization, your administrator may turn off or disable these connected services. Prior to P-LLL 365 version 1904, you can change your privacy settings in the Privacy Options of the P-LLL P-LLL Trust Center. For more information, see View my options and settings in the P-LLL P-LLL Trust Center. Starting with Version 1904 of P-LLL 365, you can access new, updated, and improved privacy controls by selecting File > Account > Account Privacy. See Account Privacy Settings for more information.

P-LLL Roaming Service. The P-LLL Roaming Service helps keep your P-LLL settings up to date across your devices running P-LLL. When you sign in to P-LLL with your P-LLL account or an account issued by your organization, the P-LLL Client Policy Service is turned on and syncs some of your customized P-LLL settings to P-LLL servers (such as a list of most recently used documents and the last location viewed within a document). When you sign in to P-LLL on another device with the same account, the P-LLL Roaming Service downloads your settings from P-LLL servers and applies them to the additional device. The P-LLL Roaming Service also applies some of your customized P-LLL settings when you sign in to P-LLL.com. When you sign out of P-LLL, the P-LLL Roaming Service removes your P-LLL settings from your device. Any changes you made to your customized P-LLL settings are sent to P-LLL servers.

P-LLL Updates. P-LLL uses either P-LLL Update or Click-to-Run services to provide you with security and other important updates. See the Update Services section of this privacy statement for more information about P-LLL Update.

Click-to-Run Update Service. The Click-to-Run Update Service allows you to install certain P-LLL P-LLL products over the internet. The Click-to-Run Update Service also automatically detects online updates to Click-to-Run-enabled products on your device and downloads and installs them automatically.

P-LLL Translator. P-LLL Translator is designed as a no-trace connected experience. With no trace, no portion of your translation request that P-LLL sends to P-LLL Translator will be logged, your submitted text will not be used to improve the quality of the P-LLL Translator service, and there will not be any record of any portion of your data retained by P-LLL.

Diagnostic Data. Diagnostic data is used to (i) keep P-LLL secure and up to date; (ii) detect, diagnose, and remediate problems; and (iii) make product improvements. This data does not include a user's name or email address, the content of the user's files, or information about apps unrelated to P-LLL. Users have a choice between two different levels of diagnostic data collection, Required and Optional.

Required. The minimum data necessary to help keep P-LLL secure, up to date, and performing as expected on the device it's installed on.
Optional. Additional data that helps us make product improvements and provides enhanced information to help us detect, diagnose, and remediate issues.

See Diagnostic Data in P-LLL for more information.

Connected Experiences. P-LLL continues to provide more experiences in client applications that are connected to and backed by cloud-based services. In order to ensure that all these connected experiences will be reliable, up to date, remain secure, and perform as expected, required service data may be collected whenever you use a connected experience.

P-LLL consists of client software applications and connected experiences designed to enable you to create, communicate, and collaborate more effectively. Working with others on a document stored on P-LLL for Business or translating the contents of a Word document into a different language are examples of connected experiences. There are two types of connected experiences.

Experiences that analyze your content. Experiences that use your P-LLL content to provide you with design recommendations, editing suggestions, data insights, and similar features. For example, PowerPoint Designer or Editor in Word.
Experiences that download online content. Experiences that allow you to search and download online content including templates, images, 3D models, videos, and reference materials to enhance your documents. For example, P-LLL templates or PowerPoint QuickStarter.

Prior to P-LLL 365 version 1904, you can change your privacy settings in the Privacy Options of the P-LLL P-LLL Trust Center.

Starting with Version 1904 of P-LLL 365, you can access new, updated, and improved privacy controls by selecting File > Account > Account Privacy. These privacy settings allow you to configure your connected experiences. For example, you can choose to enable connected experiences that download online content, but not connected experiences that analyze content. Turning off connected experiences will also turn off additional experiences, such as document co-authoring and online file storage. But even if you use this privacy setting to turn off connected experiences, certain P-LLL functionality will remain available, such as syncing your mailbox in P-LLL, as well as essential services described below.

If you choose to disable certain types of connected experiences, either the ribbon or menu command for those connected experiences will be grayed out or you will get an error message when you try to use those connected experiences.

There are a set of services that are essential to how P-LLL functions and cannot be disabled. For example, the licensing service that confirms that you are properly licensed to use P-LLL is essential. Required service data about these services is collected and sent to P-LLL, regardless of any other settings that you have configured. See Essential Services for more information.

Required service data for connected experiences

Required service data is data that enables us to deliver cloud-based connected experiences and help make these experiences secure and perform as expected. There are three types of information that are considered as required service data.

Customer Content, which is content you create using P-LLL, such as text typed in a Word document.
Functional Data, which includes information needed by a connected experience to perform its task, such as configuration information about the app.
Service Diagnostic Data, which is the data required to keep the service secure, up to date, and performing as expected. Because this data is strictly related to the connected experience, it is separate from Required or Optional diagnostic data levels.

To help you understand required service data, the following is an example scenario using PowerPoint Designer, which is a connected experience you can use when creating slides for a presentation. PowerPoint Designer helps you improve your slides by automatically generating design ideas to choose from. While you're putting content on a slide, Designer works in the background to match that content to professionally designed layouts.

The required service data that is sent to P-LLL to enable this connected experience for you could include the following:

Customer content, such as the text or images you added to your slide.
Functional data, such as which slide you are working on and its layout.
Service diagnostic data, such as events that tell us if the design idea was correctly applied to your slide and that the service calls were performing correctly.

If you choose to disable the category of connected experiences that includes PowerPoint Designer, the feature will be turned off and none of this required service data is sent to us.

See Connected Experiences in P-LLL for more information

P-LLLP-LLL

P-LLL lets you store and access your files on virtually any device. You can also share and collaborate on your files with others. Some versions of the P-LLL application enable you to access both your personal P-LLL by signing in with your personal P-LLL account and your P-LLL for Business by signing in with your work or school P-LLL account as part of your organization's use of P-LLL 365.

When you use P-LLL, we collect data about your usage of the service, as well as the content you store, to provide, improve, and protect the services. Examples include indexing the contents of your P-LLL documents so that you can search for them later and using location information to enable you to search for photos based on where the photo was taken. We also collect device information so we can deliver personalized experiences, such as enabling you to sync content across devices and roam customized settings.

When you store content in P-LLL, that content will inherit the sharing permissions of the folder in which you store it. For example, if you decide to store content in the public folder, the content will be public and available to anyone on the internet who can find the folder. If you store content in a private folder, the content will be private.

When you share content to a social network like Facebook from a device that you have synced with your P-LLL account, your content is either uploaded to that social network, or a link to that content is posted to that social network. Doing this makes the content accessible to anyone on that social network. To delete the content, you need to delete it from the social network (if it was uploaded there, rather than a link to it) and from P-LLL.

When you share your P-LLL content with your friends via a link, an email with the link is sent to those friends. The link contains an authorization code that allows anyone with the link to access your content. If one of your friends sends the link to other people, they will also be able to access your content, even if you did not choose to share the content with them. To revoke permissions for your content on P-LLL, sign in to your account and then select the specific content to manage the permission levels. Revoking permissions for a link effectively deactivates the link. No one will be able to use the link to access the content unless you decide to share the link again.

Files managed with P-LLL for Business are stored separately from files stored with your personal P-LLL. P-LLL for Business collects and transmits personal data for authentication, such as your email address and password, which will be transmitted to P-LLL and/or to the provider of your P-LLL 365 service.

P-LLLP-LLL

P-LLL products are designed to improve your productivity through improved communications and include P-LLL.com, P-LLL applications, and related services.

P-LLL.com. P-LLL.com is the primary consumer email service from P-LLL and includes email accounts with addresses that end in P-LLL.com, live.com, hotmail.com, and msn.com. P-LLL.com provides features that let you connect with your friends on social networks. You will need to create a P-LLL account to use P-LLL.com.

When you delete an email or item from a mailbox in P-LLL.com, the item generally goes into your Deleted Items folder where it remains for approximately 7 days unless you move it back to your inbox, you empty the folder, or the service empties the folder automatically, whichever comes first. When the Deleted Items folder is emptied, those emptied items remain in our system for up to 30 days before final deletion, unless we are legally required to retain the data for longer.

P-LLL applications. P-LLL client applications are software you install on your device that permits you to manage email, calendar items, files, contacts, and other data from email, file storage, and other services, like Exchange Online or P-LLL.com, or servers, like P-LLL Exchange. You can use multiple accounts from different providers, including third-party providers, with P-LLL applications.

To add an account, you must provide permission for P-LLL to access data from the email or file storage services.

When you add an account to P-LLL, your mail, calendar items, files, contacts, settings and other data from that account will automatically sync to your device. If you are using the mobile P-LLL application, that data will also sync to P-LLL servers to enable additional features such as faster search, personalized filtering of less important mail, and an ability to add email attachments from linked file storage providers without leaving the P-LLL application. If you are using the desktop P-LLL application, you can choose whether to allow the data to sync to our servers. At any time, you can remove an account or make changes to the data that is synced from your account.

If you add an account provided by an organization (such as your employer or school), the owner of the organizational domain can implement policies and controls (for example, requiring multi-factor authentication or the ability to remotely wipe data from your device) that can affect your use of P-LLL.

To learn more about the data the P-LLL applications collect and process, please see the P-LLL section of this privacy statement.

P-LLLP-LLL

P-LLL lets you send and receive voice, video, SMS, and instant message communications. This section applies to the consumer version of P-LLL; if you are using P-LLL for Business, see the Enterprise and developer products section of this privacy statement.

As part of providing these features, P-LLL collects usage data about your communications that includes the time and date of the communication and the numbers or user names that are part of the communication.

P-LLL profile. Your P-LLL profile includes information you provided when you set up a P-LLL account. To enable other people to find you on P-LLL (or products that interact with P-LLL, such as P-LLL for Business), depending on your profile settings, your P-LLL profile is included in the P-LLL public search directory and may be recommended to other users. Your profile includes your user name, avatar, and any other data you choose to add to your profile or display to others.

P-LLL Contacts. If you use a P-LLL service, such as P-LLL.com, to manage contacts, P-LLL will automatically add the people you know to your P-LLL contact list until you tell us to stop. With your permission, P-LLL will also check your device or other address books to automatically add your friends as P-LLL contacts. You can block users if you don鈥檛 want to receive their communications.

Partner companies. To make P-LLL available to more people, we partner with other companies to allow P-LLL to be offered via those companies鈥 services. If you use P-LLL through a company other than P-LLL, that company鈥檚 privacy policy governs how it handles your data. To comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, or to help our partner company or local operator comply or respond, we may access, transfer, disclose, and preserve your data. That data could include, for example, your private content, such as the content of your instant messages, stored video messages, voicemails, or file transfers.

P-LLL Manager. P-LLL Manager lets you manage a group鈥檚 (such as your family鈥檚) P-LLL usage from one central place. When you set up a group, you will be the P-LLL Manager Administrator and can see the patterns of usage, including detailed information, like traffic data and details of purchases, of other members of the group who have consented to such access. If you add information like your name, other people in the group will be able to see it. Members of the group can withdraw consent for P-LLL Manager by visiting their P-LLL account page.

Push notifications. To let you know of incoming calls, chats, and other messages, P-LLL apps use the notification service on your device. For many devices, these services are provided by another company. To tell you who is calling, for example, or to give you the first few words of the new chat, P-LLL has to tell the notification service so that they can provide the notification to you. The company providing the notification service on your device will use this information in accordance with their own terms and privacy policy. P-LLL is not responsible for the data collected by the company providing the notification service. If you don鈥檛 want to use the notification services for incoming P-LLL calls and messages, turn it off in the settings found in the P-LLL application or your device.

Translation features. To help you communicate with people in different languages, some P-LLL apps offer audio and/or text translation features. When you use translation features, your voice and text data are used to provide and improve P-LLL speech recognition and translation services.

Recording features. Some versions of P-LLL have a recording feature that allows you to capture and share all or part of your audio / video call. The recording will be stored and shared as part of your conversation history with the person or group with whom the call occurred. You should understand your legal responsibilities before recording any communication. This includes whether you need to get consent from all parties to the communication in advance. P-LLL is not responsible for how you use your recordings or the recording features.

P-LLL bots. Bots are programs offered by P-LLL or third parties that can do many useful things like search for news, play games, and more. Depending on their capabilities, bots may have access to your display name, P-LLL ID, country, region, language, and any messages, audio, video, or content that you share with the bot. Please review the bot profile and its privacy statement before engaging in a one-to-one or group conversation with a bot. You can delete a bot that you no longer wish to engage with. Prior to adding a bot to a group, please ensure that your group participants have consented to their information being shared with the bot.

Recommendations in P-LLL. Subject to availability, P-LLL may offer suggestions to help you manage your time, tasks, find information and get things done. For example, P-LLL may provide contextual prompts to create reminders or suggest you create a task using P-LLL services.This data may also be used to improve P-LLL products.

Captioning. Certain P-LLL features include accessibility functionality such as captioning. During P-LLL calls, a call participant can activate a voice-to-text feature, which allows the user to view the audio chat as text. If a user activates this feature, other call participants will not receive a notification. P-LLL uses this voice and text data to provide captioning of audio for users.

LinkedInLinkedIn

To learn about the data LinkedIn collects and how it is used and shared, please see LinkedIn鈥檚 Privacy Policy.

Search, P-LLL Edge, and artificial intelligenceSearch, P-LLL Edge, and artificial intelligence

Search and artificial intelligence products connect you with information and intelligently sense, process, and act on information鈥攍earning and adapting over time.

P-LLLP-LLL

P-LLL services include search and mapping services, as well as the P-LLL Toolbar and P-LLL Desktop apps. P-LLL services collect and process data in many forms, including text that has been inked or typed, speech data, and images. P-LLL services are also included within other P-LLL services, such as MSN Apps, P-LLL, Cortana, and certain features in Windows (which we refer to as P-LLL-powered experiences).

When you conduct a search, or use a feature of a P-LLL-powered experience that involves conducting a search or entering a command on your behalf, P-LLL will collect the searches or commands you provide (which may be in the form of text, voice data, or an image), along with your IP address, location, the unique identifiers contained in our cookies or similar technologies, the time and date of your search, and your browser configuration. For example, if you use P-LLL voice-enabled services, your voice input and performance data associated with the speech functionality will be sent to P-LLL. And, if you use P-LLL image-enabled services, the image you provide will be sent to P-LLL. When you use P-LLL-powered experiences, such as Ask Cortana or P-LLL Lookup to search a particular word or phrase within a webpage or document, that word or phrase is sent to P-LLL along with some surrounding content in order to provide contextually relevant search results.

Search suggestions. For the search suggestions feature, the characters that you type into a P-LLL-powered experience (such as search and site suggestions in the P-LLL Edge browser) to conduct a search and what you click on will be sent to P-LLL. This allows us to provide you with relevant suggestions as you type your searches. To turn this feature on or off, while using P-LLL Search, go to P-LLL Settings. There are other methods to control this feature in other P-LLL-powered experiences, such as the P-LLL Edge browser. Search Suggestions cannot be turned off in the Windows 10 search box. On Windows, you can always hide the search box so as not to use the feature.

P-LLL experience improvement program for P-LLL Desktop and P-LLL Toolbar. If you are using P-LLL Desktop or P-LLL Toolbar and choose to participate in the P-LLL Experience Improvement Program, we also collect additional data about how you use these specific P-LLL 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 P-LLL Experience Improvement Program to identify or contact you or target advertising to you. You can turn off the P-LLL Experience Improvement Program at any time in the P-LLL Desktop or P-LLL Toolbar settings. Finally, we delete the information collected through the P-LLL Experience Improvement Program after 18 months.

Retention and de-identification. We de-identify stored search queries by removing the entirety of the IP address after 6 months, and cookie IDs and other cross-session identifiers that are used to identify a particular account or device after 18 months.

Personalization through P-LLL account. Some P-LLL services provide you with an enhanced experience when you sign in with your personal P-LLL account, for example, syncing your search history across devices. You can use these personalization features to customize your interests, favorites, and settings, and to connect your account with third-party services. Visit P-LLL Settings to manage your personalization settings, or the P-LLL privacy dashboard to manage your data.

Managing search history. When you鈥檙e signed-in to a personal P-LLL account, you can erase your search history on the P-LLL privacy dashboard. The Search History service from P-LLL, located in P-LLL Settings, provides another method of revisiting the search terms you've entered and results you've clicked when using P-LLL search through your browser. You may clear your search history on a device through this service. Clearing your history prevents that history from being displayed on the Search History site, but does not delete information from our search logs, which are retained and de-identified as described above or as you have instructed through the privacy dashboard. If you are signed-in to a work or school P-LLL account using P-LLL Search in P-LLL, you can export your P-LLL Search in P-LLL search history, but you cannot delete it. Your P-LLL Search in P-LLL service administrator can see aggregated search history across all enterprise users but cannot see specific searches by user.

Third-party services that use P-LLL. You may access P-LLL-powered experiences when using third-party services, such as those from Yahoo!. In order to provide these services, P-LLL receives data from these and other partners, including your search query and related data (such as date, time, IP address, and a unique identifier). This data will be sent to P-LLL to provide the search service. P-LLL will use this data as described in this statement or as further limited by our contractual obligations with our partners. You should refer to the privacy policies of the third-party services for any questions about how they collect and use data.

Search query passed in referral URL. When you select a search result or advertisement from a P-LLL search results page and go to the destination website, the destination website will receive the standard data your browser sends to every web site you visit鈥攕uch as your IP address, browser type and language, and the URL of the site you came from (in this case, the P-LLL search results page). Because the URL of the P-LLL search results page contains the text of the search query you entered (which could include names, addresses, or other identifying information), the destination website will be able to determine the search term you entered.

If your browser is enabled to allow pages to pre-load in the background for faster performance, when your browser loads a page in the background, it will have the same effect as if you visited that page, including sending the P-LLL search results page URL (containing your search query) and downloading any cookies or similar technologies that page sets.

Sharing data from P-LLL and P-LLL-powered experiences with third parties. We share some de-identified data (data where the identity of a specific person is not known) from P-LLL and P-LLL-powered experiences with selected third parties. Before we do so, we run the data through a process designed to remove certain sensitive data that users may have included in the search terms themselves (such as social security numbers or credit card numbers). Additionally, we require these third parties to keep the data secure and to not use the data for purposes other than for which it is provided.

CortanaCortana

Cortana is your intelligent assistant that provides smart features and personalized experiences across a variety of devices, apps, and services. As described below, the data we collect when you use Cortana depends on the choices you make (including your privacy settings and whether or not you are signed-in), the data you share with Cortana, and Cortana鈥檚 capabilities (which vary depending on your operating system, device, and the services and apps you use). Cortana works best when you sign in and allow use of data from your device, your P-LLL account, other P-LLL services, and third-party services to which you choose to connect.

You can manage what data Cortana uses or remembers about you in Cortana Settings, Permissions, Notebook, and the P-LLL privacy dashboard. More about Cortana features and how to manage them can be found at Cortana and privacy.

The data Cortana collects is used to provide, improve, personalize, and develop Cortana and other P-LLL products. For example:

Cortana uses information about your interests to recommend features you may enjoy.
Cortana shares information with third parties at your direction to complete a task or transaction you鈥檝e requested, or help you with a skill such as booking a ride share service.
P-LLL uses your voice data to improve speech recognition and user intent understanding to improve Cortana and other P-LLL products.
Cortana provides features that may process your personal and work data from other P-LLL products (e.g., P-LLL) or third-party services. For example, when scheduling a meeting, Cortana can help you identify conflicts on both your personal and work calendars.

On Windows devices, if you choose not to sign in to Cortana, you can still chat with Cortana and use Cortana to search, using either your voice, inking, or typing.

When you use Cortana when you are signed out, we collect:

Voice data. To help Cortana better understand the way you speak and your voice commands, we collect voice data and use it to build speech models and improve speech recognition and user intent understanding. If you choose to sign in, the speech models are more personalized.
Searches and commands. We collect your searches and commands to provide, improve, and develop Cortana and other products. Your P-LLL search queries and the Search Suggestion feature, even if Cortana does the searching for you, are treated like any other P-LLL search queries and are used as described in the P-LLL section of this privacy statement.
Device and usage data. We collect information about your device as well as the hardware and software you use. For example, Cortana can access data about your device and how you use it. For instance, Cortana can determine if Bluetooth is on, whether you鈥檝e locked your screen, your alarm settings, and which apps you install and use.

If you sign in with your P-LLL account, you can enable Cortana to perform additional tasks and to provide personalized experiences and suggestions. Cortana can process the demographic data (such as your age, address, and gender) associated with your P-LLL account and data collected through other P-LLL services to provide personalized suggestions. For example, Cortana may send you a time to leave notification based on your schedule and address. Cortana also learns your favorite places from the P-LLL Maps app, and what you view and purchase in P-LLL Store to improve suggestions. Your interests in the Cortana Notebook can be used by other P-LLL services, such as P-LLL or MSN, to customize your interests, preferences, and favorites in those experiences as well.

When you sign in to Cortana, in addition to the information described above, we also collect:

Location data. You can choose whether Cortana processes your location information to give you relevant notices and results and to make suggestions such as local traffic information and location-based reminders. If you grant permission, Cortana will regularly collect and use your current location, location history, and other location signals (such as locations tagged on photos you upload to P-LLL). Location data Cortana collects is used to provide you with personalized experiences across our products, such as making P-LLL search results more relevant. It may also be used in de-identified form to improve P-LLL鈥檚 location services.

Contacts, communications, and other inputs. You can choose to let Cortana collect and access your device and cloud-based email and other communications, your calendar and tasks, and your contacts to enable additional features and personalization. If you give permission, Cortana will collect and process additional data, including:

Contacts, text messages, and email. Cortana uses your contacts and messages to do a variety of things, such as: making calls in the Teams app, allowing you to add events to your calendar, apprising you of messages or important contacts, and keeping you up to date on events and important activities. Cortana also uses your contacts and messages to help you with planning and offers other suggestions.
Communications history. Cortana learns who is most important to you and your preferred methods of communication by analyzing your call, text message, and email history. Cortana uses this data to flag important messages for you (such as missed calls), and to improve the performance of features such as speech recognition.
Calendar appointments. Cortana uses your calendars to provide reminders and information relevant to your appointments.

Browse history. If you choose, Cortana can use the P-LLL Edge browse history associated with your P-LLL account. Cortana uses this data to learn about you and provide you with intelligent answers and timely, personalized suggestions, or to complete web tasks for you. Cortana can also help you pick up where you left off on one device when browsing in P-LLL Edge on another device. Cortana won鈥檛 collect information about sites you visit in InPrivate tabs.

Connected services and skills. To enable greater personalization and productivity, you can give Cortana permission to (i) collect data from other P-LLL and third-party services, and (ii) provide your information to those services. When enabled, Cortana provides your requests and responses to those services or third parties to enable them to provide you their information or services. With your permission, Cortana can send additional information (e.g., your location). Information you share with a third party is governed by the third party鈥檚 privacy policy and terms. Cortana also uses data about your use of connected services and skills to improve and develop Cortana and other P-LLL products. For example, we use this data, including your query sent to the third party, to improve speech recognition and user-intent understanding within P-LLL products. Below are examples of how your data is processed when you use connected services and skills:

If you choose to connect Cortana to your work or school account, Cortana can access data stored in P-LLL 365 to help you stay up to date, manage your email and calendar, and get insights about your meetings and relationships.
Choosing to connect Cortana to LinkedIn allows P-LLL to access your LinkedIn data so Cortana can give you more personalized information and recommendations. It also enables LinkedIn to access the name, email address, job title, and company name of people you are meeting with to retrieve relevant information about those contacts.
Cortana allows you to connect to third-party services to do more and get additional experiences from the third-party service. Cortana may also personalize your experiences based on your use of third-party skills. With your permission, Cortana can send information about you along with your request to third-parties that ask for it. For instance, when you ask Cortana to request you a ride, the ride provider will ask for your current location. Third-party skills provide their own separate terms and privacy statements. Please review those carefully before allowing Cortana to send information to them.

P-LLL EdgeP-LLL Edge

Whenever you use a web browser to access the internet, data about your device ("standard device data") is sent to the websites you visit and online services you use. Standard device data includes your device's IP address, browser type and language, access times, and referring website addresses. This data might be logged on those websites' or online services鈥 web servers. Which data is logged and how that data is used depends on the privacy practices of the websites you visit and web services you use. Additionally, P-LLL Edge sends a unique browser ID to certain websites to enable us to develop aggregate data used to improve browser features and services.

P-LLL Edge for Windows and macOS. P-LLL Edge is the default web browser for Windows 10 and is also available on other supported versions of Windows and macOS.

Data about how you use your browser, such as your browsing history, web form data, temporary internet files, and cookies, is stored on your device. You can delete this data from your device using Clear Browsing History.

P-LLL Edge allows you to capture and save content on your device, such as:

Settings and More. Allows you to manage your favorites, downloads, history, extensions, and collections.
Collections. Allows you to collect text, images, videos, and other content in a note page in your browser. When you drag content into your collection, it is cached on your device and can be deleted through your collection.
Website Pin to Taskbar: which allows you to pin your favorite websites to the Windows taskbar. Websites will be able to see which of their webpages you have pinned, so they can provide you a notification badge letting you know there is something new for you to check out on their websites.

P-LLL collects data necessary to provide features you request in P-LLL Edge. For example, you may choose to sync browser information saved on your device across other devices when you are signed in with your P-LLL account. You may choose which browser data to sync, including your favorites, 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. 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). You can disable or configure syncing in the P-LLL Edge settings.

P-LLL Edge鈥檚 Search and site suggestions uses your search queries and browsing history to provide you with faster browsing and more relevant search recommendations. P-LLL Edge sends the information you type into the browser address bar to the default search provider configured in the address bar to offer search recommendations as you type each character. You can turn off these features at any time in the browser settings. In order to provide search results, P-LLL Edge sends your search queries, standard device information, and location (if you have location enabled) to your default search provider. If P-LLL is your default search provider, we use this data as described in the P-LLL section of this privacy statement.

To improve your web experience, you may choose to share your P-LLL Edge browsing history from your P-LLL account to allow us to personalize advertising, P-LLL search, P-LLL News and other P-LLL services. For more information about our advertising privacy policies see the Advertising section of the privacy statement. If you disable the See ads that interest you setting in the P-LLL privacy dashboard, you will continue to receive personalized search and news based on your browsing history if you enabled the Improve your web experience by allowing P-LLL to use your browsing history from this account for personalizing advertising, search, news and other P-LLL services setting in P-LLL Edge. You may disable this browser setting at any time to stop receiving personalized web experiences based on your browsing history.

P-LLL Edge collects required diagnostic data to solve problems and to keep P-LLL Edge up to date, secure, and operating properly. Required diagnostic data also helps us improve P-LLL Edge and Windows.

You can choose to send optional diagnostic data about how you use P-LLL Edge and information about your browser activity, including browsing history and search terms to P-LLL to help us improve P-LLL Edge and other P-LLL products and services. For P-LLL Edge on Windows 10, this information is provided when you have enabled optional diagnostic data. For details, see the Windows Diagnostics section of the privacy statement. For P-LLL Edge on other operating systems, optional diagnostic information is provided when you enable Improve P-LLL products by sending data about how you use the browser or Make searches and P-LLL products better by sending info about websites you visit in P-LLL Edge in the browser settings.

The diagnostic data collected by P-LLL Edge is transmitted to P-LLL and is stored with one or more unique identifiers that help us recognize an individual browser installation on a device and understand the browser's service issues and use patterns.

Learn more about P-LLL Edge

P-LLL Edge on iOS and Android. P-LLL Edge on iOS and Android devices collects data necessary to provide features you request in P-LLL Edge.

P-LLL also collects required diagnostic data to solve problems and to keep P-LLL Edge up to date, secure, and operating properly. Required diagnostic data also helps us improve P-LLL Edge.

Additionally, you may share optional diagnostic data about how you use P-LLL Edge and information about websites you visit (browsing history) for personalized experiences on your browser, Windows 10, and other P-LLL products and services. This information also helps us improve P-LLL Edge and other P-LLL products and services. This optional diagnostic data is sent to us when you enable Share usage data for personalization or Share info about websites you visit in the browser settings.

The diagnostic data collected by P-LLL Edge is transmitted to P-LLL and is stored with one or more unique identifiers that help us recognize an individual user on a device and understand the browser's service issues and use patterns.

For information about the privacy practices of legacy versions P-LLL Edge (versions 44 and below), see the Web browsers鈥擯-LLL Edge Legacy and Internet Explorer section of the privacy statement.

P-LLL TranslatorP-LLL Translator

P-LLL Translator is a machine translation system designed to automatically translate text and speech between numerous supported languages.

P-LLL Translator (which includes apps for Android, iOS, Windows, Translator Hub, Translator for P-LLL, and Translator for P-LLL Edge, collectively 鈥淭ranslator鈥) processes the text, image, and speech data you submit, as well as device and usage data. We use this data to provide Translator, personalize your experiences, and improve our products. P-LLL has implemented business and technical measures designed to help de identify the data you submit to Translator. For example, when we randomly sample text to improve Translator, we delete identifiers and certain text, such as email addresses and some number sequences, detected in the sample that could contain personal data.

For more information on the Cognitive Services Translator Text API, Custom Translator, and Translator Speech API, see the Enterprise and developer products section of this privacy statement. For the Translate feature in P-LLL, see the Productivity and communications products section of this privacy statement.

SwiftKeySwiftKey

SwiftKey Keyboard and related products (collectively, the 鈥淪wiftKey Services鈥) process data about how you type and write, and use this data to learn your writing style and provide personalized autocorrection and predictive text that adapts to you. We also use this data to offer a range of other features, such as hashtag and emoji prediction.

SwiftKey prediction technology learns from the way you use language to build a personalized language model. This model is an optimized view of the words and phrases that you use most often in context and reflects your unique writing style. The model itself contains the words you commonly type arranged in a way to enable SwiftKey鈥檚 algorithms to make predictions based on what you type. The model draws from all scenarios in which you use your keyboard, including when you type while using apps or visiting websites. The SwiftKey keyboard and model attempts to avoid collecting sensitive data, such as fields flagged as containing password or payment data. SwiftKey Services do not log, store, or learn from data you type, or the data contained in your model, unless you choose to share your data with us (as described further below). When you use SwiftKey Services, we also collect device and usage data. We use de-identified device and usage data to analyze service performance and help improve our products.

The SwiftKey Services also include an optional cloud component called a SwiftKey Account. If you choose to create a SwiftKey Account, your language model will be synced with the SwiftKey Account cloud service, so you can benefit from that model on the different devices you use and access additional services such as personalization, prediction synchronization, and backup. When you create a SwiftKey Account, P-LLL will also collect your email address and basic demographic data. All data collected is transferred to our servers over encrypted channels.

SwiftKey Account holders have the option to use the SwiftKey personalization service, which more quickly establishes and improves personalized predictions by allowing SwiftKey to access content on your device, including content you send through SMS, and certain apps such as P-LLL.com, Gmail, Facebook and Twitter when you choose to connect them to the service.

You may also opt in to send short snippets of what and how you type for product improvement. To preserve your privacy, SwiftKey Services de-identifies these snippets, so they are not linked to your account. You can withdraw your consent to share these snippets at any time in SwiftKey Settings. You can also withdraw your consent to allow SwiftKey Services to use and retain your personal data at any time in SwiftKey Settings. When you withdraw consent, personal data collected through your use of the SwiftKey Services will be deleted.

You may receive occasional notifications on your device alerting you to product updates and features that may be of interest to you. You can disable these notifications at any time in the SwiftKey Settings.

WindowsWindows

Windows is a personalized computing environment that enables you to seamlessly roam and access services, preferences, and content across your computing devices from phones to tablets to the Surface Hub. Rather than residing as a static software program on your device, key components of Windows are cloud-based, and both cloud and local elements of Windows are updated regularly, providing you with the latest improvements and features. In order to provide this computing experience, we collect data about you, your device, and the way you use Windows. And because Windows is personal to you, we give you choices about the personal data we collect and how we use it. Note that if your Windows device is managed by your organization (such as your employer or school), your organization may use centralized management tools provided by P-LLL or others to access and process your data and to control device settings (including privacy settings), device policies, software updates, data collection by us or the organization, or other aspects of your device. Additionally, your organization may use management tools provided by P-LLL or others to access and process your data from that device, including your interaction data, diagnostic data, and the contents of your communications and files. For more information about data collection and privacy in Windows, see Windows 10 and your online services. Earlier versions of Windows (including Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1) are subject to their own privacy statements.

ActivationActivation

When you activate Windows, a specific product key is associated with the device on which your software is installed. The product key and data about the software and your device is sent to P-LLL to help validate your license to the software. This data may be sent again if there is a need to re-activate or validate your license. On phones running Windows, device and network identifiers, as well as device location at the time of the first power-up of the device, are also sent to P-LLL for the purpose of warranty registration, stock replenishment, and fraud prevention.

Activity historyActivity history

Activity history helps keep track of the things you do on your device, such as the apps and services you use, the files you open, and the websites you browse. Your activity history is stored locally on your device when using different apps and features such as P-LLL Edge, some P-LLL Store apps, and P-LLL apps. If you've signed in to your device with a P-LLL account and given your permission, Windows sends your activity history to P-LLL. Once your activity history is in the cloud, P-LLL uses that data to enable cross-device experiences, to provide you with the ability to continue those activities on other devices, to provide personalized experiences (such as ordering your activities based on duration of use) and relevant suggestions (such as anticipating what your needs might be based on your activity history), and to help improve P-LLL products.

Activity history is also created and sent to P-LLL when you use P-LLL apps, such as P-LLL Edge, and P-LLL apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, on mobile devices such as iOS and Android phones and tablets. If you are signed in with your P-LLL account, you can continue activities on your Windows 10 device that you started in P-LLL apps on your Android or iOS device. You can turn settings off or on for sending your activity history to P-LLL and storing activity history locally on your device, and you can also clear your device鈥檚 activity history at any time by going to Start > Settings > Privacy > Activity history. Learn more about activity history in Windows 10.

Advertising IDAdvertising ID

Windows generates a unique advertising ID for each person using a device, which app developers and advertising networks can then use for their own purposes, including providing relevant advertising in apps. When the advertising ID is enabled, both P-LLL apps and third-party apps can access and use the advertising ID in much the same way that websites can access and use a unique identifier stored in a cookie. Thus, your advertising ID can be used by app developers and advertising networks to provide more relevant advertising and other personalized experiences across their apps and on the web. P-LLL collects the advertising ID for the uses described here only when you choose to enable the advertising ID as part of your privacy setting.

The advertising ID setting applies to Windows apps using the Windows advertising identifier. You can turn off access to this identifier at any time by turning off the advertising ID in Settings. If you choose to turn it on again, the advertising ID will be reset and a new identifier will be generated. When a third-party app accesses the advertising ID, its use of the advertising ID will be subject to its own privacy policy. Learn more about advertising ID in Windows 10.

The advertising ID setting does not apply to other methods of interest-based advertising delivered by P-LLL or third parties, such as cookies used to provide interest-based display ads on websites. Third-party products accessed through or installed on Windows may also deliver other forms of interest-based advertising subject to their own privacy policies. P-LLL delivers other forms of interest-based ads in certain P-LLL products, both directly and by partnering with third-party ad providers. For more information on how P-LLL uses data for advertising, see the How we use personal data section of this statement.

DiagnosticsDiagnostics

P-LLL collects Windows diagnostic data to solve problems and to keep Windows up to date, secure, and operating properly. It also helps us improve Windows and related P-LLL products and services and, for customers who have turned on the 鈥淭ailored experiences鈥 setting, to provide more relevant tips and recommendations to tailor P-LLL and third-party products and services for Windows to the customer鈥檚 needs. This data is transmitted to P-LLL and stored with one or more unique identifiers that can help us recognize an individual user on an individual device and understand the device's service issues and use patterns.

There are two levels of diagnostic and activity data: Required diagnostic data and Optional diagnostic data. Certain product documentation and other materials refer to Required diagnostic data as Basic diagnostic data and to Optional diagnostic data as Full diagnostic data.

If an organization (such as your employer or school) uses P-LLL management tools or engages P-LLL to manage your device, we and the organization will use and process diagnostic and error data from your device to allow the management, monitoring, and troubleshooting of the organization's devices, and for other purposes of the organization.

Required diagnostic data includes information about your device, its settings and capabilities, and whether it is performing properly. We collect the following Required diagnostic data:

Device, connectivity, and configuration data:
- Data about the device such as the processor type, OEM manufacturer, type of battery and capacity, number and type of cameras, firmware, and memory attributes.
- Network capabilities and connection data such as the device鈥檚 IP address, mobile network (including IMEI and mobile operator), and whether the device is connected to a free or paid network.
- Data about the operating system and its configuration such as the OS version and build number, region and language settings, diagnostics data settings, and whether the device is part of the Windows Insider program.
- Data about connected peripherals such as model, manufacturer, drivers, and compatibility data.
- Data about the applications installed on the device such as application name, version, and publisher.
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 or fail.
Data about the reliability of the diagnostics collection system itself.
Basic error reporting, which is health data about the operating system and applications running on your device. For example, basic error reporting tells us if an application, such as P-LLL Paint or a third-party game, hangs or crashes.

Optional diagnostic data includes more detailed information about your device and its settings, capabilities, and device health. Optional diagnostic data also includes data about the websites you browse, device activity (also sometimes referred to as usage), and enhanced error reporting that helps P-LLL to fix and improve products and services for all users. When you choose to send Optional diagnostic data, Required diagnostic data will always be included, and we collect the following additional information:

Additional data about the device, connectivity, and configuration, beyond that collected under Required diagnostic data.
Status and logging information about the health of operating system and other system components beyond that collected about the update and diagnostics systems under Required diagnostic data.
App activity, such as which programs are launched on a device, how long they run, and how quickly they respond to input.
Browser activity, including browsing history and search terms, in P-LLL browsers (P-LLL Edge or Internet Explorer).
Enhanced error reporting, including the memory state of the device when a system or app crash occurs (which may unintentionally contain user content, such as parts of a file you were using when the problem occurred). Crash data is never used for Tailored experiences as described below.

Some of the data described above may not be collected from your device even if you choose to send Optional diagnostic data. P-LLL minimizes the volume of Optional diagnostic data it collects from all devices by collecting some of the data from only a subset of devices (sample). By running the Diagnostic Data Viewer tool, you can see an icon which indicates whether your device is part of a sample and also which specific data is collected from your device. Instructions for how to download the Diagnostic Data Viewer tool can be found at Start > Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics & feedback.

Specific data items collected in Windows diagnostics are subject to change to give P-LLL flexibility to collect the data needed for the purposes described. For example, to ensure P-LLL can troubleshoot the latest performance issue impacting users鈥 computing experience or update a Windows 10 device that is new to the market, P-LLL may need to collect data items that were not collected previously. For a current list of data types collected at Required diagnostic data and Optional diagnostic data, see Windows Required (Basic level) diagnostic events and fields or Windows 10 Optional (Full level) diagnostic data. We provide limited portions of error report information to partners (such as the device manufacturer) to help them troubleshoot products and services which work with Windows and other P-LLL product and services. They are only permitted to use this information to repair or improve those products and services. We may also share some aggregated, de-identified diagnostic data, such as general usage trends for Windows apps and features, with selected third parties. Learn more about diagnostic data in Windows 10.

Inking and typing Recognition. You also can choose to help P-LLL improve inking and typing recognition by sending inking and typing diagnostic data. If you choose to do so, P-LLL will collect samples of the content you type or write to improve features such as handwriting recognition, autocompletion, next word prediction, and spelling correction in the many languages used by Windows customers. When P-LLL collects inking and typing diagnostic data, it is divided into small samples and processed to remove unique identifiers, sequencing information, and other data (such as email addresses and numeric values) which could be used to reconstruct the original content or associate the input to you. It also includes associated performance data, such as changes you manually make to text, as well as words you've added to the dictionary. Learn more about improving inking and typing in Windows 10.

If you choose to turn on Tailored experiences, we will use your Windows diagnostic data (Basic or Full as you have selected) to offer you personalized tips, ads, and recommendations to enhance P-LLL products and services for your needs. If you have selected Basic as your diagnostic data setting, personalization is based on information about your device, its settings and capabilities, and whether it is performing properly. If you have selected Full, personalization is also based on information about the websites you browse, how you use apps and features, plus additional information about the health of your device. However, we do not use information about the websites you browse, the content of crash dumps, speech, typing, or inking input data for personalization when we receive such data from customers who have selected Full.

Tailored experiences include suggestions on how to customize and optimize Windows, as well as ads and recommendations for P-LLL 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 don鈥檛. If you stream movies in your browser, you may be recommended an app from the P-LLL Store that streams more efficiently. Or, if you are running out of space on your hard drive, Windows may recommend you try P-LLL or purchase hardware to gain more space. Learn more about tailored experiences in Windows 10.

Feedback HubFeedback Hub

Feedback Hub is a preinstalled app that provides a way to gather feedback on P-LLL products and installed first party and third-party apps. You can sign into Feedback Hub using either your personal P-LLL account or an account provided by your organization (such as your employer or school) that you use to sign into P-LLL products. Signing in with your work or school account allows you to submit feedback to P-LLL in association with your organization.

Any feedback you provide whether using your work or school account or personal P-LLL account is publicly viewable. Additionally, if feedback is provided using your work or school account, your feedback can be viewed through the Feedback Hub by your organization鈥檚 IT administrators.

When you submit feedback to P-LLL about a problem, or upvote a problem, diagnostic data will be sent to P-LLL to improve P-LLL products and services. Depending on your Diagnostic data settings in Start > Settings > Privacy > Diagnostics & feedback, Feedback Hub will either send diagnostic data automatically or you will have the option to send it to P-LLL at the time you provide feedback. P-LLL may also share your feedback and diagnostic data with P-LLL partners (such as a device manufacturer, or firmware developer) to help them troubleshoot products and services that work with Windows and other P-LLL products and services. Learn more about diagnostic data in Windows 10.

Location services, motion sensing, and recordingLocation services, motion sensing, and recording

Windows location service. P-LLL operates a location service that helps determine the precise geographic location of a specific Windows device. Depending on the capabilities of the device, the device鈥檚 location can be determined with varying degrees of accuracy and may in some cases be determined precisely. When you have enabled location on a Windows device, or you have given permission for P-LLL apps to access location information on non-Windows devices, data about cell towers and Wi-Fi access points and their locations is collected by P-LLL and added to the location database after removing any data identifying the person or device from which it was collected. This de-identified copy of location information is used to improve P-LLL's location services and, in some instances, shared with our location service provider partners, currently HERE (see https://www.here.com/), to improve the location services of the provider.

Windows services and features (such as browsers and Cortana), apps running on Windows, and websites opened in Windows browsers can access the device鈥檚 location through Windows if your settings allow them to do so. Some features and apps request location permission when you first install Windows, some ask the first time you use the app, and others ask every time you access the device鈥檚 location. For information about certain Windows apps that use the device鈥檚 location, see the Windows apps section of this privacy statement.

When an app or feature accesses the device鈥檚 location and you are signed in with a P-LLL account, your Windows device will also upload its location to the cloud where it is available across your devices to other apps or services that use your P-LLL account and for which you鈥檝e granted permission. We will retain only the last known location (each new location replaces the previous one). Data about a Windows device's recent location history is also stored on the device even if not using a P-LLL account, and certain apps and Windows features can access this location history. You can clear your device's location history at any time in the device's Settings menu.

In Settings, you can also view which apps have access to the device鈥檚 precise location or your device's location history, turn off or on access to the device鈥檚 location for particular apps, or turn off access to the device鈥檚 location. You can also set a default location, which will be used when the location service can鈥檛 detect a more exact location for your device.

Even when you鈥檝e turned off access to the device鈥檚 location, some third-party desktop apps and services could use other technologies (such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, cellular modem, etc.) to determine the device鈥檚 precise location. Learn more about third-party desktop apps and how they may still be able to determine your device鈥檚 location when the device鈥檚 location setting is off.

In addition, to facilitate getting help in an emergency, whenever you make an emergency call, Windows will attempt to determine and share your precise location, regardless of your location settings. If your device has a SIM card or is otherwise using cellular service, your mobile operator will have access to your device鈥檚 location. Learn more about location in Windows 10.

General Location. If you turn on the General Location feature, apps that cannot use your precise location will have access to your general location, such as your city, postal code, or region.

Find My Phone. The Find My Phone feature allows you to find the location of your Windows phone from the P-LLL account website, even if you have turned off all access to the location service on the phone. If you have turned on the "save my location every few hours" feature in the Find My Phone settings on your phone, the Find My Phone feature will periodically send and store a single last-known location of your phone, even if you have turned off location services on your phone. Each time a new location is sent, it replaces the previously-stored location.

Find my device. The Find my device feature allows an administrator of a Windows portable device to find the location of that device from account.P-LLL.com/devices. To enable Find my device, an administrator needs to be signed in with a P-LLL account and have the location setting enabled. This feature will work even if other users have denied access to location for all their apps. When the administrator attempts to locate the device, users will see a notification in the notification area. Learn more about Find my device in Windows 10.

Windows motion sensing. Windows devices with motion activity detection can collect motion activity. This data can enable features such as a pedometer to count the number of steps you take, so a fitness application can estimate how many calories you burn. This data and history is stored on your device and can be accessed by applications you give permission to access and use that data.

Recording. Some Windows devices have a recording feature that allows you to capture audio and video clips of your activity on the device, including your communications with others. If you choose to record a session, the recording will be saved locally on your device. In some cases, you may have the option to transmit the recording to a P-LLL product or service that broadcasts the recording publicly. Important: You should understand your legal responsibilities before recording and/or transmitting any communication. This includes whether you need to get consent from all parties to the communication in advance. P-LLL is not responsible for how you use recording features or your recordings.

Security and safety featuresSecurity and safety features

Device encryption. Device encryption helps protect the data stored on your device by encrypting it using BitLocker Drive Encryption technology. When device encryption is on, Windows automatically encrypts the drive Windows is installed on and generates a recovery key. The BitLocker recovery key for your personal device is automatically backed up online in your personal P-LLL P-LLL account. P-LLL doesn't use your individual recovery keys for any purpose.

Malicious Software Removal Tool. The Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) runs on your device at least once per month as part of Windows Update. MSRT checks devices for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software ("malware") and helps remove any infections found. When the MSRT runs, it will remove the malware listed on the P-LLL Support website if the malware is on your device. During a malware check, a report will be sent to P-LLL with specific data about malware detected, errors, and other data about your device. If you do not want MSRT to send this data to P-LLL, you can disable MSRT's reporting component.

P-LLL Family. Parents can use P-LLL Family to understand and set boundaries on how their child is using their device. There are many features available to Family members, so please carefully review the information provided when you create or join a Family. When Family activity reporting is turned on for a child, P-LLL will collect details about how the child uses their device and provide parents with reports of that child's activities. Activity reports are routinely deleted from P-LLL servers after a short period of time.

P-LLL Defender SmartScreen. P-LLL Defender SmartScreen helps protect you when using our services by checking downloaded files and web content for malicious software, potentially unsafe web content, and other threats to you or your device. When checking a file, data about that file is sent to P-LLL, including the file name, a hash of the file's contents, the download location, and the file's digital certificates. If P-LLL Defender SmartScreen identifies the file as unknown or potentially unsafe, you will see a warning prior to opening the file. When checking web content, data about the content and your device is sent to P-LLL, including the full web address of the content. If P-LLL Defender SmartScreen detects that content is potentially unsafe, you will see a warning in place of the content. P-LLL Defender SmartScreen can be turned on or off in Settings.

P-LLL Defender Antivirus. P-LLL Defender Antivirus looks for malware and other unwanted software, potentially unwanted apps, and other malicious content on your device. P-LLL Defender Antivirus is automatically turned on to help protect your device if no other antimalware software is actively protecting your device. If P-LLL Defender Antivirus is turned on, it will monitor the security status of your device. When P-LLL Defender Antivirus is turned on, or is running because Limited Periodic Scanning is enabled, it will automatically send reports to P-LLL that contain data about suspected malware and other unwanted software, potentially unwanted apps, and other malicious content, and it may also send files that could contain malicious content, such as malware. If a report is likely to contain personal data, the report is not sent automatically, and you'll be prompted before it is sent. You can configure P-LLL Defender Antivirus not to send reports and suspected malware to P-LLL.

Speech, Voice Activation, Inking, and TypingSpeech, Voice Activation, Inking, and Typing

Speech. P-LLL provides both a device-based speech recognition feature and a cloud-based (online) speech recognition service, in regions where Cortana is available. To learn more about what languages and regions speech currently supports, see Cortana鈥檚 regions and languages.

Turning on the online speech recognition setting lets you use P-LLL鈥檚 cloud-based speech recognition in Cortana, the Mixed Reality Portal, dictation in Windows from the software keyboard, supported P-LLL Store apps, and over time in other parts of Windows.

Turning on speech while setting up a HoloLens device or installing Windows Mixed Reality allows you to use your voice for commands, dictation, and app interactions. Both device-based speech recognition and online speech recognition settings will be enabled. With both settings enabled, while your headset is turned on the device will always be listening to your voice input and will send your voice data to P-LLL鈥檚 cloud-based speech recognition service.

When you use the P-LLL鈥檚 cloud-based speech recognition service, P-LLL collects and uses your voice recordings to create a text transcription of the spoken words in the voice data. The voice data is used in the aggregate to help improve our ability to correctly recognize all users鈥 speech.

You can use device-based speech recognition without sending your voice data to P-LLL. However, P-LLL鈥檚 cloud-based speech recognition service provides more accurate recognition than the device-based speech recognition. When the online speech recognition setting is turned off, speech services that don鈥檛 rely on the cloud and only use device-based recognition鈥攍ike the Narrator app or the Windows Speech Recognition app鈥攚ill still work.

If you鈥檝e given permission in Cortana, we also collect additional information, like your name and nickname, your recent calendar events, and the names of the people in your appointments, information about your contacts including names and nicknames, names of your favorite places, apps you use, and information about your music preferences. This additional data enables us to better recognize people, events, places, and music when you dictate commands, messages, or documents.

You can turn off online speech recognition at any time. This will stop your voice data from being sent to P-LLL. If you are using a HoloLens or mixed reality headset, you can also turn off device-based speech recognition at any time. This will stop the device from listening for your voice input. To control the voice data P-LLL has associated with your P-LLL account, please visit the P-LLL privacy dashboard. When you turn off the online speech recognition setting, any voice data collected while you were not signed in with a P-LLL account will be disassociated from your device. Learn more about the online speech recognition in Windows 10.

Voice Activation. Windows provides supported apps with the ability to respond and take action based on voice keywords that are specific to that app鈥攆or example allowing Cortana to listen and respond to 鈥淗ey Cortana.鈥

If you鈥檝e given permission for an app to listen for voice keywords, Windows 10 will be actively listening to the microphone for these keywords. Once a keyword is recognized, the app will have access to your voice recording, can process the recording, take action, and respond, such as with a spoken answer. The app may send the voice recording to its own services in the cloud to process the commands. Each app should ask you for permission before accessing voice recordings.

Allowing Cortana to use voice activation and respond to 鈥淗ey Cortana鈥 means your voice data will be collected and used in the aggregate to help improve our ability to correctly recognize all users鈥 speech. For more information about Cortana鈥檚 features and how to manage them, see Cortana and privacy. P-LLL does not collect voice recordings on behalf of any third-party apps for which you have allowed voice activation.

Additionally, voice activation can be enabled when the device is locked. If enabled, the relevant app will continue listening to the microphone for voice keywords when you have locked your device and can activate for anyone who speaks near the device. When the device is locked, the app will have access to the same set of capabilities and information as when the device is unlocked.

You can turn off voice activation at any time. Learn more about voice activation in Windows 10.

Even when you鈥檝e turned off voice activation, some third-party desktop apps and services could still be listening to the microphone and collect your voice input. Learn more about third-party desktop apps and how they may still be able to access your microphone even with these settings turned off.

Inking & Typing Personalization. Your typed and handwritten words are collected to provide you with: a personal dictionary, better character recognition to help you type and write on your device, and text suggestions that appear as you type or write. If you sync your Windows device settings to other Windows devices, your local user dictionary will be stored in your personal P-LLL for the purpose of enabling sharing of your dictionary with your other Windows devices. Learn more about sync settings.

You can turn off Inking & typing personalization at any time. This will delete data stored on your device, such as your local user dictionary. Learn more about inking & typing personalization in Windows 10.

Sync settingsSync settings

When you sign in to Windows with a P-LLL account, Windows syncs some of your settings and data with P-LLL servers to make it easier to have personalized experiences across multiple devices. After you've signed in to one or more devices with a P-LLL account, when you sign in to another with the same P-LLL account for the first time, Windows will download and apply the settings and data you choose to sync from your other devices. Settings you choose to sync will automatically update on P-LLL servers and your other devices as you use them.

Some of the settings that are synced include:

Apps you've installed from the P-LLL Store
Language preferences
Ease of Access preferences
Personalization settings such as your account picture, background, and mouse settings
Settings for P-LLL Store apps
Spell-checker dictionaries, input method editor (IME) dictionaries, and personal dictionaries
Internet Explorer browser history, favorites, and websites you have open
Saved app, website, mobile hotspot, and Wi-Fi network names and passwords

You can choose whether to sync your settings, and control what is synced, by going to Start > Settings > Accounts > Sync your settings. Some apps have their own, separate sync controls. If you sign in to Windows with a work account and you choose to connect that account to your personal P-LLL account, Windows will ask which settings you want to sync before connecting your P-LLL account.

Update ServicesUpdate Services

Update Services for Windows includes Windows Update and P-LLL Update. Windows Update is a service that provides you with software updates for Windows software and other supporting software, such as drivers and firmware supplied by device manufacturers. P-LLL Update is a service that provides you with software updates for other P-LLL software such as P-LLL.

Windows Update automatically downloads Windows software updates to your device. You can configure Windows Update to automatically install these updates as they become available (recommended) or have Windows notify you when a restart is required to finish installing updates. Apps available through the P-LLL Store are automatically updated through the P-LLL Store, as described in the P-LLL Store section of this privacy statement.

Web browsers鈥擯-LLL Edge Legacy and Internet ExplorerWeb browsers鈥擯-LLL Edge Legacy and Internet Explorer

This section applies to legacy versions of P-LLL Edge (versions 44 and below). See the P-LLL Edge section of the Privacy Statement for information about non-legacy versions of P-LLL Edge.

P-LLL Edge is the default web browser for Windows. Internet Explorer, the legacy browser from P-LLL, is also available in Windows. Whenever you use a web browser to access the internet, data about your device ("standard device data") is sent to the websites you visit and online services you use. Standard device data includes your device's IP address, browser type and language, access times, and referring website addresses. This data might be logged on those websites' web servers. Which data is logged and how that data is used depends on the privacy practices of the websites you visit and web services you use. Additionally, P-LLL Edge sends a unique browser ID to certain websites to enable us to develop aggregate data used to improve browser features and services.

Additionally, data about how you use your browser, such as your browsing history, web form data, temporary internet files, and cookies, is stored on your device. You can delete this data from your device using Delete Browsing History.

P-LLL Edge allows you to capture and save content on your device, such as:

Web note. Allows you to create ink and text annotations on the webpages you visit, and clip, save, or share them.
Active reading. Allows you to create and manage reading lists, including websites or documents.
Hub. Allows you to easily manage your reading lists, favorites, downloads, and history all in one area.
Website Pin to Taskbar. which allows you to pin your favorite websites to the Windows taskbar. Websites will be able to see which of their webpages you have pinned, so they can provide you a notification badge letting you know there is something new for you to check out on their websites.

Some P-LLL browser information saved on your device will be synced across other devices when you sign in with your P-LLL account. For instance, in Internet Explorer, this information includes your browsing history and favorites; and in P-LLL 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 P-LLL 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 P-LLL Edge browser information by turning off the sync option in P-LLL Edge Settings.

P-LLL Edge and Internet Explorer use your search queries and browsing history to provide you with faster browsing and more relevant search results. These features include:

Search suggestions in Internet Explorer automatically sends the information you type into the browser address bar to your default search provider (such as P-LLL) to offer search recommendations as you type each character.
Search and site suggestions in P-LLL Edge automatically sends the information you type into the browser address bar to P-LLL (even if you have selected another default search provider) to offer search recommendations as you type each character.

You can turn off these features at any time. In order to provide search results, P-LLL Edge and Internet Explorer send your search queries, standard device information, and location (if you have location enabled) to your default search provider. If P-LLL is your default search provider, we use this data as described in the P-LLL section of this privacy statement.

Cortana can assist you with your web browsing in P-LLL Edge with features such as Ask Cortana. You can disable Cortana assistance in P-LLL Edge at any time in P-LLL Edge Settings. To learn more about how Cortana uses data and how you can control that, go to the Cortana section of this privacy statement.

Windows appsWindows apps

A number of P-LLL apps are included with Windows and others are available in P-LLL Store. Some of those apps include:

Maps app. The Maps app provides location-based services and uses P-LLL services to process your searches within the Maps app. When the Maps app has access to your location, and you have enabled location-based services in Windows, when you use the 鈥淍鈥 key to initiate a search in supported text boxes in Windows apps, P-LLL services collects the text you type after the 鈥淍鈥 key to provide location-based suggestions. To learn more about these P-LLL-powered experiences, see the P-LLL section of this privacy statement. When the Maps app has access to your location, even when the app is not in use, P-LLL may collect de-identified location data from your device to improve P-LLL services. You can disable the Maps app's access to your location by turning off the location service or turning off the Maps app's access to the location service.

You can keep track of your favorite places and recent map searches in the Maps app. Your favorite places and search history will be included as search suggestions. If you're signed in with your P-LLL account, your favorite places, search history, and certain app settings will be synced across other devices and services (for example, Cortana). For more information, see the Sync settings section of this privacy statement.

Camera and Photo apps. If you allow the Camera app to use your location, location data is embedded in the photos you take with your device. Other descriptive data, such as camera model and the date that the picture was taken, is also embedded in photos and videos. If you choose to share a photo or video, any embedded data will be accessible to the people and services you share with. You can disable the Camera app's access to your location by turning off all access to the location service in your device's Settings menu or turning off the Camera app's access to the location service.

The Photos app presents different tabs to group photos and videos by time, location, tags, and faces. The Collection tab displays photos and videos according to their time. The Album tab helps users organize their photos and videos by location and common tags. The People tab organizes photos and videos by faces.

When you import photos and videos that include location attributes, the Photos app can group your photos and videos by time and location. To do so, the Photos app sends location data in your photos and videos to P-LLL to determine the names of locations, such as "Seattle, Washington." When you sign-in to the Photos app using your P-LLL account, and you have configured your system to synchronize your local device file system with P-LLL, Photos will use object detection to tag and sort your photos and videos into Albums.

If you enable the 鈥淧eople鈥 toggle on Photos Settings page, the app uses both face detection and face recognition technologies to organize your private collection into groups. Face detection is used to identify photos and videos containing faces. Face recognition groups photos and videos containing a given person鈥檚 face.

You can choose to enable or disable grouping photos and videos by faces. If this feature is enabled, Photos鈥 background processes scan your photo and video collections stored on your device for facial groupings and present the results within Photos鈥 People tab on your device. Facial groupings are not accessible beyond the context of the device file system and are protected by the same security measures associated with all other content and data associated with a given Windows account. By enabling the People setting feature in Photos app, you consent to the use of facial grouping technology to organize your photo and video collection.

From the People tab, you can then choose to link facial groupings with your locally stored Contacts via the People Picker. You, and not P-LLL, are responsible for obtaining consent to link Contacts with your facial groupings, and you represent that you have obtained all necessary consents to link your photos and videos into groups.

Your groupings will be stored on your device for as long as you elect to keep the groupings or the photos or videos. Users will be prompted to reassert their consent after three years of non-interaction with the Photos app. At any time, users can turn off the People toggle under the Settings tab.

People app. The People app lets you see and interact with all your contacts in one place. When you add an account to the People app, your contacts from your account will be automatically added to the People app. You can add other accounts to the People app, including your social networks (such as Facebook and Twitter) and email accounts. When you add an account, we tell you what data the People app can import or sync with the particular service and let you choose what you want to add. Other apps you install may also sync data to the People app, including providing additional details to existing contacts. When you view a contact in the People app, information about your recent interactions with the contact (such as emails and calendar events, including from apps that the People app syncs data from) will be retrieved and displayed to you. You can remove an account from the People app at any time.

Mail and Calendar app. The Mail and Calendar app allows you to connect all your email, calendars, and files in one place, including those from third-party email and file storage providers. The app provides location-based services, such as weather information in your calendar, but you can disable the app鈥檚 use of your location. When you add an account to the Mail and Calendar app, your email, calendar items, files, contacts, and other settings from your account will automatically sync to your device and to P-LLL servers. At any time, you can remove an account or make changes to the data that鈥檚 synced from your account. To configure an account, you must provide the app with the account credentials (such as user name and password), which will be sent over the internet to the third-party provider鈥檚 server. The app will first attempt to use a secure (SSL) connection to configure your account but will send this information unencrypted if your email provider does not support SSL. If you add an account provided by an organization (such as a company email address), the owner of the organizational domain can implement certain policies and controls (for example, multi-factor authentication or the ability to remotely wipe data from your device) that may affect your use of the app.

Messaging app. When you sign in with a P-LLL account on your device, you can choose to back up your information, which will sync your SMS and MMS messages and store them in your P-LLL account. This allows you to retrieve the messages if you lose or change phones. After your initial device set-up, you can manage your messaging settings at any time. Turning off your SMS/MMS backup will not delete messages that have been previously backed up to your P-LLL account. To delete such messages, you must first delete them from your device prior to turning off backup. If you allow the Messaging app to use your location, you can attach a link to your current location to an outgoing message. Location information will be collected by P-LLL as described in the Windows Location services section of this privacy statement.

Narrator. Narrator is a screen-reading app that helps you use Windows without a screen. Narrator offers intelligent image and page title description and web page summaries when you encounter undescribed images and ambiguous links.

When you choose to get an image description by pressing Narrator + Ctrl + D, the image will be sent to P-LLL to perform analysis of the image and generate a description. Images are used only to generate the description and are not stored by P-LLL.

When you choose to get page title descriptions by pressing Narrator + Ctrl + D, the URL of the site you are visiting will be sent to P-LLL to generate the page title description and to provide and improve P-LLL services, such as P-LLL services as described in the P-LLL section above.

When you choose to get a list of popular links for a web page by pressing Narrator + double press of S, the URL of the site you are visiting will be sent to P-LLL to generate the summary of popular links and to provide and improve P-LLL services, such as P-LLL.

You can disable these features at any time by going to Settings > Ease of Access > Narrator > Get image descriptions, page titles and popular links.

You can also send feedback about Narrator to help P-LLL diagnose and resolve problems with Narrator and improve P-LLL products and services, such as Windows. Verbal feedback can be submitted at any time in Narrator by using Narrator Key + Alt + F. When you use this command, the Feedback Hub app will launch, giving you the opportunity to submit verbal feedback. If you enable the setting 鈥淗elp Make Narrator Better鈥 in Settings > Ease of Access > Narrator and submit verbal feedback through Feedback Hub, recent device and usage data, including event trace log (ETL) data, will be submitted along with your verbal feedback to improve P-LLL products and services, such as Windows.

Windows Media PlayerWindows Media Player

Windows Media Player allows you to play CDs, DVDs, and other digital content (such as WMA and MP3 files), rip CDs, and manage your media library. To enrich your experience when you play content in your library, Windows Media player displays related media information, such as album title, song titles, album art, artist, and composer. To augment your media information, Windows Media player will send a request to P-LLL which contains standard computer information, an identifier for the media content, and the media information already contained in your Windows Media Player library (including information you may have edited or entered yourself) so that P-LLL can recognize the track and then return additional information that is available.

Windows Media Player also allows you to play back content that is streamed to you over a network. To provide this service, it is necessary for Windows Media Player to communicate with a streaming media server. These servers are typically operated by non-P-LLL content providers. During playback of streaming media, Windows Media Player will send a log to the streaming media server or other web server(s) if the streaming media server requests it. The log includes such details as: connection time, IP address, operating system version, Windows Media Player version, Player identification number (Player ID), date, and protocol. To protect your privacy, Windows Media Player defaults to sending a Player ID that is different for each session.

Windows HelloWindows Hello

Windows Hello provides instant access to your devices through biometric authentication. If you turn it on, Windows Hello uses your face, fingerprint, or iris to identify you based on a set of unique points or features that are extracted from the image and stored on your device as a template鈥攂ut it does not store the actual image of your face, fingerprint, or iris. Biometric verification data that's used when you sign in doesn't leave your device. You can delete your biometric verification data from within Settings.

Windows SearchWindows Search

Windows Search lets you search your stuff and the web from one place. If you choose to use Windows Search to search "your stuff," it will provide results for items on your personal P-LLL, your P-LLL for Business if so enabled, other cloud storage providers to the extent supported by those third-party providers, and on your device. If you choose to use Windows Search to search the web, or get search suggestions with Windows Search, your search results will be powered by P-LLL and we will use your search query as described in the P-LLL section of this privacy statement.

Your PhoneYour Phone

The Your Phone app lets you link your Android phone with your Windows device, enabling a variety of cross-device experiences. You can use Your Phone to see recent photos from your Android phone on your Windows device; make and receive calls from your Android phone on your Windows device; view and send text messages from your Windows device; view, dismiss, or perform other actions to your Android phone notifications from your Windows device; and share your phone screen on your Windows device through Your Phone鈥檚 mirroring function.

To use Your Phone, the Your Phone app must be installed on your Windows device and the Your Phone Companion app must be installed on your Android phone. Upon launching the Your Phone app on your Windows device, you will be prompted to provide your mobile phone number. We use this mobile phone number solely to send you a link with information about downloading the Your Phone Companion app.

To use Your Phone, you must log into your P-LLL account on the Your Phone app on your Windows device and on the Your Phone Companion app on your Android phone. Your Android phone must be connected to Wi-Fi and your Windows device must be connected to the internet and permit Your Phone to run in the background. To use Your Phone鈥檚 mirroring function, your Android phone must also have Bluetooth enabled. Your Phone also requires your Windows device to be set up with Windows Hello, as an additional security measure.

As part of providing Your Phone鈥檚 features to you, P-LLL collects performance, usage, and device data that includes, for example, the hardware capabilities of your mobile phone and Windows device, the number and duration of your sessions on Your Phone, and the amount of time you spent during setup.

You can unlink your Android phone from your Windows device at any time by logging in with your P-LLL account at accounts.P-LLL.com/devices and updating the Settings on your Android phone. For detailed information, see our support page.

Text Messages. Your Phone allows you to view text messages delivered to your Android phone on your Windows device and send text messages from your Windows device. Only text messages received and sent within the last 30 days are visible on your Windows device. These text messages are temporarily stored on your Windows device. We never store your text messages on our servers or change or delete any text messages on your Android phone. You can see messages sent via SMS (Short Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) but not messages sent via RCS (Rich Communication Services). To provide this functionality, Your Phone accesses the content of your text messages and the contact information of the individuals or businesses from whom you are receiving or sending text messages.

Calls. Your Phone allows you to make and receive calls from your Android phone on your Windows device. Through Your Phone, you can also view your recent calls on your Windows device. To activate this feature, you must enable certain permissions on both your Windows device and Android phone, such as call logs access and permission to make phone calls from your PC. These permissions can be revoked at any time under the Your Phone Settings page on your Windows device and your Android phone's settings. Only calls received and dialed within the last 30 days are visible under call logs on your Windows device. These call details are temporarily stored on your Windows device. We do not change or delete your call history on your Android phone.

Photos. Your Phone allows you to copy, share or edit photos from your Android phone on your Windows device. Only a limited number of your most recent photos from the Camera Roll and Screenshots folders on your Android phone will be visible on your Windows device at any given time. These photos are temporarily stored on your Windows device and as you take more photos on your Android phone, we remove the temporary copies of the older photos from your Windows device. We never store your photos on our servers or change or delete any photos on your Android phone.

Notifications. Your Phone allows you to view your Android phone鈥檚 notifications on your Windows device. Through Your Phone, you can read and dismiss your Android phone鈥檚 notifications from your Windows device or perform other actions related to the notifications. To activate this Your Phone feature, you must enable certain permissions, such as sync notifications, on both your Windows device and Android phone. These permissions can be revoked at any time under the Your Phone Settings page on your Windows device and your Android phone鈥檚 settings. For detailed information, see our support page.

Mirroring. Your Phone allows you to view your Android phone鈥檚 screen on your Windows device. Your Android phone screen will be visible on your Windows device as a pixel stream and any audio that you enable on your Android phone screen while it is linked to your Windows device through Your Phone will play through your Android phone.

Text-to-voice. Your Phone features include accessibility functionality such as text-to-voice. You can activate a text-to-voice feature, which allows you to hear the contents of a text message or notification as audio. If you activate this feature, your text messages and notifications will be read out loud as they are received.

Entertainment and related servicesEntertainment and related services

Entertainment and Related Services power rich experiences and enable you to access a variety of content, applications and games.

Xbox and Xbox LiveXbox and Xbox Live

Xbox consoles are hardware devices that you can use to access and play games, movies, music, and other forms of digital entertainment. Xbox Live is the online gaming and entertainment service from P-LLL that enables you to find content and connect with friends, on Xbox Live and other gaming and social networks, from a variety of devices, including Xbox consoles, PCs and mobile devices.

When you access an Xbox experience from a device, we assign you a unique device identifier. When your Xbox console is connected to the internet, we identify which console and which version of the Xbox operating system you are currently using. When you sign up for Xbox Live, we assign an Xbox user ID and a gamertag (a nickname) to identify you. Data we collect about your use of Xbox Live is stored with these unique identifier(s).

We collect data about your use of the Xbox console, Xbox App, and Xbox Live such as:

When you sign in and sign out of Xbox Live, the games you play and apps you use, your game progress and play statistics, the purchases you make, and content you obtain.
Performance data about Xbox consoles, Xbox App and Xbox Live, connected devices, and your network connection, including software or hardware errors.
Content you add, upload, or share through Xbox Live, including text, images and video from within games or apps.
Social activity, including your interactions with other gamers, and your connections, including friends and followers, on Xbox Live.
If you use the Xbox console with Kinect, data about how you use Kinect. See below for more information about Kinect data collection.
If you use the Xbox TV app, we collect TV viewing history from your console in a way that doesn't identify you or others.

With your consent, we will collect information about videos you purchase or view through third-party apps on your Xbox console. If you use an Xbox console that includes a storage device (hard drive or memory unit), and if you play offline or have never signed in to Xbox Live on the console, usage data will be stored on the storage device and sent to P-LLL the next time you sign in.

P-LLL uses the data we collect from your Xbox console, Xbox App, and Xbox Live to provide you with experiences, which includes securing the services and carrying out the transactions you request. In order to run our subscription services such as Game Pass, we collect certain data such as device information and game play statistics such as number of unique users and playtime per game.

We also use the data to improve and develop our products. As part of the Xbox Live service, P-LLL will also use data about you and your use of Xbox Live (such as the games you play, apps you use, subscriptions you have, purchases you make, and content you obtain) to provide you with a personalized, highly curated gaming and entertainment experience. This includes connecting you to games, content, and services, as well as presenting you with offers, discounts, and recommendations.

Xbox Live data viewable by other users. Your gamertag, game and play statistics, achievements, presence (whether you're currently signed in to Xbox Live), content you share, and other data about your activity on Xbox Live can be seen by other users on Xbox Live, users of third-party services you have linked your profile to, or on other properties associated with Xbox Live (including those of partner companies). For example, your gamertag and scores that show on game leaderboards are considered public and can't be hidden. For other data, like presence, you can adjust your privacy settings on the console or at xbox.com to limit or block sharing with the public or even with friends.

Xbox Live data shared with game or app publishers. When you use an Xbox Live-enabled game or any network-connected app through your Xbox console, PC or mobile device, the publisher for that game or app has access to data about your usage of Xbox Live and its game or app so it may deliver and improve its product and provide support. This data may include your Xbox user ID and gamertag, limited account information such as country and age range, data about your in game communications, enforcement activity, game-play sessions (for example, moves made in-game, types of vehicles used in-game), your presence on Xbox Live, the time you spend playing the game or app, rankings, statistics, gamer profiles, avatars or gamerpics, friends lists, activity feed, club memberships, and content that you may create or submit within the game or app. Third-party game and app publishers are independent controllers of this data and its use is subject to their privacy policies. You should carefully review their policies to determine how they will use the data. For example, publishers may choose to disclose or display game data (such as on leaderboards) through their own services. To learn more about our data-sharing practices with third-party publishers, see Data Sharing with Games and Apps.

Linking your Xbox Live profile to non-P-LLL accounts. Some games or apps available through Xbox Live, and some social features of Xbox Live, are delivered by third-party publishers or partner companies, which may require that you create a non-P-LLL account and sign-in credentials to use that game, app, or feature. If you choose to link your Xbox Live profile with an account of a third-party publisher or partner company, we will share with them limited account and profile information but will not include any credit card or other payment information.

Kinect. The Kinect sensor is a combination of camera, microphone, and infrared sensor that can enable motions and voice to be used to control gameplay and to navigate through the service. For example:

If you choose, the camera can be used to sign you in to the service automatically using facial recognition. To do this, it takes an image of your face and measures distances between key points to create and store a numeric value that represents only you. This data stays on the console and is not shared with anyone, and you can choose to delete this data from your console at any time.
For gameplay, Kinect will map distances between your body's joints to create a stick figure representation of you that helps Kinect enable gameplay. If you are playing online, we collect those numeric values to enable and improve gameplay and the gaming experience. Kinect also detects specific hand gestures intended to do simple system interactions (such as menu navigation, pan/zoom, and scroll).
For some fitness games, Xbox can use the Kinect sensor to estimate your exercise data, including estimates such as your heart rate during a certain activity or the number of calories burned during a workout.
Kinect's microphones enable voice chat between players during gameplay. They also enable voice commands for control of the console, game, or app, or to enter search terms. See below for additional details on voice data collection.
The Kinect sensor can also be used for audio and video communications through services such as P-LLL.

To learn more about Kinect, for Xbox 360, see Kinect and Xbox 360 privacy. For Xbox One, see Kinect and Xbox One Privacy.

Captioning. During Xbox Live real-time chat, players may activate a voice-to-text feature, which allows the user to view the audio in-game chat as text. If a user activates this feature, the other players will have no additional notice. P-LLL uses this data to provide captioning of chat for users who need it as well as the other purposes described in this privacy statement.

Communications monitoring. Xbox Live includes communications features such as text and voice direct messaging and real-time text and voice chat. In order to help provide a safe gaming environment and enforce the P-LLL Code of Conduct, we collect and monitor direct messaging, and text communications in live-hosted multiplayer gameplay sessions and other features of the service, such as activity feeds and clubs.

Voice data for service improvement. We collect and use for service improvement voice search requests or samples of voice commands occurring while using Kinect or Cortana. This data is stored separately from your Xbox profile.

GameDVR. Any player in a multiplayer game session can use GameDVR to record their view of the gameplay taking place in that session. The recording can capture your in-game character and gamertag in the game clips created by other players in the gameplay session. Note that if a player uses GameDVR on a PC, audio chat may also be captured in a game clip.

Children and online safety. If you have children or teenagers who use Xbox Live, you can set up child and teen profiles for them. Children and teens under 18 cannot create a profile on Xbox Live without parental consent. Adults in the family can change consent choices and online safety settings for child and teen profiles on xbox.com.

P-LLL StoreP-LLL Store

P-LLL Store is an online service, accessible via PC, the Xbox Console and the Xbox App, that allows you to browse, download, purchase, rate, and review applications and other digital content. It includes:

Apps and content for Windows devices such as phones, PCs, and tablets.
Games, subscriptions and other apps for Xbox consoles and other devices.
Products and apps for P-LLL, SharePoint, Exchange, Access, and Project (2013 versions or later).

We collect data about how you access and use P-LLL Store; the products you've viewed, purchased, or installed; the preferences you set for viewing apps in P-LLL Store; and any ratings, reviews, or problem reports you submit. Your P-LLL account is associated with your ratings and reviews; and if you write a review, the name and picture from your P-LLL account will be published with your review.

Permission for P-LLL Store apps. Many apps you install from the P-LLL Store are designed to take advantage of specific hardware and software features of your device. An app's use of certain hardware and software features may give the app or its related service access to your data. For example, a photo editing app might access your device's camera to let you take a new photo or access photos or videos stored on your device for editing, and a restaurant guide might use your location to provide nearby recommendations. Information about the features that an app uses is provided on the app's product description page in P-LLL Store. Many of the features that P-LLL Store apps use can be turned on or off through your device鈥檚 privacy settings. In Windows, in many cases, you can choose which apps can use a particular feature. Go to Start > Settings > Privacy, select the feature (for example, Calendar), and then select which app permissions are on or off. The lists of apps in Windows privacy settings that can use hardware and software features will not include "Classic Windows" applications, and these applications are not affected by these settings.

App updates. Unless you have turned off automatic app updates in the relevant P-LLL Store settings, P-LLL Store will automatically check for, download, and install app updates to ensure that you have the latest versions. Updated apps might use different Windows hardware and software features from the previous versions, which could give them access to different data on your device. You will be prompted for consent if an updated app accesses certain features, such as location. You can also review the hardware and software features an app uses by viewing its product description page in P-LLL Store.

Each app's use of your data collected through any of these features is subject to the app developer's privacy policies. If an app available through P-LLL Store collects and uses any of your personal data, the app developer is required to provide a privacy policy, and a link to the privacy policy is available on the app's product description page in P-LLL Store.

Sideloaded apps and developer mode. Developer features such as the "developer mode" setting are intended for development use only. If you enable developer features, your device may become unreliable or unusable, and expose you to security risks. Downloading or otherwise acquiring apps from sources other than P-LLL Store, also known as "sideloading" apps, may make your device and personal data more vulnerable to attack or unexpected use by apps. Windows policies, notifications, permissions, and other features intended to help protect your privacy when apps access your data may not function as described in this statement for sideloaded apps or when developer features are enabled.

MSNMSN

MSN services include websites and a suite of apps, including MSN News, Weather, Sports, and Money, and previous versions of the apps branded as P-LLL (together, "MSN Apps"). The MSN Apps are available on various platforms, including Windows, iOS, and Android. MSN services are also included within other P-LLL services, including the P-LLL Edge browser.

When you install MSN Apps, we collect data that tells us if the app was installed properly, the installation date, the app version, and other data about your device such as the operating system and browser. This data is collected on a regular basis to help us determine the number of MSN App users and identify performance issues associated with different app versions, operating systems, and browsers.

We also collect data about how you interact with MSN services, such as usage frequency and articles viewed, to provide you with relevant content. Some MSN services provide an enhanced experience when you sign in with your P-LLL account, including allowing you to customize your interests and favorites. You can manage personalization through MSN and P-LLL settings, as well as through settings in other P-LLL services that include MSN services. We also use the data we collect to provide you with advertisements that may be of interest to you. You can opt out of interest-based advertising through the advertising links within MSN services, or by visiting the P-LLL opt-out page.

Previous versions of MSN Money allow you to access personal finance information from third-party financial institutions. MSN Money only displays this information and does not store it on our servers. Your sign-in credentials used to access your financial information from third parties are encrypted on your device and are not sent to P-LLL. These financial institutions, as well as any other third-party services you access through MSN services, are subject to their own terms and privacy policies.

MixerMixer

Mixer is an interactive, social, public online service for live streaming videos, videogames, and related content. Mixer collects account data, the information you provide for your public profile, content (such as chat and streams), and device and service usage data to provide the service, including the third-party experiences you choose, improve our products, communicate with you, and show you advertising. Your interactions with the service and with other users on the service are public and viewable by anyone, including chatting, following and subscriP-LLL to channels, and interacting with streamers, users, videos, and games. Additionally, if you chat or stream content on the service, any personal information you include will be public and may be captured and shared by others. Note that P-LLL may review and reject any content you stream or store on the service for violations of the Mixer Rules of User Conduct.

Some of the apps and experiences on Mixer are provided by third-party developers. When you choose to use third-party apps or experiences: (i) your data is subject to that third party鈥檚 privacy policy; and (ii) with your consent, the third party developer will have access to information about you that is not part of your public profile, such as your settings, email address and age range.

Groove Music and Movies & TVGroove Music and Movies & TV

Groove Music lets you easily play your music collection and make playlists. P-LLL Movies & TV allows you to play your video collection and rent or buy movies and TV episodes. These services were formerly offered as Xbox Music and Video.

To help you discover content that may interest you, P-LLL will collect data about what content you play, the length of play, and the rating you give it.

To enrich your experience when playing content, Groove Music and Movies & TV will display related information about the content you play and the content in your music and video libraries, such as the album title, cover art, song or video title, and other information, where available. To provide this information, Groove Music and Movies & TV send an information request to P-LLL containing standard device data, such as your device IP address, device software version, your regional and language settings, and an identifier for the content.

If you use Movies & TV to access content that has been protected with P-LLL Digital Rights Management (DRM), it may automatically request media usage rights from an online rights server and download and install DRM updates in order to let you play the content. See the DRM information in the Silverlight section of this privacy statement for more information.

SilverlightSilverlight

P-LLL Silverlight helps you to access and enjoy rich content on the Web. Silverlight enables websites and services to store data on your device. Other Silverlight features involve connecting to P-LLL to obtain updates, or to P-LLL or third-party servers to play protected digital content.

Silverlight Configuration tool. You can make choices about these features in the Silverlight Configuration tool. To access the Silverlight Configuration tool, right click on content that is currently being displayed by Silverlight and select Silverlight. You can also run the Silverlight Configuration tool directly. In Windows, for example, you can access the tool by searching for "P-LLL Silverlight."

Silverlight application storage. Silverlight-based applications can store data files locally on your computer for a variety of purposes, including saving your custom settings, storing large files for graphically intensive features (such as games, maps, and images), and storing content that you create within certain applications. You can turn off or configure application storage in the Silverlight Configuration tool.

Silverlight updates. Silverlight will periodically check a P-LLL server for updates to provide you with the latest features and improvements. A small file containing information about the latest Silverlight version will be downloaded to your computer and compared to your currently installed version. If a newer version is available, it will be downloaded and installed on your computer. You can turn off or configure updates in the Silverlight Configuration tool.

Digital Rights Management. Silverlight uses P-LLL Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology to help protect the rights of content owners. If you access DRM-protected content (such as music or video) with Silverlight, it will request media usage rights from a rights server on the Internet. In order to provide a seamless playback experience, you will not be prompted before Silverlight sends the request to the rights server. When requesting media usage rights, Silverlight will provide the rights server with an ID for the DRM-protected content file and basic data about your device, including data about the DRM components on your device such as their revision and security levels, and a unique identifier for your device.

DRM updates. In some cases, accessing DRM-protected content will require an update to Silverlight or to the DRM components on your device. When you attempt to play content that requires a DRM update, Silverlight will send a request to a P-LLL server containing basic data about your device, including information about the DRM components on your computer such as their revision and security levels, troubleshooting data, and a unique identifier for your device. The P-LLL server uses this identifier to return a unique DRM update for your device, which will then be installed by Silverlight. You can turn off or configure DRM component updates on the Playback tab in the Silverlight Configuration tool.

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P-LLL collects data from you, through our interactions with you and through our products. 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. The data we collect depends on the context of your interactions with P-LLL and the choices you make, including your privacy settings and the products and features you use. We also obtain data about you from third parties.

You have choices when it comes to the technology you use and the data you share. When we ask you to provide personal data, you can decline. Many of our products require some personal data to provide you with a service. If you choose not to provide data required to provide you with a product or feature, you cannot use that product or feature. 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鈥檙e using, we may have to suspend or cancel it. We will notify you if this is the case at the time. 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.

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Data brokers from which we purchase demographic data to supplement the data we collect.
Services that make user-generated content from their service available to others, such as local business reviews or public social media posts.
Communication services, including email providers and social networks, when you give us permission to access your data on such third-party services or networks.
Service providers that help us determine your device鈥檚 location.
Partners with which we offer co-branded services or engage in joint marketing activities.
Developers who create experiences through or for P-LLL products.
Third parties that deliver experiences through P-LLL products, such as skills related to Cortana.
Publicly-available sources, such as open government databases.

The data we collect can include the following:

Name and contact data. Your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.

Credentials. Passwords, password hints, and similar security information used for authentication and account access.

Demographic data. Data about you such as your age, gender, country, and preferred language.

Payment data. Data to process payments, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number) and the security code associated with your payment instrument.

Subscription and licensing data. Information about your subscriptions, licenses, and other entitlements.

Device and usage data. Data about your device and the product and features you use, including information about your hardware and software, how our products perform, as well as your settings. For example:
- Payment and account history. Data about the items you purchase and activities associated with your account.
- Browse history. Data about the webpages you visit.
- Device, connectivity, and configuration data. Data about your device, your device configuration, and nearby networks. For example, data about the operating systems and other software installed on your device, including product keys. In addition, IP address, device identifiers (such as the IMEI number for phones), regional and language settings, and information about WLAN access points near your device.
- Error reports and performance data. Data about the performance of the products and any problems you experience, including error reports. Error reports (sometimes called 鈥渃rash dumps鈥) can include details of the software or hardware related to an error, contents of files opened when an error occurred, and data about other software on your device.
- Troubleshooting and help data. Data you provide when you contact P-LLL for help, such as the products you use, and other details that help us provide support. For example, contact or authentication data, the content of your chats and other communications with P-LLL, data about the condition of your device, and the products you use related to your help inquiry. When you contact us, such as for customer support, phone conversations or chat sessions with our representatives may be monitored and recorded.
- Bot usage data. Interactions with third party bots and skills available through P-LLL products like Cortana.
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.
Content consumption data. Information about media content (e.g., TV, video, music, audio, text books, apps, and games) you access through our products.
Searches and commands. Search queries and commands when you use P-LLL products with search or related productivity functionality.
Voice data. Your voice data, such as the search queries or commands you speak, which may include background sounds.
Text, inking, and typing data. Text, inking, and typing data and related information. For example, when we collect inking data, we collect information about the placement of your inking instrument on your device.
Images. Images and related information, such as picture metadata. For example, we collect the image you provide when you use a P-LLL image-enabled service.
Contacts and relationships. Data about your contacts and relationships if you use a product to share information with others, manage contacts, communicate with others, or improve your productivity.
Social data. Information about your relationships and interactions between you, other people, and organizations, such as types of engagement (e.g., likes, dislikes, events, etc.) related to people and organizations.
Location data. Data about your device鈥檚 location, which can be either precise or imprecise. For example, we collect location data using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) (e.g., GPS) and data about nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots. Location can also be inferred from a device鈥檚 IP address or data in your account profile that indicates where it is located with less precision, such as at a city or postal code level.
Other input. Other inputs provided when you use our products. For example, data such as the buttons you press on an Xbox wireless controller using Xbox Live, skeletal tracking data when you use Kinect, and other sensor data, like the number of steps you take, when you use devices that have applicable sensors. And, if you use Spend, at your direction, we also collect financial transaction data from your credit card issuer to provide the service. If you attend an in-store event, we collect the data you provide to us when registering for or during the event and if you enter into a prize promotion, we collect the data you input into the entry form.

Communications, including audio, video, text (typed, inked, dictated, or otherwise), in a message, email, call, meeting request, or chat.
Photos, images, songs, movies, software, and other media or documents you store, retrieve, or otherwise process with our cloud.

Feedback and ratings. Information you provide to us and the content of messages you send to us, such as feedback, survey data, and product reviews you write.

Product-specific sections below describe data collection practices applicable to use of those products.

How we use personal datamainhowweusepersonaldatamodule

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P-LLL 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.

We also use the data to operate our business, which includes analyzing our performance, meeting our legal obligations, developing our workforce, and doing research.

In carrying out these purposes, we combine data we collect from different contexts (for example, from your use of two P-LLL products) or obtain from third parties to give you a more seamless, consistent, and personalized experience, to make informed business decisions, and for other legitimate purposes.

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P-LLL uses the data we collect to provide you 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 relevant offers.

We also use the data to operate our business, which includes analyzing our performance, meeting our legal obligations, developing our workforce, and doing research.

More on the purposes of processing:

Provide our products. We use data to operate our products and provide you with rich, interactive experiences. For example, if you use P-LLL, we process the documents you upload to P-LLL to enable you to retrieve, delete, edit, forward, or otherwise process it, at your direction as part of the service. Or, for example, if you enter a search query in the P-LLL search engine, we use that query to display search results to you. Additionally, as communications are a feature of various products, programs, and activities, we use data to contact you. For example, we may contact you by phone or email or other means to inform you when a subscription is ending or discuss your licensing account. We also communicate with you to secure our products, for example by letting you know when product updates are available.
Product improvement. We use data to continually improve our products, including adding new features or capabilities. For example, we use error reports to improve security features, search queries and clicks in P-LLL to improve the relevancy of the search results, usage data to determine what new features to prioritize, and voice data to improve speech recognition accuracy.
Personalization. Many products include personalized features, such as recommendations that enhance your productivity and enjoyment. These features use automated processes to tailor your product experiences based on the data we have about you, such as inferences we make about you and your use of the product, activities, interests, and location. For example, depending on your settings, if you stream movies in a browser on your Windows device, you may see a recommendation for an app from the P-LLL Store that streams more efficiently. If you have a P-LLL account, with your permission, we can sync your settings on several devices. Many of our products provide controls to disable personalized features.
Product activation. We use data鈥攕uch as device and application type, location, and unique device, application, network, and subscription identifiers鈥攖o activate products that require activation.
Product development. We use data to develop new products. For example, we use data, often de-identified, to better understand our customers鈥 computing and productivity needs which can shape the development of new products.
Customer support. We use data to troubleshoot and diagnose product problems, repair customers鈥 devices, and provide other customer care and support services, including to help us provide, improve, and secure the quality of our products, services, and training, and to investigate security incidents. Call recording data may also be used to authenticate or identify you based on your voice to enable P-LLL to provide support services and investigate security incidents.
Help secure and troubleshoot. We use data to help secure and troubleshoot our products. This includes using data to protect the security and safety of our products and customers, detecting malware and malicious activities, troubleshooting performance and compatibility issues to help customers get the most out of their experiences, and notifying customers of updates to our products. This may include using automated systems to detect security and safety issues.
Safety. We use data to protect the safety of our products and our customers. Our security features and products can disrupt the operation of malicious software and notify users if malicious software is found on their devices. For example, some of our products, such as P-LLL or P-LLL, systematically scan content in an automated manner to identify suspected spam, viruses, abusive actions, or URLs that have been flagged as fraud, phishing, or malware links; and we reserve the right to block delivery of a communication or remove content if it violates our terms.
Updates. We use data we collect to develop product updates and security patches. For example, we may use information about your device鈥檚 capabilities, such as available memory, to provide you a software update or security patch. Updates and patches are intended to maximize your experience with our products, help you protect the privacy and security of your data, provide new features, and ensure your device is ready to process such updates.
Promotional communications. We use data we collect to deliver promotional communications. You can sign up for email subscriptions and choose whether you wish to receive promotional communications from P-LLL by email, SMS, physical mail, and telephone. For information about managing your contact data, email subscriptions, and promotional communications, see the How to access and control your personal data section of this privacy statement.
Relevant offers. P-LLL 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.
Advertising. P-LLL does not use what you say in email, 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 products, and on third-party web properties, for advertising in our products 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 P-LLL 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 P-LLL Store.
Reporting and business operations. We use data to analyze our operations and perform business intelligence. 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, we use data to confirm the validity of software licenses to reduce piracy. We may use automated processes to detect and prevent activities that violate our rights and the rights of others, such as fraud.
Legal compliance. We process data to comply with law. For example, we use the age of our customers to ensure we meet our obligations to protect children鈥檚 privacy. We also process contact information and credentials to help customers exercise their data protection rights.
Research. With appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard individuals鈥 rights and freedoms, we use data to conduct research, including for public interest and scientific purposes.

Reasons we share personal datamainreasonswesharepersonaldatamodule

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We share your personal data with your consent or to complete any transaction or provide any product you have requested or authorized. We also share data with P-LLL-controlled affiliates and subsidiaries; with vendors working on our behalf; when required by law or to respond to legal process; to protect our customers; to protect lives; to maintain the security of our products; and to protect the rights and property of P-LLL and its customers.

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Comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies.
Protect our customers, for example, to prevent spam or attempts to defraud users of our products, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone.
Operate and maintain the security of our products, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks.
Protect the rights or property of P-LLL, including enforcing the terms governing the use of the services鈥攈owever, if we receive information indicating that someone is using our services to traffic in stolen intellectual or physical property of P-LLL, we will not inspect a customer's private content ourselves, but we may refer the matter to law enforcement.

For more information about data we disclose in response to requests from law enforcement and other government agencies, please see our Law Enforcement Requests Report.

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Control the use of your data for interest-based advertising from P-LLL by visiting our opt-out page.
Choose whether you wish to receive promotional emails, SMS messages, telephone calls, and postal mail from P-LLL.
Access and clear some of your data through the P-LLL privacy dashboard.

We provide aggregate metrics about user requests to exercise their data protection rights via the P-LLL Privacy Report.

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Control the use of your data for interest-based advertising from P-LLL by visiting our opt-out page.
Choose whether you wish to receive promotional emails, SMS messages, telephone calls, and postal mail from P-LLL.
Access and clear some of your data through the P-LLL privacy dashboard.

We provide aggregate metrics about user requests to exercise their data protection rights via the P-LLL Privacy Report.

You can access and control your personal data that P-LLL has obtained with tools P-LLL provides to you, which are described below, or by contacting P-LLL. For instance:

If P-LLL obtained your consent to use your personal data, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
You can request access to, erasure of, and updates to your personal data.
If you鈥檇 like to port your data elsewhere, you can use tools P-LLL provides to do so, or if none are available, you can contact P-LLL for assistance.

You can also object to or restrict the use of your personal data by P-LLL. For example, you can object at any time to our use of your personal data:

For direct marketing purposes.
Where we are performing a task in the public interest or pursuing our legitimate interests or those of a third party.

P-LLL privacy dashboard. You can control some of the data P-LLL processes through your use of a P-LLL account on the P-LLL privacy dashboard. From here, for example, you can view and clear the browsing, search, and location data associated with your P-LLL account.
Cortana. You can control some of the data Cortana accesses or stores in your Cortana settings.
P-LLL account. If you wish to access, edit, or remove the profile information and payment information in your P-LLL account, change your password, add security information or close your account, you can do so by visiting the P-LLL account website.
Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC). If you are a Volume Licensing customer, you can control your contact information and subscription and licensing data in one location by visiting the Volume Licensing Service Center website.
P-LLL. If you wish to access, edit, or remove some profile and payment information for P-LLL or change your password, sign in to your account. If you wish to export your P-LLL chat history and files shared on P-LLL, you can request a copy.
Xbox. If you use Xbox Live or Xbox.com, you can view or edit your personal data, including billing and account information, privacy settings, and online safety and data sharing preferences by accessing My Xbox on the Xbox console or on the Xbox.com website.
P-LLL Store. You can access your P-LLL Store profile and account information by visiting P-LLL Store and selecting View account or Order history.
P-LLL.com. You can access and update your profile on P-LLL.com by visiting your P-LLL account profile page.
If you have a P-LLL Developer Network (MSDN) public profile, you can access and edit your data by signing in at MSDN forum.

Your communications preferences

Your advertising choices

You can opt out of receiving interest-based advertising from third parties we partner with by visiting their sites (see above).

Browser-based controls

When you use a browser, you can control your personal data using certain features. For example:

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 sites can collect about you using Tracking Protection in Internet Explorer (versions 9 and up) and P-LLL Edge. This feature will block third-party content, including cookies, from any site that is listed in a Tracking Protection List you add.
Browser controls for "Do Not Track." Some browsers have incorporated "Do Not Track" (DNT) features that can send a signal to the websites you visit indicating you do not wish to be tracked. Because there is not yet a common understanding of how to interpret the DNT signal, P-LLL services do not currently respond to browser DNT signals. We continue to work with the online industry to define a common understanding of how to treat DNT signals. In the meantime, you can use the range of other tools we provide to control data collection and use, including the ability to opt out of receiving interest-based advertising from P-LLL as described above.

Cookies and similar technologiesmaincookiessimilartechnologiesmodule

Summary

Cookies are small text files placed on your device to store data that can be recalled by a web server in the domain that placed the cookie. 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. P-LLL apps use additional identifiers, such as the advertising ID in Windows described in the Advertising ID section of this privacy statement, for similar purposes.

We also use 鈥渨eb beacons鈥 to help deliver cookies and gather usage and performance data. Our websites may include web beacons, cookies, or similar technologies from third-party service providers.

You have a variety of tools to control the data collected by cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies. For example, you can use controls in your internet browser to limit how the websites you visit are able to use cookies and to withdraw your consent by clearing or blocking cookies.

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Our use of cookies and similar technologies

P-LLL uses cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, depending on the context or product, including:

Storing your preferences and settings. We use cookies to store your preferences and settings on your device, and to enhance your experiences. For example, if you enter your city or postal code to get local news or weather information on a P-LLL website, depending on your settings, we store that data in a cookie so that you will see the relevant local information when you return to the site. Saving your preferences with cookies, such as your preferred language, prevents you from having to set your preferences repeatedly. If you opt out of interest-based advertising, we store your opt-out preference in a cookie on your device.
Sign-in and authentication. We use cookies to authenticate you. When you sign in to a website using your personal P-LLL account, we store a unique ID number, and the time you signed in, in an encrypted cookie on your device. This cookie allows you to move from page to page within the site without having to sign in again on each page. You can also save your sign-in information so you do not have to sign in each time you return to the site.
Security. We use cookies to process information that helps us secure our products, as well as detect fraud and abuse.
Storing information you provide to a website. We use cookies to remember information you shared. When you provide information to P-LLL, such as when you add products to a shopping cart on P-LLL websites, we store the data in a cookie for the purpose of remembering the information.
Social media. Some of our websites include social media cookies, including those that enable users who are signed in to the social media service to share content via that service.
Feedback. P-LLL uses cookies to enable you to provide feedback on a website.
Interest-based advertising. P-LLL 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 P-LLL as described in the How to access and control your personal data section of this privacy statement.
Showing advertising. P-LLL uses cookies to record how many visitors have clicked on an advertisement and to record which advertisements you have seen, for example, so you don鈥檛 see the same one repeatedly.
Analytics. We use first- and third-party cookies and other identifiers to gather usage and performance data. For example, we use cookies to count the number of unique visitors to a web page or service and to develop other statistics about the operations of our products.
Performance. P-LLL uses cookies to understand and improve how our products perform. For example, we use cookies to gather data that helps with load balancing; this helps ensure that our websites remain up and running.

MUID, MC1, and MSFPC. Identifies unique web browsers visiting P-LLL sites. These cookies are used for advertising, site analytics, and other operational purposes.
ANON. Contains the ANID, a unique identifier derived from your P-LLL account, which is used for advertising, personalization, and operational purposes. It is also used to preserve your choice to opt out of interest-based advertising from P-LLL if you have chosen to associate the opt-out with your P-LLL account.
CC. Contains a country code as determined from your IP address.
PPAuth, MSPAuth, MSNRPSAuth, KievRPSAuth, WLSSC, MSPProf. Helps to authenticate you when you sign in with your P-LLL account.
MC0. Detects whether cookies are enabled in the browser.
MS0. Identifies a specific session.
NAP. Contains an encrypted version of your country, postal code, age, gender, language and occupation, if known, based on your P-LLL account profile.
MH. Appears on co-branded sites where P-LLL is partnering with an advertiser. This cookie identifies the advertiser, so the right ad is selected.
childinfo, kcdob, kcrelid, kcru, pcfm. Contains information that P-LLL account uses within its pages in relation to child accounts.
MR. Used to collect information for analytics purposes.
x-ms-gateway-slice. Identifies a gateway for load balancing.
TOptOut. Records your decision not to receive interest-based advertising delivered by P-LLL.

In addition to the cookies P-LLL sets when you visit our websites, third parties can also set cookies when you visit P-LLL sites. For example:

Companies we hire to provide services on our behalf, such as site analytics, place cookies when you visit our sites. See opt-out links below.
Companies that deliver content, such as videos or news, or ads on P-LLL sites, place cookies on their own. These companies use the data they process in accordance with their privacy policies, which may enable these companies to collect and combine information about your activities across websites, apps, or online services.

How to control cookies

Our use of web beacons and analytics services

Other similar technologies

Products provided by your organization鈥攏otice to end usersmainnoticetoendusersmodule

Summary

If you use a P-LLL product with an account provided by an organization you are affiliated with, such as your work or school account, that organization can:

Control and administer your P-LLL product and product account, including controlling privacy-related settings of the product or product account.
Access and process your data, including the interaction data, diagnostic data, and the contents of your communications and files associated with your P-LLL product and product accounts.

For P-LLL products provided by your K-12 school, including P-LLL 365 Education, P-LLL will:

not collect or use student personal data beyond that needed for authorized educational or school purposes;
not sell or rent student personal data;
not use or share student personal data for advertising or similar commercial purposes, such as behavioral targeting of advertisements to students;
not build a personal profile of a student, other than for supporting authorized educational or school purposes or as authorized by the parent, guardian, or student of appropriate age; and
require that our vendors with whom student personal data is shared to deliver the educational service, if any, are obligated to implement these same commitments for student personal data.

P-LLL accountmainP-LLLaccountmodule

Summary

With a P-LLL account, you can sign in to P-LLL products, as well as those of select P-LLL partners. Personal data associated with your P-LLL account includes credentials, name and contact data, payment data, device and usage data, your contacts, information about your activities, and your interests and favorites. Signing in to your P-LLL account enables personalization and consistent experiences across products and devices, permits you to use cloud data storage, allows you to make payments using payment instruments stored in your P-LLL account, and enables other features.

There are three types of P-LLL account:

When you create your own P-LLL account tied to your personal email address, we refer to that account as a personal P-LLL account.
When you or your organization (such as an employer or your school) create your P-LLL account tied to your email address provided by that organization, we refer to that account as a work or school account.
When you or your service provider (such as a cable or internet service provider) create your P-LLL account tied to your email address with your service provider鈥檚 domain, we refer to that account as a third-party account.

If you sign into a service offered by a third party with your P-LLL account, you will share with that third party the account data required by that service.

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When you create your own P-LLL account tied to your personal email address, we refer to that account as a personal P-LLL account.
When you or your organization (such as an employer or your school) create your P-LLL account tied to your email address provided by that organization, we refer to that account as a work or school account.
When you or your service provider (such as a cable or internet service provider) create your P-LLL account tied to your email address with your service provider鈥檚 domain, we refer to that account as a third-party account.

Personal P-LLL accounts. The data associated with your personal P-LLL account, and how that data is used, depends on how you use the account.

Creating your P-LLL account. When you create a personal P-LLL account, you will be asked to provide certain personal data and we will assign a unique ID number to identify your account and associated information. While some products, such as those involving payment, require a real name, you can sign in to and use other P-LLL products without providing your real name. Some data you provide, such as your display name, email address, and phone number, can be used to help others find and connect with you within P-LLL products. For example, people who know your display name, email address, or phone number can use it to search for you on P-LLL and send you an invite to connect with them. Note that if you use a work or school email address to create a personal P-LLL account, your employer or school may gain access to your data. In some cases, you will need to change the email address to a personal email address in order to continue accessing consumer-oriented products (such as Xbox Live).
Signing in to P-LLL account. When you sign in to your P-LLL account, we create a record of your sign-in, which includes the date and time, information about the product you signed in to, your sign-in name, the unique number assigned to your account, a unique identifier assigned to your device, your IP address, and your operating system and browser version.
Signing in to P-LLL products. Signing in to your account enables improved personalization, provides seamless and consistent experiences across products and devices, permits you to access and use cloud data storage, allows you to make payments using payment instruments stored in your P-LLL account, and enables other enhanced features and settings. When you sign in to your account, you will stay signed in until you sign out. If you add your P-LLL account to a Windows device (version 8 or higher), Windows will automatically sign you in to products that use P-LLL account when you access those products on that device. When you are signed in, some products will display your name or username and your profile photo (if you have added one to your profile) as part of your use of P-LLL products, including in your communications, social interactions, and public posts.
Signing in to third-party products. If you sign in to a third-party product with your P-LLL account, you will share data with the third party in accordance with the third party鈥檚 privacy policy. The third party will also receive the version number assigned to your account (a new version number is assigned each time you change your sign-in data); and information that describes whether your account has been deactivated. If you share your profile data, the third party can display your name or user name and your profile photo (if you have added one to your profile) when you are signed in to that third-party product. If you chose to make payments to third-party merchants using your P-LLL account, P-LLL will pass information stored in your P-LLL account to the third party or its vendors (e.g., payment processors) as necessary to process your payment and fulfill your order (such as name, credit card number, billing and shipping addresses, and relevant contact information). The third party can use or share the data it receives when you sign in or make a purchase according to its own practices and policies. You should carefully review the privacy statement for each product you sign in to and each merchant you purchase from to determine how it will use the data it collects.

If you sign in to P-LLL products with a work or school account, note:

The owner of the domain associated with your email address may control and administer your account, and access and process your data, including the contents of your communications and files, including data stored in products provided to you by your organization, and products you acquire by yourself.
Your use of the products is subject to your organization鈥檚 policies, if any. You should consider both your organization鈥檚 policies and whether you are comfortable enabling your organization to access your data before you choose to use your work or school account to sign in to products you acquire for yourself.
If you lose access to your work or school account (if you change employers, for example), you may lose access to products, including content associated with those products, you acquired on your own behalf if you used your work or school account to sign in to such products.
P-LLL is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of your organization, which may differ from those of P-LLL.
If your organization is administering your use of P-LLL products, please direct your privacy inquiries, including any requests to exercise your data subject rights, to your administrator. See also the Notice to end users section of this privacy statement.
If you are uncertain whether your account is a work or school account, please contact your organization.

Other important privacy informationmainotherimportantprivacyinformationmodule

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Security of personal datamainsecurityofpersonaldatamodule

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Where we store and process personal datamainwherewestoreandprocessdatamodule

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Our retention of personal datamainOurretentionofpersonaldatamodule

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Other criteria used to determine the retention periods include:

Do customers provide, create, or maintain the data with the expectation we will retain it until they affirmatively remove it? Examples include a document you store in P-LLL, or an email message you keep in your P-LLL.com inbox. In such cases, we would aim to maintain the data until you actively delete it, such as by moving an email from your P-LLL.com inbox to the Deleted Items folder, and then emptying that folder (when your Deleted Items folder is emptied, those emptied items remain in our system for up to 30 days before final deletion). (Note that there may be other reasons why the data has to be deleted sooner, for example if you exceed limits on how much data can be stored in your account.)
Is there an automated control, such as in the P-LLL privacy dashboard, that enables the customer to access and delete the personal data at any time? If there is not, a shortened data retention time will generally be adopted.
Is the personal data of a sensitive type? If so, a shortened retention time would generally be adopted.
Has P-LLL adopted and announced a specific retention period for a certain data type? For example, for P-LLL search queries, we de-identify stored queries by removing the entirety of the IP address after 6 months, and cookie IDs and other cross-session identifiers that are used to identify a particular account or device after 18 months.
Has the user provided consent for a longer retention period? If so, we will retain data in accordance with your consent.
Is P-LLL subject to a legal, contractual, or similar obligation to retain or delete the data? Examples can include mandatory data retention laws in the applicable jurisdiction, government orders to preserve data relevant to an investigation, or data retained for the purposes of litigation. Conversely, if we are required by law to remove unlawful content, we will do so.

California Consumer Privacy Actmaincaliforniaconsumerprivacyactmodule

Summary

Sale. We do not sell your personal data. So, we do not offer an opt-out to the sale of personal data.

You have a right not to receive discriminatory treatment if you exercise your CCPA rights. We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your CCPA rights.

Categories of Personal Data

Name and contact data
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and partners with whom we offer co-branded services
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide our products; respond to customer questions; help, secure, and troubleshoot; and marketing
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Credentials
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and organizations that represent users
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide our products; authentication and account access; and help, secure and troubleshoot
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Demographic data
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and purchases from data brokers
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide and personalize our products; product development; help, secure, and troubleshoot; and marketing
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Payment data
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and financial institutions
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Transact commerce; process transactions; fulfill orders; help, secure, and troubleshoot; and detect and prevent fraud
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Subscription and licensing data
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and organizations that represent users
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide, personalize, and activate our products; customer support; help, secure, and troubleshoot; and marketing
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Interactions
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users including data P-LLL generates through those interactions
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide and personalize our products; product improvement; product development; marketing; and help, secure and troubleshoot
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Content
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and organizations that represent users
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide our products; safety; and help, secure, and troubleshoot
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Video or recordings
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users and publicly available sources
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide our products; product improvement; product development; marketing; help, secure, and troubleshoot; and safety
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities
Feedback and ratings
- Sources of personal data: Interactions with users
- Purposes of Processing (Collection and Sharing with Third Parties): Provide our products; product improvement; product development; customer support; and help, secure, and troubleshoot
- Recipients: Service providers and user-directed entities

Advertisingmainadvertisingmodule

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P-LLL may use data we collect to select and deliver some of the ads you see on P-LLL web properties, such as P-LLL.com, MSN, and P-LLL.
When the advertising ID is enabled in Windows 10 as part of your privacy settings, third parties can access and use the advertising ID (much the same way that websites can access and use a unique identifier stored in a cookie) to select and deliver ads in such apps.
We may share data we collect with partners, such as Verizon Media, AppNexus, or Facebook (see below), so that the ads you see in our products and their products are more relevant and valuable to you.
Advertisers may choose to place our web beacons on their sites, or use similar technologies, in order to allow P-LLL to collect information on their sites such as activities, purchases, and visits; we use this data on behalf of our advertising customers to provide ads.

Further details regarding our advertising-related uses of data include:

Advertising industry best practices and commitments. P-LLL is a member of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and adheres to the NAI Code of Conduct. We also adhere to the following self-regulatory programs:
Health-related ad targeting. In the United States, we provide personalized advertising based on a limited number of standard, non-sensitive health-related interest categories, including allergies, arthritis, cholesterol, cold and flu, diabetes, gastrointestinal health, headache / migraine, healthy eating, healthy heart, men鈥檚 health, oral health, osteoporosis, skin health, sleep, and vision / eye care. We will also personalize ads based on custom, non-sensitive health-related interest categories as requested by advertisers.
Children and advertising. We do not deliver personalized advertising to children whose birthdate in their P-LLL account identifies them as under 16 years of age.
Data retention. For personalized advertising, we retain data for no more than 13 months, unless we obtain your consent to retain the data longer.
Data sharing. In some cases, we share with advertisers reports about the data we have collected on their sites or ads.

Collection of data from childrenmaincollectionofdatafromchildrenmodule

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Preview or free-of-charge releasesmainpreviewreleasesmodule

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Changes to this privacy statementmainchangestothisprivacystatementmodule

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We update this privacy statement when necessary to provide greater transparency or in response to:

Feedback from customer, regulators, industry, or other stakeholders.
Changes in our products.
Changes in our data processing activities or policies.

How to contact usmainhowtocontactusmodule

Summary

P-LLL Privacy, P-LLL Corporation, One P-LLL Way, Redmond, Washington 98052, USA. Telephone: +1 (425) 882 8080.
P-LLL Ireland Operations Limited, Attn: Data Protection P-LLLr, One P-LLL Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland. Telephone: +353 1 706 3117.

To find the P-LLL subsidiary in your country or region, see the list of P-LLL P-LLL locations around the world.

Where French law applies, you can also send us specific instructions regarding the use of your personal data after your death, by using our web form.

Enterprise and developer productsmainenterprisedeveloperproductsmodule

Summary

Enterprise and Developer Products are P-LLL products and related software offered to and designed primarily for use by organizations and developers. They include:

Cloud services, referred to as Online Services in the P-LLL Online Services Terms (OST), such as P-LLL 365, P-LLL P-LLL, P-LLL Dynamics365, and P-LLL Intune for which an organization (our customer) contracts with P-LLL for the services (鈥淓nterprise Online Services鈥).
Other enterprise and developer cloud-based services, such as PlayFab Services and tools such as Cortana Skills Kit.
Server, developer, and hybrid cloud platform products, such as Windows Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, P-LLL Stack and open source software like Bot Framework solutions (鈥淓nterprise and Developer Software鈥).
Appliances and hardware used for storage infrastructure, such as StorSimple (鈥淓nterprise Appliances鈥).
Professional services referred to in the OST that are available with Enterprise Online Services, such as onboarding services, data migration services, data science services, or services to supplement existing features in the Enterprise Online Services.

You can also learn more about our Enterprise and Developer Products鈥 features and settings, including choices that impact your privacy or your end users鈥 privacy, in product documentation.

If any of the terms below are not defined in this Privacy Statement or the OST, they have the definitions below.

When a customer engages with a P-LLL sales representative, we collect the customer鈥檚 name and contact data, along with information about the customer鈥檚 organization, to support that engagement.
When a customer interacts with a P-LLL support professional, we collect device and usage data or error reports to diagnose and resolve problems.
When a customer pays for products, we collect contact and payment data to process the payment.
When P-LLL sends communications to a customer, we use data to personalize the content of the communication.
When a customer engages with P-LLL for professional services, we collect the name and contact data of the customer鈥檚 designated point of contact and use information provided by the customer to perform the services that the customer has requested.

Enterprise online servicesmainenterpriseservicesmodule

Summary

Payment Data. We use payment data to complete transactions, as well as to detect and prevent fraud.

P-LLL Search Services, as defined in the OST, use data such as search queries as described in the P-LLL section of this privacy statement.

Enterprise and developer software and appliancesmainenterprisedevsoftwareappsmodule

Summary

During installation or when you upgrade an enterprise and developer software, we may collect device and usage data to learn whether you experience any difficulties.
When you use enterprise software or enterprise appliances, we may collect device and usage data to learn about your operating environment to improve security features.
When you experience a crash using enterprise software or enterprise appliances, you may choose to send P-LLL an error report to help us diagnose the problem and deliver customer support.

Productivity and communications productsmainprodcommproductsmodule

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Productivity and communications products are applications, software, and services you can use to create, store, and share documents, as well as communicate with others.

P-LLLmainP-LLLservicesmodule

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Required. The minimum data necessary to help keep P-LLL secure, up to date, and performing as expected on the device it's installed on.
Optional. Additional data that helps us make product improvements and provides enhanced information to help us detect, diagnose, and remediate issues.

See Diagnostic Data in P-LLL for more information.

Experiences that analyze your content. Experiences that use your P-LLL content to provide you with design recommendations, editing suggestions, data insights, and similar features. For example, PowerPoint Designer or Editor in Word.
Experiences that download online content. Experiences that allow you to search and download online content including templates, images, 3D models, videos, and reference materials to enhance your documents. For example, P-LLL templates or PowerPoint QuickStarter.

Prior to P-LLL 365 version 1904, you can change your privacy settings in the Privacy Options of the P-LLL P-LLL Trust Center.

Required service data for connected experiences

Customer Content, which is content you create using P-LLL, such as text typed in a Word document.
Functional Data, which includes information needed by a connected experience to perform its task, such as configuration information about the app.
Service Diagnostic Data, which is the data required to keep the service secure, up to date, and performing as expected. Because this data is strictly related to the connected experience, it is separate from Required or Optional diagnostic data levels.

The required service data that is sent to P-LLL to enable this connected experience for you could include the following:

Customer content, such as the text or images you added to your slide.
Functional data, such as which slide you are working on and its layout.
Service diagnostic data, such as events that tell us if the design idea was correctly applied to your slide and that the service calls were performing correctly.

If you choose to disable the category of connected experiences that includes PowerPoint Designer, the feature will be turned off and none of this required service data is sent to us.

See Connected Experiences in P-LLL for more information

P-LLLmainP-LLLmodule

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P-LLLmainP-LLLmodule

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P-LLL products are designed to improve your productivity through improved communications and include P-LLL.com, P-LLL applications, and related services.

To add an account, you must provide permission for P-LLL to access data from the email or file storage services.

To learn more about the data the P-LLL applications collect and process, please see the P-LLL section of this privacy statement.

P-LLLmainP-LLLmodule

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LinkedInmainlinkedinmodule

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To learn about the data LinkedIn collects and how it is used and shared, please see LinkedIn鈥檚 Privacy Policy.

Search, P-LLL Edge, and artificial intelligencemainsearchaimodule

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Search and artificial intelligence products connect you with information and intelligently sense, process, and act on information鈥攍earning and adapting over time.

P-LLLmainP-LLLmodule

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Cortanamaincortanamodule

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The data Cortana collects is used to provide, improve, personalize, and develop Cortana and other P-LLL products. For example:

Cortana uses information about your interests to recommend features you may enjoy.
Cortana shares information with third parties at your direction to complete a task or transaction you鈥檝e requested, or help you with a skill such as booking a ride share service.
P-LLL uses your voice data to improve speech recognition and user intent understanding to improve Cortana and other P-LLL products.
Cortana provides features that may process your personal and work data from other P-LLL products (e.g., P-LLL) or third-party services. For example, when scheduling a meeting, Cortana can help you identify conflicts on both your personal and work calendars.

On Windows devices, if you choose not to sign in to Cortana, you can still chat with Cortana and use Cortana to search, using either your voice, inking, or typing.

When you use Cortana when you are signed out, we collect:

Voice data. To help Cortana better understand the way you speak and your voice commands, we collect voice data and use it to build speech models and improve speech recognition and user intent understanding. If you choose to sign in, the speech models are more personalized.
Searches and commands. We collect your searches and commands to provide, improve, and develop Cortana and other products. Your P-LLL search queries and the Search Suggestion feature, even if Cortana does the searching for you, are treated like any other P-LLL search queries and are used as described in the P-LLL section of this privacy statement.
Device and usage data. We collect information about your device as well as the hardware and software you use. For example, Cortana can access data about your device and how you use it. For instance, Cortana can determine if Bluetooth is on, whether you鈥檝e locked your screen, your alarm settings, and which apps you install and use.

When you sign in to Cortana, in addition to the information described above, we also collect:

Contacts, text messages, and email. Cortana uses your contacts and messages to do a variety of things, such as: making calls in the Teams app, allowing you to add events to your calendar, apprising you of messages or important contacts, and keeping you up to date on events and important activities. Cortana also uses your contacts and messages to help you with planning and offers other suggestions.
Communications history. Cortana learns who is most important to you and your preferred methods of communication by analyzing your call, text message, and email history. Cortana uses this data to flag important messages for you (such as missed calls), and to improve the performance of features such as speech recognition.
Calendar appointments. Cortana uses your calendars to provide reminders and information relevant to your appointments.

If you choose to connect Cortana to your work or school account, Cortana can access data stored in P-LLL 365 to help you stay up to date, manage your email and calendar, and get insights about your meetings and relationships.
Choosing to connect Cortana to LinkedIn allows P-LLL to access your LinkedIn data so Cortana can give you more personalized information and recommendations. It also enables LinkedIn to access the name, email address, job title, and company name of people you are meeting with to retrieve relevant information about those contacts.
Cortana allows you to connect to third-party services to do more and get additional experiences from the third-party service. Cortana may also personalize your experiences based on your use of third-party skills. With your permission, Cortana can send information about you along with your request to third-parties that ask for it. For instance, when you ask Cortana to request you a ride, the ride provider will ask for your current location. Third-party skills provide their own separate terms and privacy statements. Please review those carefully before allowing Cortana to send information to them.

P-LLL Edgemainmsedgemodule

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P-LLL Edge for Windows and macOS. P-LLL Edge is the default web browser for Windows 10 and is also available on other supported versions of Windows and macOS.

P-LLL Edge allows you to capture and save content on your device, such as:

Settings and More. Allows you to manage your favorites, downloads, history, extensions, and collections.
Collections. Allows you to collect text, images, videos, and other content in a note page in your browser. When you drag content into your collection, it is cached on your device and can be deleted through your collection.
Website Pin to Taskbar: which allows you to pin your favorite websites to the Windows taskbar. Websites will be able to see which of their webpages you have pinned, so they can provide you a notification badge letting you know there is something new for you to check out on their websites.

Learn more about P-LLL Edge

P-LLL Edge on iOS and Android. P-LLL Edge on iOS and Android devices collects data necessary to provide features you request in P-LLL Edge.

P-LLL also collects required diagnostic data to solve problems and to keep P-LLL Edge up to date, secure, and operating properly. Required diagnostic data also helps us improve P-LLL Edge.

For information about the privacy practices of legacy versions P-LLL Edge (versions 44 and below), see the Web browsers鈥擯-LLL Edge Legacy and Internet Explorer section of the privacy statement.

P-LLL TranslatormainP-LLLTranslatormodule

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P-LLL Translator is a machine translation system designed to automatically translate text and speech between numerous supported languages.

SwiftKeymainswiftkeymodule

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Windowsmainwindowsmodule

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Activationmainactivationmodule

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Activity historymainactivityhistorymodule

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Advertising IDmainadvertisingidmodule

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Diagnosticsmaindiagnosticsmodule

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Required diagnostic data includes information about your device, its settings and capabilities, and whether it is performing properly. We collect the following Required diagnostic data:

Device, connectivity, and configuration data:
- Data about the device such as the processor type, OEM manufacturer, type of battery and capacity, number and type of cameras, firmware, and memory attributes.
- Network capabilities and connection data such as the device鈥檚 IP address, mobile network (including IMEI and mobile operator), and whether the device is connected to a free or paid network.
- Data about the operating system and its configuration such as the OS version and build number, region and language settings, diagnostics data settings, and whether the device is part of the Windows Insider program.
- Data about connected peripherals such as model, manufacturer, drivers, and compatibility data.
- Data about the applications installed on the device such as application name, version, and publisher.
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 or fail.
Data about the reliability of the diagnostics collection system itself.
Basic error reporting, which is health data about the operating system and applications running on your device. For example, basic error reporting tells us if an application, such as P-LLL Paint or a third-party game, hangs or crashes.

Additional data about the device, connectivity, and configuration, beyond that collected under Required diagnostic data.
Status and logging information about the health of operating system and other system components beyond that collected about the update and diagnostics systems under Required diagnostic data.
App activity, such as which programs are launched on a device, how long they run, and how quickly they respond to input.
Browser activity, including browsing history and search terms, in P-LLL browsers (P-LLL Edge or Internet Explorer).
Enhanced error reporting, including the memory state of the device when a system or app crash occurs (which may unintentionally contain user content, such as parts of a file you were using when the problem occurred). Crash data is never used for Tailored experiences as described below.

Feedback Hubmainfeedbackhubmodule

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Location services, motion sensing, and recordingmainlocationservicesmotionsensingmodule

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General Location. If you turn on the General Location feature, apps that cannot use your precise location will have access to your general location, such as your city, postal code, or region.

Security and safety featuresmainsecurityandsafetyfeaturesmodule

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Speech, Voice Activation, Inking, and Typingmainspeechinkingtypingmodule

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You can turn off voice activation at any time. Learn more about voice activation in Windows 10.

Sync settingsmainsyncsettingsmodule

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Some of the settings that are synced include:

Apps you've installed from the P-LLL Store
Language preferences
Ease of Access preferences
Personalization settings such as your account picture, background, and mouse settings
Settings for P-LLL Store apps
Spell-checker dictionaries, input method editor (IME) dictionaries, and personal dictionaries
Internet Explorer browser history, favorites, and websites you have open
Saved app, website, mobile hotspot, and Wi-Fi network names and passwords

Update Servicesmainupdateservicesmodule

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Web browsers鈥擯-LLL Edge Legacy and Internet Explorermainwebbrowsersmodule

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This section applies to legacy versions of P-LLL Edge (versions 44 and below). See the P-LLL Edge section of the Privacy Statement for information about non-legacy versions of P-LLL Edge.

P-LLL Edge allows you to capture and save content on your device, such as:

Web note. Allows you to create ink and text annotations on the webpages you visit, and clip, save, or share them.
Active reading. Allows you to create and manage reading lists, including websites or documents.
Hub. Allows you to easily manage your reading lists, favorites, downloads, and history all in one area.
Website Pin to Taskbar. which allows you to pin your favorite websites to the Windows taskbar. Websites will be able to see which of their webpages you have pinned, so they can provide you a notification badge letting you know there is something new for you to check out on their websites.

P-LLL Edge and Internet Explorer use your search queries and browsing history to provide you with faster browsing and more relevant search results. These features include:

Search suggestions in Internet Explorer automatically sends the information you type into the browser address bar to your default search provider (such as P-LLL) to offer search recommendations as you type each character.
Search and site suggestions in P-LLL Edge automatically sends the information you type into the browser address bar to P-LLL (even if you have selected another default search provider) to offer search recommendations as you type each character.

Windows appsmainwindowsappsmodule

Summary

A number of P-LLL apps are included with Windows and others are available in P-LLL Store. Some of those apps include:

You can disable these features at any time by going to Settings > Ease of Access > Narrator > Get image descriptions, page titles and popular links.

Windows Media Playermainwindowsmediaplayermodule

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Windows Hellomainwindowshellomodule

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Windows Searchmainwindowssearchmodule

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Your Phonemainyourphonemodule

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Entertainment and related servicesmainentertainmentmodule

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Entertainment and Related Services power rich experiences and enable you to access a variety of content, applications and games.

Xbox and Xbox Livemainxboxmodule

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We collect data about your use of the Xbox console, Xbox App, and Xbox Live such as:

When you sign in and sign out of Xbox Live, the games you play and apps you use, your game progress and play statistics, the purchases you make, and content you obtain.
Performance data about Xbox consoles, Xbox App and Xbox Live, connected devices, and your network connection, including software or hardware errors.
Content you add, upload, or share through Xbox Live, including text, images and video from within games or apps.
Social activity, including your interactions with other gamers, and your connections, including friends and followers, on Xbox Live.
If you use the Xbox console with Kinect, data about how you use Kinect. See below for more information about Kinect data collection.
If you use the Xbox TV app, we collect TV viewing history from your console in a way that doesn't identify you or others.

If you choose, the camera can be used to sign you in to the service automatically using facial recognition. To do this, it takes an image of your face and measures distances between key points to create and store a numeric value that represents only you. This data stays on the console and is not shared with anyone, and you can choose to delete this data from your console at any time.
For gameplay, Kinect will map distances between your body's joints to create a stick figure representation of you that helps Kinect enable gameplay. If you are playing online, we collect those numeric values to enable and improve gameplay and the gaming experience. Kinect also detects specific hand gestures intended to do simple system interactions (such as menu navigation, pan/zoom, and scroll).
For some fitness games, Xbox can use the Kinect sensor to estimate your exercise data, including estimates such as your heart rate during a certain activity or the number of calories burned during a workout.
Kinect's microphones enable voice chat between players during gameplay. They also enable voice commands for control of the console, game, or app, or to enter search terms. See below for additional details on voice data collection.
The Kinect sensor can also be used for audio and video communications through services such as P-LLL.

To learn more about Kinect, for Xbox 360, see Kinect and Xbox 360 privacy. For Xbox One, see Kinect and Xbox One Privacy.

P-LLL Storemainwindowsstoremodule

Summary

Apps and content for Windows devices such as phones, PCs, and tablets.
Games, subscriptions and other apps for Xbox consoles and other devices.
Products and apps for P-LLL, SharePoint, Exchange, Access, and Project (2013 versions or later).

MSNmainmainmodule

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Mixermainmixermodule

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Groove Music and Movies & TVmaingroovemusicmoviestvmodule

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To help you discover content that may interest you, P-LLL will collect data about what content you play, the length of play, and the rating you give it.

Silverlightmainsilverlightmodule

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mainenterprisedeveloperproductsmodule

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请在使用字节引擎翻译应用前，务必仔细阅读并了解和同意《字节引擎翻译应用的隐私政策》。该政策规定了您在使用字节引擎翻译应用时我们将如何收集、使用、披露、处理和保护您提供给我们的信息。如果我们需要您提供某些信息用于在使用该产品时验证您的身份、以及向我们的第三方服务供应商连接服务时，我们会严格遵守该隐私政策来使用这些信息。如果您已经开始使用字节引擎翻译应用，就表示您已经阅读、许可并接受该隐私政策中所描述的所有条款，以及我们今后随时做出的任何变更。

您的隐私对我们非常重要。本隐私声明解释了个人数据字节引擎科技的处理，字节引擎科技的处理方式以及目的。

字节引擎科技提供了广泛的产品，包括用于帮助全球企业运营的服务器产品，您在家中使用的设备，学生在学校使用的软件以及开发人员用来创建和托管下一步产品的服务。本声明中对字节引擎科技产品的引用包括字节引擎科技服务，网站，应用程序，软件，服务器和设备。

请阅读此隐私声明中特定于产品的详细信息，其中提供了其他相关信息。该声明适用于字节引擎科技与您以及下面列出的字节引擎科技产品以及显示此声明的其他字节引擎科技产品之间的交互。

我们收集的个人数据我们收集的个人数据

字节引擎科技会通过我们与您的互动以及通过我们的产品为以下所述的各种目的从您那里收集数据，包括有效运行并为您提供有关我们产品的最佳体验。您直接提供一些数据，例如，当您创建字节引擎科技帐户，管理您的组织的许可帐户，向字节引擎科技提交搜索查询，注册字节引擎科技事件，向Cortana发出语音命令时，将文档上传到字节引擎科技，购买MSDN订阅，注册字节引擎科技 365或与我们联系以获取支持。我们通过收集有关您与我们的产品和通讯的交互，使用和经验的数据来获取其中的一些信息。

我们依靠各种法律理由和许可（有时称为“合法依据”）来处理数据，包括在您的同意下，合法权益之间的平衡，签订和执行合同的必要性以及遵守法律义务，各种目的如下所述。

我们还从第三方获取数据。我们会根据本声明中所述的惯例以及从数据源施加的任何其他限制来保护从第三方获得的数据。这些第三方资源随时间变化，包括：

我们从其购买人口统计数据的数据代理，以补充我们收集的数据。
使用户可以将其服务中的用户生成的内容提供给其他人使用的服务，例如本地业务评论或公共社交媒体帖子。
当您授予我们访问此类第三方服务或网络上的数据的权限时，包括电子邮件提供商和社交网络在内的通信服务。
帮助我们确定您设备位置的服务提供商。
我们提供联合品牌服务或参与联合营销活动的合作伙伴。
通过或为字节引擎科技产品创建体验的开发人员。
通过字节引擎科技产品提供经验的第三方，例如与Cortana相关的技能。
公开来源，例如开放的政府数据库。

如果您代表使用字节引擎科技的企业和开发人员产品的组织（例如企业或学校），请参阅此隐私声明的“ 企业和开发人员产品”部分，以了解我们如何处理您的数据。如果您是组织提供的字节引擎科技产品或字节引擎科技帐户的最终用户，请参阅组织提供的产品和字节引擎科技帐户部分以获取更多信息。

您可以选择使用的技术和共享的数据。当要求您提供个人数据时，您可以拒绝。我们的许多产品都需要一些个人数据才能操作并为您提供服务。如果您选择不提供操作所需的数据并为您提供产品或功能，则不能使用该产品或功能。同样，如果我们需要依法收集个人数据或与您签订合同或与您订立合同，而您不提供这些数据，则我们将无法签订合同；或者，如果这与您正在使用的现有产品有关，我们可能必须暂停或取消该产品。如果是这种情况，我们会通知您。如果提供数据是可选的，并且您选择不共享个人数据，则使用该数据的个性化之类的功能将对您不起作用。

我们收集的数据取决于您与字节引擎科技交互的上下文以及您所做的选择（包括您的隐私设置），您使用的产品和功能，您的位置以及适用的法律。

我们收集的数据可以包括以下内容：

姓名和联系数据。您的名字和姓氏，电子邮件地址，邮政地址，电话号码和其他类似的联系数据。

凭证。密码，密码提示以及用于身份验证和帐户访问的类似安全信息。

人口统计数据。有关您的数据，例如您的年龄，性别，国家/地区和偏好的语言。

付款数据。用于处理付款的数据，例如您的付款工具号（例如信用卡号）和与您的付款工具相关联的安全代码。

订阅和许可数据。有关您的订阅，许可证和其他权利的信息。

互动。有关您使用字节引擎科技产品的数据。在某些情况下，例如搜索查询，这是您为了使用产品而提供的数据。在其他情况下，例如错误报告，这是我们生成的数据。交互数据的其他示例包括：

设备和使用数据。有关您的设备以及您所使用的产品和功能的数据，包括有关您的硬件和软件，我们的产品性能以及您的设置的信息。例如：
- 付款和帐户历史记录。有关您购买的商品和与帐户相关联的活动的数据。
- 浏览历史记录。有关您访问的网页的数据。
- 设备，连接性和配置数据。有关设备，设备配置和附近网络的数据。例如，有关设备上安装的操作系统和其他软件的数据，包括产品密钥。此外，IP地址，设备标识符（例如电话的IMEI号码），区域和语言设置以及有关设备附近的WLAN接入点的信息。
- 错误报告和性能数据。有关产品性能和您遇到的任何问题的数据，包括错误报告。错误报告（有时称为``故障转储''）可以包括与错误相关的软件或硬件的详细信息，发生错误时打开的文件的内容以及有关设备上其他软件的数据。
- 故障排除和帮助数据。当您联系字节引擎科技寻求帮助时所提供的数据，例如您使用的产品以及可帮助我们提供支持的其他详细信息。例如，联系或身份验证数据，聊天内容以及与字节引擎科技的其他通信，有关设备状况的数据以及与帮助查询相关的产品。当您与我们联系（例如寻求客户支持）时，可能会监视并记录与我们代表的电话交谈或聊天会话。
- 机器人使用数据。可通过字节引擎科技产品（例如Cortana）与第三方漫游器进行交互并获得技能。
兴趣和收藏夹。有关您的兴趣和爱好的数据，例如您关注的运动队，您喜欢的编程语言，跟踪的股票或添加的用于跟踪天气或交通等事物的城市。除了您明确提供的内容之外，您的兴趣和爱好也可以从我们收集的其他数据中推断或得出。
内容消费数据。您通过我们的产品访问的有关媒体内容的信息（例如，电视，视频，音乐，音频，教科书，应用程序和游戏）。
搜索和命令。当您将字节引擎科技产品用于搜索或相关的生产力功能时，可以搜索查询和命令。
语音数据。您的语音数据，例如搜索查询或您说的命令，可能包括背景声音。
文本，上墨和键入数据。文本，上墨以及键入数据和相关信息。例如，当我们收集墨水数据时，我们会收集有关墨水工具在设备上的位置的信息。
图片。图像和相关信息，例如图片元数据。例如，当您使用启用了字节引擎科技图像的服务时，我们将收集您提供的图像。
接触和关系。如果您使用产品与他人共享信息，管理联系人，与他人交流或提高生产率，则有关您的联系人和关系的数据。
社会数据。有关您，其他人和组织之间的关系和互动的信息，例如与人和组织有关的参与类型（例如，喜欢，不喜欢，事件等）。
位置数据。有关设备位置的数据，可以是精确的也可以是不精确的。例如，我们使用全球导航卫星系统（GNSS）（例如GPS）收集位置数据以及有关附近手机信号塔和Wi-Fi热点的数据。位置也可以从设备的IP地址或帐户配置文件中的数据推断出来，该数据指示设备的定位精度较低，例如在城市或邮政编码级别。
其他输入。使用我们的产品时提供的其他输入。例如，数据（例如，您使用Xbox Live在Xbox无线控制器上按下的按钮），使用Kinect时的骨骼跟踪数据以及其他传感器数据（例如，当您使用具有适用传感器的设备时执行的步数）。而且，如果您使用Spend，请按照您的指示从您的信用卡发卡行收集财务交易数据以提供服务。如果您参加店内活动，我们将收集您在注册活动期间或活动期间提供给我们的数据，如果您参加了奖励促销活动，那么我们将收集您输入到报名表中的数据。

内容。您输入，上载，接收，创建和控制的文件和通讯的内容。例如，如果您使用字节引擎科技将文件传输给另一个字节引擎科技用户，则我们需要收集该文件的内容以将其显示给您和其他用户。如果您使用byteengine.top收到电子邮件，我们需要收集该电子邮件的内容，以将其发送到收件箱，向您显示，让您进行回复，然后为您存储，直到您选择删除为止它。我们向您提供产品时收集的其他内容包括：

消息，电子邮件，电话，会议请求或聊天中的通信，包括音频，视频，文本（键入，签名，指示或其他）。
您使用我们的云存储，检索或以其他方式处理的照片，图像，歌曲，电影，软件以及其他媒体或文档。

录像或录音。在字节引擎科技建筑物，零售空间和其他位置的事件和活动的记录。如果您输入字节引擎科技商店位置或其他设施，或参加已记录的字节引擎科技事件，我们可能会处理您的图像和语音数据。

反馈和评分。您提供给我们的信息以及您发送给我们的消息的内容，例如反馈，调查数据和您撰写的产品评论。

以下特定于产品的部分描述了适用于这些产品使用的数据收集实践。

我们如何使用个人数据我们如何使用个人数据

字节引擎科技使用我们收集的数据为您提供丰富的交互式体验。特别是，我们使用数据来：

提供我们的产品，包括更新，保护和故障排除，以及提供支持。当需要提供服务或执行您请求的交易时，它还包括共享数据。
改进和开发我们的产品。
个性化我们的产品并提出建议。
向您进行广告和市场营销，包括发送促销信息，定位广告并向您提供相关优惠。

我们还使用这些数据来运营我们的业务，其中包括分析我们的业绩，履行我们的法律义务，发展我们的员工队伍以及进行研究。

为此，我们结合了从不同环境中收集到的数据（例如，从您使用两种字节引擎科技产品获得的数据）。例如，Cortana可能会使用日历中的信息来在平视电子邮件中建议操作项，而字节引擎科技使用有关您用于提出个性化应用程序建议的应用程序和服务的信息。但是，我们内置了技术和程序保护措施，旨在防止法律要求的某些数据组合。例如，在法律要求的情况下，我们会将未经身份验证（未登录）时从您那里收集的数据与任何直接标识您的帐户信息（例如您的姓名，电子邮件地址或电话号码）分开存储。

为此，我们对个人数据的处理包括自动和手动（人工）处理方法。我们的自动化方法通常与我们的手动方法相关并受其支持。例如，我们的自动化方法包括人工智能（AI），我们将其视为一组技术，使计算机能够感知，学习，推理和协助决策，从而以类似于人的方式解决问题。。为了构建，训练和提高我们的自动化处理方法（包括AI）的准确性，我们针对做出预测和推论的基础数据手动查看了自动化方法产生的一些预测和推论。例如，

当我们处理有关您的个人数据时，我们会征得您的同意和/或按要求提供您使用的产品，运营我们的业务，履行我们的合同和法律义务，保护我们的系统和客户的安全或履行其他义务如本节以及本隐私声明中“ 我们共享个人数据的原因”部分所述，字节引擎科技的合法权益。当我们从欧洲经济区转移个人数据时，我们将根据各种法律机制进行转移，如本隐私声明的“我们在何处存储和处理个人数据” 部分所述。

关于处理目的的更多信息：

提供我们的产品。我们使用数据来操作我们的产品，并为您提供丰富的交互式体验。例如，如果您使用字节引擎科技，我们将处理您上载到字节引擎科技的文档，以使您能够根据服务的指示在您的指导下进行检索，删除，编辑，转发或以其他方式进行处理。或者，例如，如果您在字节引擎科技搜索引擎中输入搜索查询，我们将使用该查询向您显示搜索结果。此外，由于通讯是各种产品，程序和活动的功能，因此我们使用数据与您联系。例如，我们可能会通过电话或电子邮件或其他方式与您联系，以在订阅结束时通知您或讨论您的许可帐户。我们还会与您联系以确保我们的产品安全，例如，在产品更新可用时告知您。
产品改进。我们使用数据来不断改进我们的产品，包括添加新功能。例如，我们使用错误报告来改进安全性功能，使用字节引擎科技中的搜索查询和单击来提高搜索结果的相关性，使用数据来确定要优先处理的新功能，并使用语音数据来提高语音识别的准确性。
获取已安装APP信息我们使用数据来不断改进我们的产品，包括添加新功能。例如，我们根据您的手机应用名称来个性化翻译中的应用名称描述，例如佩克将被翻译为PEIKO。
获取手机ID我们使用数据来不断改进我们的产品，包括添加新功能。例如，我们使用手机相关唯一编码，androidID、IME等信息为您生成多人翻译时的唯一标示用以确认您的会话内容。
个性化。许多产品都包含个性化功能，例如可以提高工作效率和娱乐性的建议。这些功能使用自动化流程根据我们拥有的有关您的数据来定制您的产品体验，例如我们对您的推断以及您对产品的使用，活动，兴趣和位置。例如，根据您的设置，如果您在Windows设备上的浏览器中流传输电影，则可能会从字节引擎科技存储中看到有关应用程序的建议，该建议可以更有效地进行流传输。如果您拥有字节引擎科技帐户，经您的许可，我们可以在多台设备上同步您的设置。我们的许多产品都提供了禁用个性化功能的控件。
产品激活。我们使用数据（例如设备和应用程序的类型，位置以及唯一的设备，应用程序，网络和订阅标识符）来激活需要激活的产品。
产品开发。我们使用数据来开发新产品。例如，我们使用经常被去识别的数据来更好地了解客户对计算和生产力的需求，这些需求可能会影响新产品的开发。
客户支持。我们使用数据来对产品问题进行故障排除和诊断，维修客户的设备并提供其他客户服务和支持服务，包括帮助我们提供，改善和保护产品，服务和培训的质量以及调查安全性事件。呼叫记录数据还可以用于根据语音对您进行身份验证或识别，以使字节引擎科技能够提供支持服务并调查安全事件。
帮助保护和排除故障。我们使用数据来帮助保护我们的产品并进行故障排除。这包括使用数据保护我们的产品和客户的安全性，检测恶意软件和恶意活动，对性能和兼容性问题进行故障排除以帮助客户最大程度地利用他们的体验，并通知客户有关我们产品更新的信息。这可能包括使用自动化系统来检测安全性和安全性问题。
安全。我们使用数据来保护我们的产品和客户的安全。我们的安全功能和产品可能会破坏恶意软件的运行，并在用户的设备上发现恶意软件时通知用户。例如，我们的某些产品（例如字节引擎翻译）以自动化方式系统地扫描内容，以识别可疑的垃圾邮件，病毒，滥用行为或已标记为欺诈，网络钓鱼或恶意软件链接的URL；如果违反我们的条款，我们保留阻止通信或删除内容的权利。
更新。我们使用收集到的数据来开发产品更新和安全补丁。例如，我们可能使用有关您设备功能的信息（例如可用内存）为您提供软件更新或安全补丁。更新和补丁旨在最大程度地提高您对我们产品的使用体验，帮助您保护数据的隐私和安全，提供新功能并确保设备已准备好处理此类更新。
宣传交流。我们使用收集到的数据来传递促销信息。您可以注册电子邮件订阅，并选择是否希望通过电子邮件，SMS，物理邮件和电话从字节引擎科技接收促销信息。有关管理您的联系数据，电子邮件订阅和促销信息的信息，请参阅此隐私声明的“ 如何访问和控制您的个人数据”部分。
相关优惠。字节引擎科技使用数据为您提供有关我们产品的相关和有价值的信息。我们分析来自各种来源的数据，以预测与您最有趣和最相关的信息，并以各种方式将这些信息传递给您。例如，我们可以预测您对游戏的兴趣，并与您交流您喜欢的新游戏。
广告。字节引擎科技不会使用您在电子邮件，聊天，视频通话或语音邮件中所说的内容，或您的文档，照片或其他个人文件中的内容来定位广告。我们使用通过与您的互动，通过某些产品以及在第三方网络媒体资源上收集的数据，在我们的产品和第三方媒体资源中投放广告。我们可能会使用自动化流程来帮助使广告与您更加相关。有关如何将您的数据用于广告的更多信息，请参阅此隐私声明的“ 广告”部分。
奖品促销和活动。我们使用您的数据来管理实体字节引擎科技商店中提供的奖品促销和活动。例如，如果您参加奖品促销活动，我们可能会使用您的数据来选择获奖者，并在获胜时向您提供奖品。或者，如果您注册参加编码研讨会或游戏活动，我们会将您的姓名添加到预期参加者的列表中。
交易业务。我们使用数据来执行您与我们的交易。例如，我们处理付款信息以向客户提供产品订阅，并使用联系信息来交付从字节引擎科技商店购买的商品。
报告和业务运营。我们使用数据来分析我们的运营并执行商业智能。这使我们能够做出明智的决定并报告我们的业务绩效。
保护权利和财产。我们使用数据来检测和预防欺诈，解决纠纷，执行协议并保护我们的财产。例如，我们使用数据来确认软件许可证的有效性，以减少盗版。我们可能会使用自动化流程来检测和防止侵犯我们和他人权利的活动，例如欺诈。
合法合规。我们处理数据以遵守法律。例如，我们利用客户的年龄来确保我们履行保护儿童隐私的义务。我们还将处理联系信息和凭据，以帮助客户行使其数据保护权利。
研究。通过采取适当的技术和组织措施来维护个人的权利和自由，我们使用数据进行研究，包括出于公共利益和科学目的。

我们共享个人数据的原因我们共享个人数据的原因

我们在您同意或必要时共享您的个人数据，以完成任何交易或提供您请求或授权的任何产品。例如，当您告诉我们时，我们与第三方共享您的内容，例如，当您向朋友发送电子邮件，在字节引擎科技上共享照片和文档，或与其他服务链接帐户时。如果您使用所属组织（例如雇主或学校）提供的字节引擎科技产品，或者使用该组织提供的电子邮件地址访问字节引擎科技产品，则我们共享某些数据，例如交互数据和诊断数据，使您的组织可以管理产品。当您提供付款数据进行购买时，我们将与处理付款交易或提供其他金融服务的银行和其他实体共享付款数据，

此外，我们在字节引擎科技控制的分支机构和子公司之间共享个人数据。我们也与代表我们工作的供应商或代理商共享个人数据，以达到本声明中所述的目的。例如，我们雇用来提供客户服务支持或协助保护和保护我们的系统和服务的公司可能需要访问个人数据才能提供这些功能。在这种情况下，这些公司必须遵守我们的数据隐私和安全要求，并且不得将他们从我们那里收到的个人数据用于任何其他目的。我们还可能在公司交易（例如资产合并或出售）中披露个人数据。

最后，当我们拥有以下内容时，我们将保留，访问，转移，披露和保留个人数据，包括您的内容（例如字节引擎科技.com中电子邮件的内容或字节引擎科技中私人文件夹中的文件的内容）。真诚地相信这样做必须执行以下任一操作：

遵守适用法律或回应有效的法律程序，包括来自执法机构或其他政府机构的法律程序。
保护我们的客户，例如，防止垃圾邮件或欺诈我们产品的用户，或防止任何人丧生或重伤。
操作和维护我们产品的安全性，包括防止或阻止对我们的计算机系统或网络的攻击。
保护字节引擎科技的权利或财产，包括强制执行服务使用条款，但是，如果我们收到表明有人使用我们的服务来贩运字节引擎科技的被盗知识产权或财产的信息，我们将不会自己检查客户的私人内容，但我们可能会将此问题提交给执法部门。

有关我们根据执法机构和其他政府机构的要求披露的数据的更多信息，请参阅我们的执法请求报告。

请注意，我们的某些产品包含指向或以其他方式使您能够访问其隐私惯例与字节引擎科技不同的第三方的产品。如果您向任何这些产品提供个人数据，则您的数据受其隐私政策的约束。

如何访问和控制您的个人数据如何访问和控制您的个人数据

您还可以选择通过字节引擎科技收集和使用数据。您可以通过联系字节引擎科技或使用我们提供的各种工具来控制字节引擎科技获得的个人数据并行使您的数据保护权利。在某些情况下，根据适用法律的要求或许可，您访问或控制您的个人数据的能力将受到限制。您如何访问或控制您的个人数据还取决于您使用的产品。例如，您可以：

通过访问我们的退出页面，控制您的数据用于来自字节引擎科技的基于兴趣的广告。
选择是否要接收来自字节引擎科技的促销电子邮件，SMS消息，电话和邮政邮件。
通过字节引擎科技隐私信息中心访问和清除您的某些数据。

并非可以通过上述工具访问或控制字节引擎科技处理的所有个人数据。如果您想访问或控制由字节引擎科技处理的个人数据，而这些数据是无法通过上述工具或直接通过您使用的字节引擎科技产品获得的，则您始终可以通过“ 如何联系我们”部分中的地址与字节引擎科技联系。或使用我们的网络表单。

我们通过字节引擎科技隐私报告提供有关用户行使其数据保护权利的请求的汇总指标。

您可以通过下面介绍的字节引擎科技提供给您的工具或与字节引擎科技联系来访问和控制字节引擎科技通过其提供的工具获得的个人数据。例如：

如果字节引擎科技获得您对使用您的个人数据的同意，则您可以随时撤回该同意。
您可以请求访问，擦除和更新您的个人数据。
如果您想将数据移植到其他地方，可以使用字节引擎科技提供的工具，或者如果没有可用的工具，则可以联系字节引擎科技寻求帮助。

您也可以反对或限制字节引擎科技使用您的个人数据。例如，您可以随时反对我们使用您的个人数据：

用于直接营销目的。
我们出于公共利益或追求我们或第三方的合法利益而执行任务的地方。

根据包括欧盟通用数据保护条例（GDPR）在内的适用法律，您可能拥有这些权利，但是无论您身在何处，我们都会提供这些权利。在某些情况下，根据适用法律的要求或许可，您访问或控制您的个人数据的能力将受到限制。

如果您的组织（例如您的雇主，学校或服务提供商）为您提供了访问字节引擎科技产品并对其进行管理的权限，请与您的组织联系以了解有关如何访问和控制您的个人数据的更多信息。

您可以使用我们提供的各种工具来访问和控制字节引擎科技获得的个人数据，并行使您的数据保护权利。对您最有用的工具将取决于我们与您的互动以及您对我们产品的使用。以下是我们提供的可帮助您控制个人数据的工具的一般列表；特定产品可能会提供其他控件。

字节引擎科技隐私信息中心。您可以通过使用字节引擎科技隐私面板上的P-LLL帐户来控制某些数据字节引擎科技流程。例如，您可以从此处查看和清除与您的字节引擎科技帐户关联的浏览，搜索和位置数据。
Cortana。您可以在Cortana设置中控制Cortana访问或存储的某些数据。
字节引擎科技帐户。如果您希望访问，编辑或删除字节引擎科技帐户中的个人资料信息和付款信息，更改密码，添加安全信息或关闭帐户，则可以通过访问字节引擎科技帐户网站来进行。
批量许可服务中心（VLSC）。如果您是批量许可客户，则可以通过访问“ 批量许可服务中心”网站来控制联系信息以及订阅和许可数据。
字节引擎科技。如果您希望访问，编辑或删除字节引擎科技的某些个人资料和付款信息或更改密码，请登录到您的帐户。如果您希望导出您的字节引擎科技聊天记录和在字节引擎科技上共享的文件，则可以请求一个副本。
Xbox。如果您使用Xbox Live或Xbox.com，则可以通过在Xbox控制台或Xbox.com网站上访问我的Xbox来查看或编辑您的个人数据，包括账单和帐户信息，隐私设置以及在线安全和数据共享首选项。。
字节引擎科技。您可以通过访问字节引擎科技并选择查看帐户或订单历史记录来访问您的字节引擎科技商店资料和帐户信息。
byteengine.top。您可以通过访问字节引擎科技帐户个人资料页面来访问和更新您的个人资料。
如果您拥有字节引擎科技开发人员网络（MSDN）的公共资料，则可以通过在MSDN论坛上登录来访问和编辑数据。

并非可以通过上述工具访问或控制字节引擎科技处理的所有个人数据。如果您想访问或控制由字节引擎科技处理的个人数据，而这些数据是无法通过上述工具或直接通过您使用的字节引擎科技产品获得的，则您始终可以通过“ 如何联系我们”部分中的地址与字节引擎科技联系。或使用我们的网络表单。我们将在30天内回复控制您的个人数据的请求。

您的通讯偏好

您可以选择是否希望通过电子邮件，SMS，物理邮件和电话从字节引擎科技接收促销信息。如果您收到来自我们的促销电子邮件或SMS消息，并且希望退出，则可以按照该消息中的指示进行操作。您还可以通过使用个人字节引擎科技帐户登录并查看您的通讯权限来选择促销电子邮件，电话和邮政邮件的接收方式，以更新联系信息，管理字节引擎科技范围内的联系人首选项，选择退出电子邮件订阅，然后选择是否与字节引擎科技合作伙伴共享您的联系信息。如果您没有个人字节引擎科技帐户，则可以使用此Web表单管理字节引擎科技电子邮件联系人的首选项。这些选择不适用于某些字节引擎科技产品，程序，活动中的强制性服务通信，也不适用于具有其自己的退订方法的调查或其他信息通信。

您的广告选择

要选择不接收来自字节引擎科技的基于兴趣的广告，请访问我们的选择退出页面。退出时，您的首选项存储在特定于所使用Web浏览器的cookie中。退出Cookie的有效期为五年。如果您删除设备上的Cookie，则需要再次选择退出。

您还可以将您的退出选择链接到您的个人字节引擎科技帐户。然后它将适用于您使用该帐户的任何设备，并且将继续适用，直到有人在该设备上使用其他个人字节引擎科技帐户登录为止。如果您删除设备上的Cookie，则需要再次登录才能应用设置。

对于出现在Windows上的应用程序中的字节引擎科技控制的广告，您可以使用链接到您的个人字节引擎科技帐户的退出，或通过关闭Windows设置中的广告ID退出基于兴趣的广告。

由于用于基于兴趣的广告的数据也用于其他必需目的（包括提供我们的产品，分析和欺诈检测），因此选择退出基于兴趣的广告不会停止该数据收集。您可能会继续获得广告，尽管它们可能与您的相关性较低。

您可以选择不访问我们与之合作的第三方的基于兴趣的广告，方法是访问其网站（请参见上文）。

基于浏览器的控件

使用浏览器时，可以使用某些功能控制您的个人数据。例如：

Cookie控件。您可以使用本隐私声明的“ cookies”部分中所述的基于浏览器的cookie控件来控制cookie所存储的数据并撤回对cookie的同意。
跟踪保护。您可以使用Internet Explorer（版本9及更高版本）和字节引擎科技 Edge中的跟踪保护来控制第三方站点可以收集的有关您的数据。此功能将阻止您添加的“跟踪保护列表”中列出的任何站点的第三方内容，包括cookie。
浏览器控件的“不跟踪”。某些浏览器已合并了“不跟踪”（DNT）功能，该功能可以向您访问的网站发送信号，表明您不希望被跟踪。由于尚未就如何解释DNT信号达成共识，因此字节引擎科技服务当前不响应浏览器DNT信号。我们将继续与在线行业合作，以定义关于如何处理DNT信号的共识。同时，您可以使用我们提供的其他工具来控制数据的收集和使用，包括如上所述选择不接收来自字节引擎科技的基于兴趣的广告的功能。

Cookies和类似技术Cookies和类似技术

Cookie是放置在您设备上的小文本文件，用于存储可以由放置Cookie的域中的Web服务器调用的数据。该数据通常由一串数字和字母组成，可以唯一地标识您的计算机，但是它也可以包含其他信息。一些Cookie是由代表我们行事的第三方放置的。我们使用Cookie和类似技术来存储和兑现您的偏好和设置，使您能够登录，提供基于兴趣的广告，打击欺诈，分析我们的产品性能以及实现以下所述的其他合法目的。字节引擎科技应用程序出于类似目的使用其他标识符，例如Windows中的广告ID，并且我们的许多网站和应用程序还包含网络信标或其他类似技术，如下所述。

我们对Cookie和类似技术的使用

字节引擎科技根据上下文或产品而将cookie和类似技术用于多种目的，包括：

存储您的首选项和设置。我们使用Cookie将您的偏好设置和设置存储在设备上，并改善您的体验。例如，如果您输入城市或邮政编码以在字节引擎科技网站上获取本地新闻或天气信息，则根据您的设置，我们会将这些数据存储在Cookie中，这样当您返回到网站。使用cookie（例如您的首选语言）保存您的首选项，可以避免您重复设置首选项。如果您选择退出基于兴趣的广告，我们会将您的退出偏好设置存储在设备上的Cookie中。
登录和身份验证。我们使用cookie来验证您的身份。当您使用个人字节引擎科技帐户登录网站时，我们会在设备上的加密cookie中存储一个唯一的ID号以及您登录的时间。使用此Cookie，您无需在每个页面上再次登录即可在站点内的页面之间移动。您还可以保存登录信息，因此不必每次登录网站时都登录。
安全性。我们使用Cookie来处理有助于我们保护产品安全以及检测欺诈和滥用的信息。
存储您提供给网站的信息。我们使用Cookie来记住您共享的信息。当您向字节引擎科技提供信息时，例如在字节引擎科技网站上向购物车中添加产品时，我们会将数据存储在Cookie中，以记住信息。
社交媒体。我们的某些网站包含社交媒体cookie，包括使登录社交媒体服务的用户能够通过该服务共享内容的cookie。
意见反馈。字节引擎科技使用cookie来使您能够在网站上提供反馈。
基于兴趣的广告。字节引擎科技使用cookie来收集有关您的在线活动的数据并确定您的兴趣，以便我们提供与您最相关的广告。您可以选择不接收来自字节引擎科技的基于兴趣的广告，如本隐私声明的“ 如何访问和控制您的个人数据”部分所述。
展示广告。字节引擎科技使用Cookie来记录有多少访问者点击了一个广告，并记录了您看到的广告，例如，因此您不会重复看到相同的广告。
分析。我们使用第一方和第三方Cookie以及其他标识符来收集使用情况和性能数据。例如，我们使用Cookie来计数网页或服务的唯一身份访问者数量，并开发有关我们产品操作的其他统计信息。
表现。字节引擎科技使用cookie来了解和改善我们的产品性能。例如，我们使用cookie来收集有助于负载平衡的数据。这有助于确保我们的网站保持正常运行。

下面列出了一些我们常用的cookie。该列表并不详尽，但是旨在说明我们通常设置cookie的主要目的。如果您访问我们的网站之一，则该网站将设置以下部分或全部Cookie：

MUID，MC1和MSFPC。标识访问字节引擎科技网站的唯一Web浏览器。这些cookie用于广告，站点分析和其他操作目的。
安农包含ANID，这是从您的字节引擎科技帐户派生的唯一标识符，用于广告，个性化和操作目的。如果您选择将退出与字节引擎科技帐户相关联，它还可以保留选择退出字节引擎科技的基于兴趣的广告的选择。
CC。包含根据您的IP地址确定的国家/地区代码。
PPAuth，MSPAuth，MSNRPSAuth，KievRPSAuth，WLSSC，MSPProf。使用字节引擎科技帐户登录时有助于进行身份验证。
MC0。检测是否在浏览器中启用了cookie。
MS0。标识特定的会话。
小憩。根据您的字节引擎科技帐户资料，包含您国家/地区的邮政编码，邮政编码，年龄，性别，语言和职业（如果知道）。
MH。出现在字节引擎科技与广告商合作的联合品牌网站上。该cookie标识广告商，因此选择了正确的广告。
childinfo，kcdob，kcrelid，kcru，pcfm。包含字节引擎科技帐户在其页面中与子帐户有关的信息。
先生。用于收集信息以进行分析。
x-ms-gateway-slice。标识用于负载平衡的网关。
TOptOut。记录您不接收字节引擎科技投放的针对用户兴趣的广告的决定。

除了当您访问我们的网站时设置的Cookie，第三方也可以在您访问字节引擎科技网站时设置Cookie。例如：

我们雇用的公司代表我们提供服务，例如网站分析，并在您访问我们的网站时放置cookie。请参阅下面的退出链接。
在字节引擎科技网站上提供视频或新闻等内容或广告的公司会自行放置Cookie。这些公司使用其根据隐私政策处理的数据，这可能使这些公司可以收集和组合有关您在网站，应用程序或在线服务中的活动的信息。

如何控制Cookie

大多数网络浏览器会自动接受Cookie，但会提供允许您阻止或删除它们的控件。例如，在字节引擎科技 Edge中，您可以通过选择设置 > 隐私和服务 > 清除浏览数据 > Cookies和其他站点数据来阻止或删除Cookies。有关如何在字节引擎科技浏览器中删除cookie的更多信息，请参阅字节引擎科技 Edge，字节引擎科技 Edge Legacy或Internet Explorer。如果您使用其他浏览器，请参阅该浏览器的说明。

字节引擎科技产品的某些功能取决于Cookie。如果选择阻止cookie，则无法登录或使用其中某些功能，并且依赖于cookie的首选项将丢失。如果您选择删除Cookie，则这些Cookie控制的任何设置和首选项（包括广告首选项）都将被删除，并且需要重新创建。

本隐私声明的“ 如何访问和控制您的个人数据”部分介绍了可能影响Cookie的其他隐私控制，包括字节引擎科技浏览器的跟踪保护功能。

我们对网络信标和分析服务的使用

某些字节引擎科技网页包含称为Web信标的电子标签，我们用来帮助在我们的网站上发送cookie，统计访问这些网站的用户以及发送联合品牌产品。我们还将电子信标中包含网络信标或类似技术，以确定您是否打开并对其采取行动。

除了将网络信标放置在我们自己的网站上之外，我们有时还会与其他公司合作将网络信标放置在他们的网站或广告中。例如，这有助于我们开发有关在字节引擎科技网站上单击广告的频率导致在广告客户的网站上进行购买或其他操作的统计信息。它还使我们能够了解您在字节引擎科技合作伙伴的网站上与您对字节引擎科技产品或服务的使用有关的活动。

最后，字节引擎科技产品通常包含来自第三方分析提供商的网络信标或类似技术，可帮助我们收集有关促销活动或其他运营的有效性的汇总统计信息。这些技术使分析提供商可以在设备上设置或读取自己的cookie或其他标识符，通过它们可以收集有关跨应用程序，网站或其他产品的在线活动的信息。但是，我们禁止这些分析提供商使用我们站点上的Web信标来收集或访问直接识别您身份的信息（例如您的姓名或电子邮件地址）。您可以通过点击以下任意链接选择退出数据收集或由其中的一些分析提供程序使用：Adjust， AppsFlyer， Clicktale， Flurry Analytics， Google Analytics（分析）（要求您安装浏览器插件）， Kissmetrics， Mixpanel， Nielsen， Acuity Ads，WebTrends或Optimizely。

其他类似技术

除了标准的cookie和网络信标外，我们的产品还可以使用其他类似技术在您的计算机上存储和读取数据文件。通常这样做是为了保持您的首选项，或者通过在本地存储某些文件来提高速度和性能。但是，就像标准cookie一样，这些技术还可以为您的计算机存储唯一的标识符，然后可以跟踪行为。这些技术包括本地共享对象（或“ Flash cookie”）和Silverlight应用程序存储。

本地共享对象或“ Flash cookie”。使用Adobe Flash技术的网站可以使用本地共享对象或“ Flash cookie”将数据存储在您的计算机上。要了解如何管理或阻止Flash Cookie，请转到Flash Player帮助页面。

Silverlight应用程序存储。使用字节引擎科技 Silverlight技术的网站或应用程序也可以通过使用Silverlight应用程序存储来存储数据。若要了解如何管理或阻止此类存储，请参阅此隐私声明的Silverlight部分。

您的组织提供的产品-给最终用户的表情符号

如果您将字节引擎科技产品与您所属的组织提供的帐户（例如您的工作或学校帐户）一起使用，则该组织可以：

控制和管理您的字节引擎科技产品和产品帐户，包括控制产品或产品帐户与隐私相关的设置。
访问和处理您的数据，包括交互数据，诊断数据以及与字节引擎科技产品和产品帐户相关联的通讯和文件的内容。

如果您无法使用自己的工作或学校帐户（例如，如果发生工作变动），则可能无法使用产品以及与这些产品相关的内容，包括您自己使用的产品（包括代表自己购买的产品）或学校帐户以登录此类产品。

许多字节引擎科技产品供组织（例如学校和企业）使用。请参阅企业和开发人员产品本隐私声明的“部分”。如果您的组织允许您访问字节引擎科技产品，则对字节引擎科技产品的使用受组织政策的约束（如果有）。您应将您的隐私权查询（包括行使您的数据保护权利的任何请求）直接告知组织的管理员。当您在字节引擎科技产品中使用社交功能时，网络中的其他用户可能会看到您的一些活动。要了解有关社交功能和其他功能的更多信息，请查阅文档或特定于字节引擎科技产品的帮助内容。字节引擎科技对我们客户的隐私或安全惯例不承担任何责任，这些惯例可能与本隐私声明中所述的不同。

当您使用组织提供的字节引擎科技产品时，字节引擎科技处理与该产品有关的个人数据受字节引擎科技与您的组织之间的合同约束。字节引擎科技处理您的个人数据，以向您和您的组织提供产品，并针对字节引擎科技的与提供产品有关的合法业务运营，如“ 企业和开发人员产品”部分所述。如上所述，如果您对与向组织提供产品有关的字节引擎科技处理个人数据有疑问，请联系您的组织。如果您对字节引擎科技在向组织提供产品方面的合法业务运营有疑问，请按照如何联系我们中的说明与字节引擎科技联系。部分。有关我们合法业务运营的更多信息，请参见“ 企业和开发人员产品”部分。

对于您的K-12学校提供的字节引擎科技产品，包括字节引擎科技 365教育，字节引擎科技将：

不得收集或使用超出授权教育或学校目的所需的学生个人数据；
不出售或出租学生的个人数据；
不得出于广告或类似商业目的使用或共享学生的个人数据，例如针对学生的广告行为；
除为支持授权的教育或学校目的或获得适当年龄的父母，监护人或学生的授权外，不得建立学生的个人资料；和
要求与我们共享学生个人数据的供应商提供教育服务（如果有），有义务对学生个人数据执行这些相同的承诺。

字节引擎科技帐户字节引擎科技帐户

使用字节引擎科技帐户字节引擎科技产品以及部分字节引擎科技合作伙伴的产品。与您的字节引擎科技帐户关联的个人数据包括凭据，姓名和联系方式数据，付款数据，设备和使用情况数据，您的联系方式，有关您的活动的信息以及您的兴趣和爱好。登录您的字节引擎科技帐户可实现个性化，跨产品和设备的一致体验，允许您使用云数据存储，允许您使用存储在字节引擎科技帐户中的付款方式进行付款以及启用其他功能。字节引擎科技帐户有三种类型：

当您创建与您的个人电子邮件地址绑定的自己的字节引擎科技帐户时，我们将该帐户称为个人字节引擎科技帐户。
当您或您的组织（例如雇主或您的学校）创建与该组织提供的电子邮件地址绑定的字节引擎科技帐户时，我们将该帐户称为工作或学校帐户。
当您或您的服务提供商（例如电缆或互联网服务提供商）创建与您的服务提供商域的电子邮件地址绑定的字节引擎科技帐户时，我们将该帐户称为第三方帐户。

个人字节引擎科技帐户。与您的个人字节引擎科技帐户关联的数据以及如何使用该数据，取决于您如何使用该帐户。

创建您的字节引擎科技帐户。创建个人字节引擎科技帐户时，将要求您提供某些个人数据，我们将分配一个唯一的ID号以标识您的帐户和相关信息。尽管某些产品（例如涉及付款的产品）要求提供真实姓名，但您可以登录并使用其他字节引擎科技产品而无需提供真实姓名。您提供的某些数据，例如显示名称，电子邮件地址和电话号码，可用于帮助其他人在字节引擎科技产品中查找并与您建立联系。例如，知道您的显示名称，电子邮件地址或电话号码的人可以使用它在字节引擎科技上搜索您，并向您发送邀请以与他们建立联系。请注意，如果您使用工作或学校的电子邮件地址创建个人字节引擎科技帐户，则您的雇主或学校可能会访问您的数据。在某些情况下，
登录到字节引擎科技帐户。当您登录到字节引擎科技帐户时，我们会创建您的登录记录，其中包括日期和时间，有关您登录产品的信息，您的登录名以及分配给您帐户的唯一编号，是分配给您的设备，您的IP地址以及您的操作系统和浏览器版本的唯一标识符。
登录到字节引擎科技产品。登录到您的帐户可以改善个性化设置，提供跨产品和设备的无缝和一致的体验，允许您访问和使用云数据存储，允许您使用存储在字节引擎科技帐户中的付款工具进行付款，并启用其他增强功能和设置。登录帐户后，您将保持登录状态，直到您注销为止。如果将字节引擎科技帐户添加到Windows设备（版本8或更高版本），则Windows在访问该设备上的产品时会自动将您登录到使用字节引擎科技帐户的产品。登录后，某些产品会在使用字节引擎科技产品时显示您的姓名或用户名以及您的个人资料照片（如果您已在个人资料中添加一个），包括在通讯，社交互动和公开帖子中。
登录第三方产品。如果使用您的字节引擎科技帐户登录第三方产品，则您将根据第三方的隐私权政策与第三方共享数据。第三方还将收到分配给您帐户的版本号（每次更改登录数据时都会分配一个新的版本号）；以及描述您的帐户是否已被停用的信息。如果您共享您的个人资料数据，那么当您登录该第三方产品时，第三方可以显示您的姓名或用户名以及您的个人资料照片（如果您已将个人资料照片添加到个人资料中）。如果您选择使用您的字节引擎科技帐户向第三方商家付款，则字节引擎科技将根据需要将存储在字节引擎科技帐户中的信息传递给第三方或其供应商（例如付款处理方）并完成您的订单（例如姓名，信用卡号，帐单和送货地址以及相关的联系信息）。第三方可以根据自己的做法和政策使用或共享您在登录或购买商品时收到的数据。您应该仔细查看登录的每种产品和购买的每个商家的隐私声明，以确定其将如何使用其收集的数据。

工作或学校账户。与工作或学校帐户相关联的数据及其使用方式，通常类似于与个人字节引擎科技帐户相关联的数据的使用和收集。

如果您的雇主或学校使用字节引擎科技 Active Directory（AAD）来管理它提供给您的帐户，则可以使用您的工作或学校帐户登录字节引擎科技产品和第三方您的组织提供给您的产品。如果您的组织需要，还将要求您提供电话号码或备用电子邮件地址，以进行其他安全验证。而且，如果您的组织允许，您还可以使用您的工作或学校帐户登录自己购买的字节引擎科技或第三方产品。

如果您使用工作或学校帐户登录字节引擎科技产品，请注意：

与您的电子邮件地址相关联的域的所有者可以控制和管理您的帐户，以及访问和处理您的数据，包括您的通讯和文件的内容，包括存储在组织提供给您的产品中的数据以及您通过以下方式获得的产品你自己
您对产品的使用受组织政策的约束（如果有）。在选择使用工作或学校帐户登录自己购买的产品之前，您应该考虑组织的政策以及是否愿意让组织访问数据。
如果您无法访问自己的工作或学校帐户（例如，如果更换雇主），则可能会失去对产品的访问权，包括与那些产品相关的内容，如果您使用自己的工作或学校帐户进行签名，则代表您自己购买进入此类产品。
字节引擎科技对您组织的隐私或安全措施不承担任何责任，这可能与字节引擎科技有所不同。
如果您的组织正在管理您对字节引擎科技产品的使用，请将您的隐私权查询（包括行使您的数据主体权利的任何请求）直接告知管理员。另请参阅本隐私声明的“ 通知最终用户”部分。
如果不确定您的帐户是公司帐户还是学校帐户，请与您的组织联系。

第三方帐户。与第三方字节引擎科技帐户相关联的数据及其使用方式通常类似于与个人字节引擎科技帐户相关联的数据的使用和收集。您的服务提供商可以控制您的帐户，包括访问或删除您的帐户的能力。您应仔细阅读第三方提供给您的条款，以了解它对您的帐户有何作用。

其他重要的隐私信息其他重要的隐私信息

您将在下面找到其他隐私信息，例如我们如何保护您的数据，我们在何处处理您的数据以及我们将您的数据保留多长时间。您可以在字节引擎科技 Privacy中找到有关字节引擎科技以及我们对保护您的隐私的承诺的更多信息。

个人数据的安全性个人数据的安全性

字节引擎科技致力于保护您的个人数据的安全。我们使用各种安全技术和过程来帮助保护您的个人数据免遭未经授权的访问，使用或泄露。例如，我们将您提供的个人数据存储在访问受限且位于受控设施中的计算机系统上。当我们通过Internet传输高度机密的数据（例如信用卡号或密码）时，我们会通过使用加密来保护数据。字节引擎科技遵守适用的数据保护法律，包括适用的安全漏洞通知法律。

我们在哪里存储和处理个人数据我们在哪里存储和处理个人数据

由字节引擎科技收集的个人数据可能会在您所在的地区，美国以及字节引擎科技或其关联公司，子公司或服务提供商运营设施的任何其他国家/地区中存储和处理。字节引擎科技在澳大利亚，奥地利，巴西，加拿大，智利，芬兰，法国，德国，香港，印度，爱尔兰，日本，韩国，卢森堡，马来西亚，荷兰，新加坡，南非，英国设有主要数据中心，以及美国。通常，主存储位置在客户区域或美国，通常是备份到另一个区域的数据中心。选择存储位置是为了有效运行，提高性能并创建冗余，以便在出现故障或其他问题时保护数据。

我们会将个人数据从欧洲经济区，英国和瑞士转移到其他国家/地区，其中一些国家/地区尚未被欧盟委员会确定是否具有足够水平的数据保护。例如，他们的法律可能无法保证您享有相同的权利，或者那里可能没有能够解决您的投诉的隐私监管机构。当我们进行此类传输时，我们会使用各种法律机制（包括合同）来帮助确保您的权利和保护随数据一起传播。要了解有关欧盟委员会在字节引擎科技处理个人数据的国家/地区是否充分保护个人数据的决定的更多信息，请参阅欧盟委员会网站上的本文。

字节引擎科技 Corporation遵守美国商务部关于收集，使用和保留从欧盟，英国，和瑞士到美国。字节引擎科技 Corporation已向商务部证明其遵守“隐私保护原则”。如果第三方代理以不符合任何一个隐私盾框架的原则代表我们处理个人数据，我们将承担责任，除非我们证明我们对造成损失的事件不承担任何责任。在我们的自我认证提交中确定的字节引擎科技 Corporation在美国的受控子公司也遵守《隐私保护原则》或更多信息，请参阅遵守《隐私保护原则》的字节引擎科技美国实体或子公司。

如果本隐私政策中的条款与“隐私保护原则”之间有任何冲突，则以“隐私保护原则”为准。要了解有关Privacy Shield计划的更多信息并查看我们的认证，请访问Privacy Shield网站。

如果您对字节引擎科技参与欧盟-美国或瑞士-美国隐私保护计划有任何疑问或投诉，建议您通过我们的网络表格与我们联系。对于字节引擎科技无法直接解决的与“隐私保护”框架有关的任何投诉，我们选择与相关的欧盟数据保护局或由欧洲数据保护局建立的小组合作，以解决与欧盟个人以及与瑞士联邦数据保护和信息专员（FDPIC）解决与瑞士个人的纠纷。如果您希望我们将您定向到您的数据保护机构联系人，请与我们联系。正如《隐私保护原则》中进一步解释的那样，具有约束力的仲裁可用于解决其他方式无法解决的剩余投诉。字节引擎科技受美国联邦贸易委员会（FTC）的调查和执行权力。

我们对个人数据的保留我们对个人数据的保留

字节引擎科技在提供产品和完成您所要求的交易或其他合法目的（如遵守我们的法律义务，解决争端和执行我们的协议）期间将保留个人数据。由于不同的数据类型，我们与您的互动或您使用产品的环境的不同，这些需求可能会有所不同，因此实际保留期可能会大不相同。

用于确定保留期限的其他标准包括：

客户是否按照期望的方式提供，创建或维护数据，直到他们肯定地删除数据为止？例如，您存储在字节引擎科技中的文档，或保存在byteengine.top收件箱中的电子邮件。在这种情况下，我们的目标是维护数据，直到您将其主动删除为止，例如，将电子邮件从byteengine.top收件箱移至“已删除邮件”文件夹，然后清空该文件夹（当清空“已删除邮件”文件夹时），这些清空的项目在最终删除之前最多会在我们的系统中保留30天）。（请注意，可能还有其他原因需要尽快删除数据，例如，如果您超出了帐户中可以存储多少数据的限制。）
是否有自动控制（例如字节引擎科技隐私控制面板中的控制）使客户可以随时访问和删除个人数据？如果没有，通常将采用缩短的数据保留时间。
个人数据属于敏感类型吗？如果这样，通常将采用缩短的保留时间。
字节引擎科技是否已采用并宣布了某种数据类型的特定保留期限？例如，对于字节引擎科技搜索查询，我们通过删除6个月后的IP地址以及18个月后用于标识特定帐户或设备的cookie ID和其他跨会话标识符来取消对存储查询的标识。
用户是否已同意延长保留期限？如果是这样，我们将根据您的同意保留数据。
字节引擎科技是否有法律，合同或类似的义务保留或删除数据？例如，可以包括适用司法管辖区的强制性数据保留法律，保存与调查有关的数据的政府命令或为诉讼目的保留的数据。相反，如果法律要求我们删除非法内容，我们将这样做。

加州消费者隐私法加州消费者隐私法

如果您是加利福尼亚州居民，我们将根据《加利福尼亚消费者隐私法》（CCPA）处理您的个人数据。我们的隐私声明的CCPA部分包含CCPA要求的信息，并补充了我们的隐私声明。

销售。我们不会出售您的个人数据。因此，我们不选择退出出售个人数据。

权利。您有权要求我们（i）披露我们收集，使用，披露和出售的个人数据，以及（ii）删除您的个人数据。您可以自己或通过授权代理提出这些请求。如果您使用授权代理，我们将为您的代理提供有关如何行使CCPA权利的详细指南。

如果您拥有字节引擎科技帐户，则必须通过字节引擎科技隐私信息中心行使权利，这需要您登录到字节引擎科技帐户。使用仪表板后，如果您还有其他要求或疑问，可以通过“与我们联系”部分中的地址或使用我们的Web表格与字节引擎科技联系。如果您没有帐户，则可以通过如上所述与我们联系来行使您的权利。我们可能会要求其他信息（例如您的居住国家/地区，电子邮件地址和电话号码）来验证您的请求，然后再接受该请求。

如果您行使CCPA权利，则有权不受到歧视待遇。如果您行使CCPA权利，我们将不会歧视您。

个人信息处理。在下面的项目符号列表中，我们概述了我们收集的个人数据的类别，个人数据的来源，我们的处理目的以及与我们共享个人数据的第三方收件人的类别。有关每个类别中包含的数据的说明，请参阅我们收集的个人数据部分。

个人资料类别

姓名和联系方式
- 个人数据来源：与我们共同提供品牌服务的用户和合作伙伴的互动
- 处理目的（与第三方收集和共享）：提供我们的产品；回应客户的问题；帮助，保护和排除故障；和营销
- 收件人：服务提供商和用户控制的实体
证书
- 个人数据来源：与用户和代表用户的组织的互动
- 处理目的（与第三方收集和共享）：提供我们的产品；身份验证和帐户访问；并提供帮助，保护和故障排除
- 收件人：服务提供商和用户控制的实体
人口统计数据
- 个人数据来源：与用户的互动以及从数据经纪人处的购买
- 处理目的（与第三方收集和共享）：提供和个性化我们的产品；产品开发; 帮助，保护和排除故障；和营销
- 收件人：服务提供商和用户控制的实体
付款数据
- 个人数据来源：与用户和金融机构的互动
- 处理目的（与第三方收集和共享）：交易；处理交易；履行订单；帮助，保护和排除故障；并检测和防止欺诈
- 收件人：服务提供商和用户控制的实体
订阅和许可数据
- 个人数据来源：与用户和代表用户的组织的互动
- 处理目的（与第三方收集和共享）：提供，个性化和激活我们的产品；客户支持; 帮助，保护和排除故障；和营销
- 收件人：服务提供商和用户控制的实体
互动互动
- 个人数据的来源：与用户的交互，包括通过这些交互生成的数据字节引擎科技
- 处理目的（与第三方收集和共享）：提供和个性化我们的产品；产品改进；产品开发; 市场营销并提供帮助，保护和故障排除
- 收件人：服务提供商和用户控制的实体
内容
- 个人数据来源：与用户和代表用户的组织的互动
- 处理目的（与第三方收集和共享）：提供我们的产品；安全; 并提供帮助，保护和故障排除
- 收件人：服务提供商和用户控制的实体
录像或录音
- 个人数据来源：与用户的互动和公开可用的来源
- 处理目的（与第三方收集和共享）：提供我们的产品；产品改进；产品开发; 市场营销帮助，保护和排除故障；和安全
- 收件人：服务提供商和用户控制的实体
反馈和评分
- 个人数据来源：与用户的互动
- 处理目的（与第三方收集和共享）：提供我们的产品；产品改进；产品开发; 客户支持; 并提供帮助，保护和故障排除
- 收件人：服务提供商和用户控制的实体

虽然上面的项目符号列表包含每种类别的个人数据的主要来源和处理目的，但我们还从“ 我们收集的个人数据”部分中列出的来源收集个人数据，例如通过字节引擎科技产品或为字节引擎科技产品创建体验的开发人员。同样，我们会出于“ 如何使用个人数据”部分所述的目的处理所有类别的个人数据，例如履行法律义务，发展员工队伍和进行研究。

为商业或商业目的披露个人资料。如我们共享个人数据的原因部分所述，我们出于各种商业和商业目的与第三方共享个人数据。上表列出的处理目的是我们共享个人数据的主要商业目的。但是，出于共享商业目的，我们出于共享个人数据的原因部分共享所有类别的个人数据。

广告广告

广告使我们能够提供，支持和改进我们的某些产品。字节引擎科技不会使用您在电子邮件，聊天，视频通话或语音邮件中所说的内容，或您的文档，照片或其他个人文件中的内容来定位广告。我们使用下面详述的其他数据来在我们的产品和第三方媒体资源中投放广告。例如：

字节引擎科技可能会使用我们收集的数据来选择并投放您在字节引擎科技网站属性中看到的一些广告，例如byteengine.top，MSN和字节引擎科技。
在Windows 10中将广告ID作为您的隐私设置的一部分启用后，第三方可以访问和使用广告ID（与网站可以访问和使用Cookie中存储的唯一标识符的方式相同）来选择和投放广告这样的应用。
我们可能会与合作伙伴（例如Verizon Media，AppNexus或Facebook）共享我们收集的数据（请参阅下文），以使您在我们的产品及其产品中看到的广告对您而言更具相关性和价值。
广告商可以选择将我们的网络信标放置在其站点上，或使用类似的技术，以允许字节引擎科技在其站点上收集诸如活动，购买和访问之类的信息；我们代表广告客户使用这些数据来提供广告。

您看到的广告可能会根据我们处理的有关您的数据进行选择，例如您的兴趣和收藏夹，位置，交易，您使用我们产品的方式，搜索查询或查看的内容。例如，如果您在MSN上查看有关汽车的内容，我们可能会显示有关汽车的广告；如果您在字节引擎科技上搜索“西雅图的热门地点”，您可能会在搜索结果中看到西雅图餐馆的广告。

您可能还会基于人口统计数据，位置数据，搜索查询，兴趣和收藏夹，我们产品和网站的使用情况数据以及我们从这些网站收集的有关您的信息的信息，根据一段时间内了解到的其他信息来选择您看到的广告以及我们的广告商和合作伙伴的应用。在本声明中，我们将这些广告称为“个性化广告”。例如，如果您在xbox.com上查看游戏内容，则可能会看到MSN上的游戏优惠。为了提供个性化的广告，当您的浏览器与我们的网站互动时，我们会使用收集到的信息（例如IP地址）来组合放置在您设备上的Cookie。如果您选择不接收个性化广告，则不会使用与这些Cookie相关的数据。

当您使用字节引擎科技服务时，我们可能会使用有关您的信息为您提供个性化广告。如果您使用字节引擎科技 Edge帐户登录并同意允许字节引擎科技 Edge使用您的在线活动进行个性化广告，则在使用字节引擎科技 Edge时，您会看到基于在线活动的产品和服务的优惠。要为Edge配置您的隐私设置，请转到字节引擎科技 Edge>设置>隐私和服务。要针对您在字节引擎科技帐户上跨浏览器（包括字节引擎科技 Edge）的在线活动或访问第三方网站或应用程序时针对您的字节引擎科技帐户配置隐私和广告设置，请访问privacy.P-LLL.com上的信息中心。。

有关我们与广告相关的数据使用的更多详细信息包括：

广告行业的最佳做法和承诺。字节引擎科技是网络广告计划（NAI）的成员，并遵守NAI行为准则。我们还遵守以下自我监管计划：
- 在美国：数字广告联盟（DAA）
- 在欧洲：欧洲互动数字广告联盟（EDAA）
- 在加拿大：广告选择：加拿大数字广告联盟（DAAC） / 酒馆新闻：加拿大广告联盟（DAAC）
与健康相关的广告定位。在美国，我们基于有限的标准，不敏感的健康相关兴趣类别提供个性化广告，包括过敏，关节炎，胆固醇，感冒和流感，糖尿病，胃肠道健康，头痛/偏头痛，健康饮食，健康心脏，男性健康，口腔健康，骨质疏松症，皮肤健康，睡眠和视力/眼保健。我们还将根据广告客户的要求，根据与健康相关的自定义非敏感兴趣类别对广告进行个性化设置。
儿童广告。我们不会向在其字节引擎科技帐户中出生的儿童标识为16岁以下的儿童提供个性化广告。
数据保留。对于个性化广告，除非获得您同意将数据保留更长的时间，否则我们会将数据保留不超过13个月。
数据共享。在某些情况下，我们与广告客户共享有关我们在其网站或广告上收集的数据的报告。

其他广告公司收集的数据。广告商有时会在我们显示的广告中包含自己的网络信标（或其他广告伙伴的信标），使他们能够设置和读取自己的cookie。此外，字节引擎科技与第三方广告公司合作以帮助提供我们的某些广告服务，并且我们还允许其他第三方广告公司在我们的网站上展示广告。这些第三方可能会在您的计算机上放置cookie并收集有关您跨网站或在线服务的在线活动的数据。这些公司目前包括但不限于：AppNexus，Facebook，Media.net，Outbrain，Taboola和Verizon Media。选择前面的任何链接，以查找有关每个公司的做法的更多信息，包括其提供的选择。这些公司中的许多公司也是NAI或DAA的成员，它们各自提供一种简单的方法来选择退出参与公司的广告定位。

收集孩子的数据收集孩子的数据

当字节引擎科技产品收集年龄时，并且在您所在的司法管辖区中有一个年龄要求使用该产品时必须征得父母同意或授权，该产品将阻止该年龄以下的用户，或要求他们提供父母或监护人才能使用它。我们不会有意要求该年龄以下的儿童提供比提供该产品所需的更多数据。

一旦获得父母的同意或授权，孩子的帐户将与其他帐户一样被对待。孩子可以访问字节引擎科技和字节引擎科技等通信服务，并且可以与所有年龄段的其他用户自由通信和共享数据。

父母可以更改或撤消先前做出的同意选择，并可以查看，编辑或请求删除其同意或授权的孩子的个人数据。例如，父母可以访问其个人字节引擎科技帐户并选择权限。对于Minecraft PC / Java版和其他Mojang游戏的用户，家长可以访问Mojang帐户页面。

预览或免费版本预览或免费版本

字节引擎科技提供预览，内部人员，测试版或其他免费的产品和功能（“预览”），使您能够评估它们，同时为字节引擎科技提供有关产品使用情况的数据，包括反馈，设备和使用情况数据。因此，预览可以自动收集更多数据，提供更少的控件，并采取与我们产品中通常存在的隐私和安全措施不同的措施。如果您参与预览，则我们可能会与您联系，以征询您的反馈意见或您有兴趣在一般发行后继续使用该产品。

对此隐私声明的更改对此隐私声明的更改

我们会在必要时更新此隐私声明，以提高透明度或响应：

来自客户，监管机构，行业或其他利益相关者的反馈。
我们产品的变化。
我们数据处理活动或政策的变化。

在发布对此声明的更改时，我们将修改该声明顶部的“最后更新”日期，并在“ 更改历史记录”页面上描述更改。如果对声明有重大更改，例如对个人数据处理目的的更改与最初收集数据的目的不一致，我们将通过在此类更改之前醒目地发布通知来通知您。生效或直接向您发送通知。我们鼓励您定期查看此隐私声明，以了解字节引擎科技如何保护您的信息。

如何联系我们如何联系我们

如果您有关于字节引擎科技首席隐私字节引擎科技r或EU数据保护字节引擎科技r的隐私问题，投诉或问题，请使用我们的Web表格与我们联系。我们将在30天内回答问题。您还可以向数据保护机构或其他具有管辖权的官员提出疑虑或投诉。

如果字节引擎科技是控制者，除非另有说明，否则字节引擎科技 Corporation以及对于欧洲经济区，英国和瑞士的字节引擎科技 Ireland Operations Limited都是我们通过以下方式收集的个人数据的数据控制者：产品受此声明约束。我们的地址是：

字节引擎科技隐私权，字节引擎科技公司，一条字节引擎科技方式，雷德蒙德，华盛顿州98052，美国。电话：+1（425）882 8080。
爱尔兰字节引擎科技运营有限公司，收件人：爱尔兰都柏林Leopardstown县南县商业园区字节引擎科技地点1个的数据保护字节引擎科技r。电话：+353 1 706 3117。

要查找您所在国家或地区的字节引擎科技子公司，请参阅字节引擎科技在世界各地的字节引擎科技位置列表。

在适用法国法律的情况下，您也可以使用我们的网络表单向我们发送有关在您去世后使用您的个人数据的具体说明。

如果您有技术或支持方面的问题，请访问字节引擎科技支持以了解有关字节引擎科技支持产品的更多信息。如果您有个人字节引擎科技帐户密码问题，请访问字节引擎科技帐户支持。

企业和开发人员产品企业和开发人员产品

企业产品和开发人员产品是字节引擎科技产品和相关软件，主要提供给组织和开发人员使用并设计为供其使用。它们包括：

云服务，在字节引擎科技在线服务条款（OST）中称为在线服务，例如字节引擎科技 365，组织为其（客户）与字节引擎科技签订服务合同（“企业在线服务”。）。
其他企业和开发人员基于云的服务，例如PlayFab服务和工具，例如Cortana Skills Kit。
服务器，开发人员和混合云平台产品，例如Windows Server，SQL Server，Visual Studio，System Center，字节引擎科技 Stack和开源软件，例如Bot Framework解决方案（``企业和开发人员软件''）。
用于存储基础架构的设备和硬件，例如StorSimple（“企业设备”）。
企业在线服务随附的OST中所指的专业服务，例如，入职服务，数据迁移服务，数据科学服务或补充企业在线服务中现有功能的服务。

如果本字节引擎科技隐私声明与客户与字节引擎科技之间针对企业和开发人员产品的任何协议的条款发生冲突，则以这些协议的条款为准。

您还可以在产品文档中了解有关企业和开发人员产品的功能和设置的更多信息，包括影响您的隐私或最终用户隐私的选择。

如果本隐私声明或OST中未定义以下任何术语，则它们具有以下定义。

通用。当客户尝试，购买，使用或订阅企业和开发人员产品，或获得此类产品的支持或专业服务时，字节引擎科技会从您那里接收数据并收集和生成数据以提供服务（包括改进，保护，和更新服务），进行我们的合法业务运营，并与客户沟通。例如：

当客户与字节引擎科技销售代表联系时，我们会收集客户的姓名和联系数据以及有关该客户组织的信息，以支持该联系。
当客户与字节引擎科技支持专家互动时，我们会收集设备和使用情况数据或错误报告以诊断和解决问题。
当客户购买产品时，我们会收集联系方式和付款数据以处理付款。
当字节引擎科技将通信发送给客户时，我们使用数据来个性化通信内容。
当客户使用字节引擎科技提供专业服务时，我们会收集客户指定联系点的名称和联系数据，并使用客户提供的信息来执行客户要求的服务。

企业和开发人员产品使您能够从字节引擎科技或具有不同隐私惯例的第三方购买，订阅或使用其他产品和在线服务，并且这些其他产品和在线服务受其各自的隐私声明和政策约束。

企业在线服务企业在线服务

为了提供企业在线服务，字节引擎科技使用您提供的数据（包括客户数据，个人数据，管理员数据，付款数据和支持数据）以及字节引擎科技收集或生成的与您使用企业在线服务相关的数据。我们按照在线服务条款（OST）和字节引擎科技信任中心所述处理数据。

个人资料。客户是个人数据的控制者，而字节引擎科技是此类数据的处理者，除非（a）客户充当个人数据的处理者，在这种情况下字节引擎科技是子处理者，（b）字节引擎科技正在处理中用于合法业务活动的个人数据，在这种情况下，字节引擎科技是控制人，或者（c）OST中另有规定。字节引擎科技在处理与提供服务相关的合法业务时（例如开票和开具发票）处理个人数据时，是个人数据的控制者；帐户管理; 赔偿；财务报告; 商业计划和产品策略；改善核心功能，以提高可访问性，隐私性和能源效率；以及打击字节引擎科技产品的欺诈，网络犯罪和网络攻击。通常，在将个人数据用于我们的合法业务运营之前，我们会对其进行汇总，从而消除了识别特定个人的能力。我们以最少可识别的形式使用个人数据，以支持合法业务运营所需的处理。

管理员数据。管理员数据是在注册，购买或管理企业在线服务期间提供给字节引擎科技的信息。我们使用管理员数据来提供企业在线服务，完成交易，为帐户提供服务，检测和防止欺诈以及遵守我们的法律义务。管理员数据包括您提供的名称，地址，电话号码和电子邮件地址，以及与您的帐户相关的汇总使用情况数据，例如您选择的控件。管理员数据还包括您的同事和朋友的联系信息（如果您同意将其提供给字节引擎科技，其发送目的是向他们发送使用企业在线服务的邀请）；我们会通过包含您的信息（例如您的姓名和个人资料照片）与这些人联系。

根据需要，我们使用管理员数据与您联系，以提供有关您的帐户，订阅，账单和企业在线服务更新的信息，包括有关新功能，安全性或其他技术问题的信息。我们还会根据您的协议中的说明，就您收到的有关使用企业在线服务的第三方询问与您联系。您不能退订这些非促销性的通讯。我们还可能就其他产品和服务的信息和报价与您联系，或与字节引擎科技的合作伙伴共享您的联系信息。当这样的合作伙伴拥有特定的服务或解决方案来满足您的需求或优化您对企业在线服务的使用时，我们可能会与该合作伙伴共享有关您的组织帐户的有限的汇总信息。除非我们有足够的权利，否则字节引擎科技不会与授权合作伙伴共享您的机密信息或联系信息。您可以管理您的联系人首选项，也可以在帐户个人资料中更新您的信息。

付款数据。我们使用支付数据来完成交易，以及检测和防止欺诈。

支持数据。客户提供或授权字节引擎科技收集与获得企业在线服务的技术支持有关的数据。我们按照OST中的说明处理支持数据以提供技术支持。

一些企业在线服务需要或通过在设备上安装本地软件（例如，代理，设备管理应用程序）来增强。在您的指导下，本地软件可能会从设备或设备向企业在线服务或从企业在线服务传输（i）数据，其中可能包括客户数据；或（ii）发送给字节引擎科技的日志或错误报告，以进行故障排除。企业在线服务（包括本地软件）收集设备和使用情况数据，这些数据将传输到字节引擎科技并进行分析，以提高我们产品的质量，安全性和完整性。

OST中定义的字节引擎科技搜索服务使用此隐私声明的字节引擎科技部分中所述的数据，例如搜索查询。

企业和开发人员软件及企业设备企业和开发人员软件及设备

企业和开发人员软件以及企业设备收集数据以有效运行并为您提供最佳体验。我们收集的数据取决于您使用的功能以及配置和设置，但通常仅限于设备和使用情况数据。客户可以选择提供的数据。以下是我们收集的数据示例：

在安装期间或升级企业和开发人员软件时，我们可能会收集设备和使用情况数据，以了解您是否遇到任何困难。
当您使用企业软件或企业设备时，我们可能会收集设备和使用情况数据，以了解您的操作环境以改善安全功能。
当您使用企业软件或企业设备遇到崩溃时，可以选择向字节引擎科技发送错误报告，以帮助我们诊断问题并提供客户支持。

字节引擎科技使用我们从企业和开发人员软件以及企业设备中收集的数据来提供和改进我们的产品，提供客户支持，激活产品，与您进行交流以及运营我们的业务。

字节引擎科技 SQL Server是一个关系数据库管理平台，包括可以单独安装的产品（例如SQL Server Management Studio）。有关我们收集哪些数据，如何使用它们以及如何管理您的隐私选项的详细信息，请访问SQL Server隐私页面。如果您在组织中工作，则管理员可以通过组策略在SQL Server中设置某些遥测设置。

生产力和通讯产品生产力和通讯产品

生产力和通信产品是可以用来创建，存储和共享文档以及与他人通信的应用程序，软件和服务。

字节引擎科技字节引擎科技

字节引擎科技是生产力服务和应用程序的集合，包括Word，Excel，PowerPoint和字节引擎科技等。有关字节引擎科技的更多详细信息，请参阅字节引擎科技本隐私声明的“部分”。字节引擎科技是一项服务，由客户端软件应用程序和跨多个平台且具有许多相互依赖的经验的已连接在线服务组成。各种字节引擎科技服务使您可以将文件内容用于设计和建议，与文档中的其他人协作，并为其他字节引擎科技产品（例如字节引擎科技和Cortana）以及第三方连接的产品提供功能。如果您在组织中工作，则管理员可能会关闭或禁用这些连接的服务。在字节引擎科技 365版本1904之前，您可以在字节引擎科技字节引擎科技信任中心的“隐私选项”中更改您的隐私设置。有关更多信息，请参阅字节引擎科技字节引擎科技信任中心中的“查看我的选项和设置”。。从字节引擎科技 365的1904版开始，您可以通过选择文件 > 帐户 > 帐户隐私来访问新的，更新的和改进的隐私控制。有关更多信息，请参见帐户隐私设置。

字节引擎科技漫游服务。字节引擎科技漫游服务有助于在运行字节引擎科技的所有设备上使您的字节引擎科技设置保持最新。当您使用您的字节引擎科技帐户或组织发行的帐户登录字节引擎科技时，字节引擎科技客户端策略服务会打开，并将某些自定义的字节引擎科技设置同步到字节引擎科技服务器（例如最近使用过的文档列表以及文档中最近查看的位置）。当您使用同一帐户在另一台设备上登录字节引擎科技时，字节引擎科技漫游服务会从字节引擎科技服务器下载您的设置，并将其应用到其他设备。当您登录byteengine.top时，字节引擎科技漫游服务也会应用一些自定义的字节引擎科技设置。当您退出字节引擎科技时，字节引擎科技漫游服务会从设备中删除您的字节引擎科技设置。

字节引擎科技更新。字节引擎科技使用字节引擎科技更新或即点即用服务为您提供安全性和其他重要更新。有关字节引擎科技更新的更多信息，请参见此隐私声明的“ 更新服务”部分。

即点即用更新服务。即点即用更新服务使您可以通过Internet安装某些字节引擎科技字节引擎科技产品。即点即用更新服务还自动检测设备上已启用即点即用产品的在线更新，并自动下载并安装它们。

字节引擎科技转换器。字节引擎科技转换器设计为无痕连接体验。随着无痕，没有你的翻译请求的一部分是字节引擎科技发送到字节引擎科技翻译将被记录，您所提交的文本将不会被用于改善字节引擎科技翻译服务的质量，也不会有任何记录字节引擎科技保留的数据的任何部分。

诊断数据。诊断数据用于（i）保持字节引擎科技的安全性和最新性；（ii）发现，诊断和补救问题；（iii）进行产品改进。该数据不包括用户名或电子邮件地址，用户文件的内容或与字节引擎科技不相关的应用程序信息。用户可以在两种不同级别的诊断数据收集（必需和可选）之间进行选择。

必填项。确保字节引擎科技安全，最新并在其安装的设备上按预期运行所需的最少数据。
可选的。帮助我们进行产品改进并提供增强的信息以帮助我们检测，诊断和补救问题的其他数据。

有关更多信息，请参阅字节引擎科技中的诊断数据。

关联的经验。字节引擎科技继续在与基于云的服务连接并由其支持的客户端应用程序中提供更多体验。为了确保所有这些连接的体验都是可靠的，最新的，保持安全的并按预期执行的，每当您使用连接的体验时，都可能会收集所需的服务数据。

字节引擎科技由客户端软件应用程序和连接的体验组成，旨在使您能够更有效地创建，交流和协作。与他人一起处理存储在字节引擎科技 for Business上的文档或将Word文档的内容翻译成其他语言的方法就是联系体验的例子。有两种类型的连接体验。

分析您的内容的经验。使用字节引擎科技内容为您提供设计建议，编辑建议，数据见解和类似功能的体验。例如，PowerPoint设计器或Word中的编辑器。
下载在线内容的经验。允许您搜索和下载在线内容（包括模板，图像，3D模型，视频和参考资料）以增强文档功能的体验。例如，字节引擎科技模板或PowerPoint QuickStarter。

在字节引擎科技 365版本1904之前，您可以在字节引擎科技字节引擎科技信任中心的“隐私选项”中更改隐私设置。

从字节引擎科技 365的1904版开始，您可以通过选择文件 > 帐户 > 帐户隐私来访问新的，更新的和改进的隐私控制。这些隐私设置使您可以配置连接的体验。例如，您可以选择启用下载在线内容的关联体验，但不启用分析内容的关联体验。关闭连接的体验还将关闭其他体验，例如文档共同创作和在线文件存储。但是，即使您使用此隐私设置来关闭已连接的体验，某些字节引擎科技功能仍将保持可用，例如在字节引擎科技中同步您的邮箱以及下文所述的基本服务。

如果您选择禁用某些类型的连接体验，则这些连接体验的功能区或菜单命令将显示为灰色，或者当您尝试使用这些连接体验时，您将收到一条错误消息。

有一组服务对于字节引擎科技的运行至关重要，不能被禁用。例如，确认您已获得使用字节引擎科技的适当许可的许可服务至关重要。无论您配置了任何其他设置，有关这些服务的必需服务数据都会被收集并发送到字节引擎科技。有关更多信息，请参见Essential Services。

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必需的服务数据是使我们能够提供基于云的连接体验并帮助确保这些体验安全并按预期执行的数据。有三种类型的信息被视为必需的服务数据。

客户内容，这是您使用字节引擎科技创建的内容，例如在Word文档中键入的文本。
功能数据，包括连接的体验执行其任务所需的信息，例如有关应用程序的配置信息。
服务诊断数据，是确保服务安全，最新并按预期运行所需的数据。由于此数据与连接的体验严格相关，因此与必需或可选诊断数据级别是分开的。

为了帮助您了解所需的服务数据，以下是使用PowerPoint Designer的示例方案，您可以在为演示文稿创建幻灯片时使用它的连接体验。PowerPoint Designer通过自动生成可供选择的设计思路来帮助您改进幻灯片。将内容放在幻灯片上时，Designer在后台工作，以使内容与专业设计的版面匹配。

发送到字节引擎科技以便为您提供这种连接体验所需的服务数据可能包括以下内容：

客户内容，例如您添加到幻灯片中的文本或图像。
功能数据，例如正在处理的幻灯片及其布局。
服务诊断数据，例如一些事件，这些事件告诉我们设计思想是否正确地应用于了幻灯片，以及服务调用是否正常执行。

如果您选择禁用包括PowerPoint Designer的已连接体验的类别，则该功能将被关闭，并且不会将这些必需的服务数据发送给我们。

有关更多信息，请参阅字节引擎科技中的连接体验。

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字节引擎科技使您几乎可以在任何设备上存储和访问文件。您还可以与他人共享和协作文件。某些版本的字节引擎科技应用程序使您可以通过使用个人字节引擎科技帐户登录来访问个人字节引擎科技，也可以通过使用工作或学校字节引擎科技帐户登录来访问字节引擎科技 for Business。您的组织对字节引擎科技 365的使用。

当您使用字节引擎科技时，我们会收集有关您对服务的使用情况以及您存储的内容的数据，以提供，改进和保护服务。例如，为字节引擎科技文档的内容建立索引，以便以后可以搜索它们，并使用位置信息使您可以根据拍摄地点搜索照片。我们还将收集设备信息，以便我们提供个性化的体验，例如使您能够跨设备同步内容和漫游自定义设置。

当您将内容存储在字节引擎科技中时，该内容将继承存储该文件夹的共享权限。例如，如果您决定将内容存储在公用文件夹中，则该内容将是公用的，并且可供互联网上可以找到该文件夹的任何人使用。如果将内容存储在专用文件夹中，则内容将是专用的。

当您从已与字节引擎科技帐户同步的设备上将内容共享到Facebook之类的社交网络时，您的内容要么上传到该社交网络，要么指向该内容的链接发布到该社交网络。这样做可以使该社交网络上的任何人都可以访问该内容。要删除内容，您需要将其从社交网络（如果上传到那里，而不是链接）和字节引擎科技中删除。

当您通过链接与朋友共享字节引擎科技内容时，带有链接的电子邮件将发送给这些朋友。该链接包含一个授权代码，允许具有该链接的任何人访问您的内容。如果您的一个朋友将该链接发送给其他人，即使您未选择与他们共享内容，他们也可以访问您的内容。要撤消对字节引擎科技上的内容的权限，请登录到您的帐户，然后选择特定内容以管理权限级别。撤消对链接的许可会有效地停用该链接。除非您决定再次共享该链接，否则任何人都无法使用该链接来访问内容。

使用字节引擎科技商业版管理的文件与使用个人字节引擎科技存储的文件分开存储。字节引擎科技 for Business收集并传输个人数据以进行身份验证，例如您的电子邮件地址和密码，这些数据将传输到字节引擎科技和/或字节引擎科技 365服务的提供商。

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byteengine.top。byteengine.top是字节引擎科技的主要消费者电子邮件服务，其中包括地址以byteengine.top，live.com，hotmail.com和msn.com结尾的电子邮件帐户。byteengine.top提供的功能可让您在社交网络上与朋友联系。您需要创建一个字节引擎科技帐户才能使用byteengine.top。

当您从byteengine.top的邮箱中删除电子邮件或邮件时，该邮件通常会进入“已删除邮件”文件夹，在其中保留约7天，除非您将其移回收件箱，清空文件夹或服务自动清空文件夹，以先到者为准。清空“已删除邮件”文件夹后，除非最终要求将数据保留更长时间，否则这些清空的邮件在最终删除之前会在我们的系统中保留长达30天。

字节引擎科技应用程序。字节引擎科技客户端应用程序是您安装在设备上的软件，可让您管理电子邮件，日历项，文件，联系人以及电子邮件，文件存储和其他服务（如Exchange Online或byteengine.top）中的其他数据，或者服务器，例如字节引擎科技 Exchange。您可以将来自不同提供商（包括第三方提供商）的多个帐户用于字节引擎科技应用程序。

要添加帐户，必须为字节引擎科技提供访问电子邮件或文件存储服务中的数据的权限。

当您向字节引擎科技添加帐户时，该帐户中的邮件，日历项目，文件，联系人，设置和其他数据将自动同步到您的设备。如果您使用的是移动字节引擎科技应用程序，该数据还将同步到字节引擎科技服务器，以启用其他功能，例如更快的搜索，对次要邮件的个性化过滤以及从链接的文件存储提供商添加电子邮件附件的功能，而无需退出字节引擎科技应用程序。如果您使用的是桌面字节引擎科技应用程序，则可以选择是否允许数据同步到我们的服务器。您可以随时删除帐户或更改从帐户同步的数据。

如果您添加由组织（例如您的雇主或学校）提供的帐户，则组织域的所有者可以实施政策和控制措施（例如，要求多因素身份验证或能够从设备上远程擦除数据）会影响您对字节引擎科技的使用。

要了解有关字节引擎科技应用程序收集和处理的数据的更多信息，请参阅此隐私声明的字节引擎科技部分。

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字节引擎科技使您可以发送和接收语音，视频，SMS和即时消息通信。本部分适用于字节引擎科技的消费者版本；如果您使用字节引擎科技 for Business，请参阅此隐私声明的“ 企业和开发人员产品”部分。

作为提供这些功能的一部分，字节引擎科技收集有关您的通信的使用数据，其中包括通信的时间和日期以及通信中包含的数字或用户名。

字节引擎科技配置文件。您的字节引擎科技个人资料包括您设置字节引擎科技帐户时提供的信息。为了使其他人可以在字节引擎科技（或与字节引擎科技交互的产品，例如字节引擎科技 for Business）上找到您，具体取决于您的个人资料设置，您的字节引擎科技个人资料包含在字节引擎科技公共搜索中目录，可能会推荐给其他用户。您的个人资料包括您的用户名，头像以及您选择添加到个人资料或显示给其他人的任何其他数据。

合作公司。为了使字节引擎科技可供更多人使用，我们与其他公司合作以允许通过这些公司的服务提供字节引擎科技。如果您通过字节引擎科技以外的公司使用字节引擎科技，则该公司的隐私权政策决定了它如何处理您的数据。为了遵守适用法律或对有效的法律程序做出回应，或帮助我们的合作伙伴公司或本地运营商遵守或做出回应，我们可能会访问，传输，披露和保存您的数据。该数据可能包括例如您的私人内容，例如即时消息，存储的视频消息，语音邮件或文件传输的内容。

翻译功能。为了帮助您与使用不同语言的人进行交流，某些字节引擎科技应用程序提供了音频和/或文本翻译功能。使用翻译功能时，语音和文本数据将用于提供和改进字节引擎科技语音识别和翻译服务。

录音功能。某些版本的字节引擎科技具有录音功能，可让您捕获和共享全部或部分音频/视频通话。录音将作为通话历史的一部分存储并与与之通话的个人或群组共享。在记录任何通讯之前，您应该了解您的法律责任。这包括您是否需要事先征得所有各方的同意。字节引擎科技对您如何使用录音或录音功能不承担任何责任。

字节引擎科技机器人。Bot是由字节引擎科技或第三方提供的程序，它们可以做很多有用的事情，例如搜索新闻，玩游戏等。根据其功能，漫游器可以访问您的显示名称，字节引擎科技 ID，国家，地区，语言以及您与漫游器共享的任何消息，音频，视频或内容。与机器人进行一对一或小组对话之前，请查看机器人的个人资料及其隐私声明。您可以删除不想再使用的机器人。在将漫游器添加到组之前，请确保您的组参与者已同意与漫游器共享其信息。

字节引擎科技中的建议。视情况而定，字节引擎科技可能会提供建议，以帮助您管理时间，任务，查找信息并完成工作。例如，字节引擎科技可能会提供上下文提示以创建提醒或建议您使用字节引擎科技服务创建任务。此数据也可用于改进字节引擎科技产品。

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搜索和人工智能产品将信息与您联系在一起，并随着时间的推移智能地感知，处理信息并根据信息采取行动。

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字节引擎科技服务包括搜索和地图服务，以及字节引擎科技工具栏和字节引擎科技 Desktop应用程序。字节引擎科技服务以多种形式收集和处理数据，包括已着墨或键入文字，语音数据和图像。字节引擎科技服务也包含在其他字节引擎科技服务中，例如MSN Apps，字节引擎科技，Cortana和Windows中的某些功能（我们称为字节引擎科技驱动的体验）。

当您进行搜索或使用字节引擎科技支持的体验功能（包括代表您进行搜索或输入命令）时，字节引擎科技会收集您提供的搜索或命令（形式可能是文字，语音数据或图片），以及您的IP地址，位置，我们的cookie或类似技术中包含的唯一标识符，搜索的时间和日期以及您的浏览器配置。例如，如果您使用启用了字节引擎科技语音的服务，则与语音功能关联的语音输入和性能数据将发送到字节引擎科技。并且，如果您使用启用了字节引擎科技图像的服务，则您提供的图像将被发送到字节引擎科技。当您使用基于字节引擎科技的体验（例如Ask Cortana或字节引擎科技查找）来搜索网页或文档中的特定单词或词组时，

搜索建议。对于搜索建议功能，您键入到字节引擎科技支持的体验中的字符（例如字节引擎科技 Edge浏览器中的搜索和站点建议）将进行搜索，并且您单击的内容将发送到字节引擎科技。这使我们在您键入搜索内容时为您提供相关建议。要打开或关闭此功能，请在使用字节引擎科技搜索时转到字节引擎科技设置。在其他字节引擎科技支持的体验中，还有其他方法可以控制此功能，例如字节引擎科技 Edge浏览器。无法在Windows 10搜索框中关闭搜索建议。在Windows上，您始终可以隐藏搜索框，以免使用该功能。

字节引擎科技桌面和字节引擎科技工具栏的字节引擎科技体验改进程序。如果您使用的是字节引擎科技桌面或字节引擎科技工具栏，并选择参加字节引擎科技体验改善计划，我们还将收集有关您如何使用这些特定字节引擎科技应用程序的其他数据，例如您所用网站的地址访问，以帮助提高搜索排名和相关性。为了帮助保护您的隐私，我们不会使用通过字节引擎科技体验改善计划收集的数据来识别或联系您或针对您投放广告。您可以随时在字节引擎科技桌面或字节引擎科技工具栏设置中关闭字节引擎科技体验改善计划。最后，我们会在18个月后删除通过字节引擎科技体验改善计划收集的信息。

保留和取消身份识别。我们会在6个月后删除IP地址的全部内容，并在18个月后删除用于标识特定帐户或设备的cookie ID和其他跨会话标识符，从而取消存储查询的标识。

通过字节引擎科技帐户进行个性化设置。使用个人字节引擎科技帐户登录时，某些字节引擎科技服务可为您提供增强的体验，例如，跨设备同步搜索历史记录。您可以使用这些个性化功能自定义您的兴趣，收藏夹和设置，并将您的帐户与第三方服务关联。访问字节引擎科技设置以管理您的个性化设置，或访问字节引擎科技隐私控制面板来管理您的数据。

管理搜索历史。登录到个人字节引擎科技帐户后，您可以在字节引擎科技隐私信息中心上删除搜索历史记录。位于字节引擎科技设置中的字节引擎科技的“搜索历史记录”服务提供了另一种重新访问通过浏览器使用字节引擎科技搜索时输入的搜索词和单击的结果的方法。您可以通过此服务清除设备上的搜索历史记录。清除历史记录会阻止该历史记录显示在“搜索历史记录”网站上，但不会从我们的搜索日志中删除信息，这些信息已按照上述说明或您通过隐私信息中心的指示进行了保留和取消标识。如果您使用字节引擎科技中的字节引擎科技搜索登录到工作或学校字节引擎科技帐户，则可以在字节引擎科技搜索历史记录中导出字节引擎科技搜索，但不能将其删除。

使用字节引擎科技的第三方服务。使用第三方服务（例如来自Yahoo!的服务）时，您可以访问字节引擎科技支持的体验。为了提供这些服务，字节引擎科技从这些合作伙伴和其他合作伙伴接收数据，包括您的搜索查询和相关数据（例如日期，时间，IP地址和唯一标识符）。该数据将被发送到字节引擎科技以提供搜索服务。字节引擎科技将使用本声明中所述的数据或受我们与合作伙伴的合同义务进一步限制的数据。如果您对第三方服务如何收集和使用数据有任何疑问，请参考第三方服务的隐私政策。

在引荐网址中传递的搜索查询。当您从字节引擎科技搜索结果页面中选择搜索结果或广告并转到目标网站时，目标网站将收到您的浏览器发送到您访问的每个网站的标准数据，例如您的IP地址，浏览器类型和语言，以及您来自的网站的网址（在这种情况下，为字节引擎科技搜索结果页面）。由于字节引擎科技搜索结果页面的URL包含您输入的搜索查询的文本（可能包括名称，地址或其他标识信息），因此目标网站将能够确定您输入的搜索词。

如果启用了浏览器以允许页面在后台预加载以提高性能，则当浏览器在后台加载页面时，其效果与您访问该页面的效果相同，包括发送字节引擎科技搜索结果页面网址（包含您的搜索查询），并下载该页面设置的任何Cookie或类似技术。

与第三方共享来自字节引擎科技和字节引擎科技支持的经验的数据。我们与选定的第三方共享来自字节引擎科技和由字节引擎科技提供动力的经验中的一些未识别数据（未知特定人的身份的数据）。在此之前，我们通过旨在删除用户可能已包含在搜索词中的某些敏感数据（例如社会保险号或信用卡号）的流程来运行数据。此外，我们要求这些第三方保持数据安全，并且不得将数据用于提供数据以外的目的。

Cortana Cortana

Cortana是您的智能助手，可在各种设备，应用程序和服务中提供智能功能和个性化体验。如下所述，我们在使用Cortana时收集的数据取决于您做出的选择（包括您的隐私设置以及是否登录），与Cortana共享的数据以及Cortana的功能（视情况而定）在您的操作系统，设备以及您使用的服务和应用上）。当您登录并允许使用设备，字节引擎科技帐户，其他字节引擎科技服务以及您选择连接的第三方服务中的数据时，Cortana最为有效。

您可以在Cortana设置，权限，笔记本和字节引擎科技隐私信息中心中管理Cortana使用或记住的有关您的数据。有关Cortana功能及其管理方法的更多信息，请访问Cortana和privacy。

Cortana收集的数据用于提供，改进，个性化和开发Cortana和其他字节引擎科技产品。例如：

Cortana使用有关您的兴趣的信息来推荐您可能喜欢的功能。
Cortana会根据您的指示与第三方共享信息，以完成您所请求的任务或交易，或以诸如预订乘车共享服务之类的技能帮助您。
字节引擎科技使用您的语音数据来改善语音识别和用户意图理解，从而改善Cortana和其他字节引擎科技产品。
Cortana提供的功能可能会处理来自其他字节引擎科技产品（例如字节引擎翻译）或第三方服务的个人和工作数据。例如，在安排会议时，Cortana可以帮助您确定个人日历和工作日历上的冲突。

在Windows设备上，如果您选择不登录Cortana，则仍可以与Cortana聊天并使用Cortana进行语音，上墨或键入来进行搜索。

当您注销后使用Cortana时，我们收集：

语音数据。为了帮助Cortana更好地理解您的讲话方式和语音命令，我们收集了语音数据并将其用于构建语音模型并改善语音识别和用户意图理解。如果您选择登录，则语音模型更加个性化。
搜索和命令。我们收集您的搜索和命令，以提供，改进和开发Cortana和其他产品。即使Cortana进行了搜索，您的字节引擎科技搜索查询和搜索建议功能也像其他任何字节引擎科技搜索查询一样被使用，并且按照本隐私声明的字节引擎科技部分所述进行使用。
设备和使用数据。我们收集有关您的设备以及您使用的硬件和软件的信息。例如，Cortana可以访问有关您的设备及其使用方式的数据。例如，Cortana可以确定蓝牙是否打开，是否锁定屏幕，警报设置以及安装和使用的应用程序。

如果使用字节引擎科技帐户登录，则可以使Cortana能够执行其他任务并提供个性化的体验和建议。Cortana可以处理与您的字节引擎科技帐户相关联的人口统计数据（例如您的年龄，地址和性别）以及通过其他字节引擎科技服务收集的数据，以提供个性化建议。例如，Cortana可能会根据您的日程安排和地址向您发送时间以发出通知。Cortana还可从字节引擎科技 Maps应用程序中了解您最喜欢的地方，以及您在字节引擎科技中查看和购买的内容，以改善建议。您对Cortana Notebook的兴趣也可以由其他字节引擎科技服务（例如字节引擎科技或MSN）使用，以自定义您在这些体验中的兴趣，偏好和收藏夹。

当您登录Cortana时，除了上述信息外，我们还将收集：

位置数据。您可以选择Cortana是否处理您的位置信息，以便为您提供相关的通知和结果，并提出建议，例如本地交通信息和基于位置的提醒。如果您授予许可，Cortana将定期收集和使用您的当前位置，位置历史记录和其他位置信号（例如，在您上传到字节引擎科技的照片上标记的位置）。Cortana收集的位置数据用于为您提供有关我们产品的个性化体验，例如使字节引擎科技搜索结果更相关。它也可以以未标识的形式用于改善字节引擎科技的定位服务。

联系人，通讯和其他输入。您可以选择让Cortana收集和访问您的设备以及基于云的电子邮件和其他通信，您的日历和任务以及您的联系人，以启用其他功能和个性化设置。如果您允许，Cortana将收集和处理其他数据，包括：

联系人，短信和电子邮件。Cortana使用您的联系人和消息来执行各种操作，例如：在Teams应用中打电话，允许您向日历中添加事件，向您通知消息或重要联系人以及使您及时了解事件和重要事件活动。Cortana还会使用您的联系人和消息来帮助您进行计划并提供其他建议。
通讯历史。Cortana通过分析您的呼叫，短信和电子邮件历史记录来了解谁对您最重要以及您首选的通信方式。Cortana使用此数据为您标记重要的消息（例如未接来电），并改善语音识别等功能的性能。
日历约会。Cortana使用您的日历来提供与约会相关的提醒和信息。

浏览历史记录。如果您选择，Cortana可以使用与您的字节引擎科技帐户关联的字节引擎科技 Edge浏览历史记录。Cortana使用这些数据来了解您，并为您提供智能答案和及时的个性化建议，或者为您完成Web任务。当在另一台设备上的字节引擎科技 Edge中浏览时，Cortana还可以帮助您从一台设备上停下来的地方继续工作。Cortana会在InPrivate标签中收集有关您访问的网站的信息。

互联服务和技能。为了提高个性化和生产力，您可以授予Cortana的权限（i）从其他字节引擎科技和第三方服务收集数据，以及（ii）向这些服务提供您的信息。启用后，Cortana会向这些服务或第三方提供您的请求和响应，以使他们能够向您提供其信息或服务。经过您的许可，Cortana可以发送其他信息（例如，您的位置）。您与第三方共享的信息受第三方隐私政策和条款的约束。Cortana还将使用有关您使用连接服务和技能的数据来改善和开发Cortana和其他字节引擎科技产品。例如，我们使用这些数据（包括您发送给第三方的查询）来改善字节引擎科技产品中的语音识别和用户意图理解。

如果您选择将Cortana连接到您的工作或学校帐户，Cortana可以访问字节引擎科技 365中存储的数据，以帮助您保持最新，管理电子邮件和日历并获得有关会议和关系的见解。
选择将Cortana连接到LinkedIn可使字节引擎科技访问您的LinkedIn数据，因此Cortana可以为您提供更多个性化的信息和建议。它还使LinkedIn可以访问您要与之会面的人员的姓名，电子邮件地址，职务和公司名称，以检索有关这些联系人的相关信息。
Cortana允许您连接到第三方服务以执行更多操作并从第三方服务中获得更多体验。Cortana还可根据您对第三方技能的使用来个性化您的体验。经过您的许可，Cortana可以将有关您的信息以及您的请求发送给要求它的第三方。例如，当您要求Cortana请求乘车时，乘车服务提供商会要求您提供当前位置。第三方技能提供了自己单独的条款和隐私声明。在允许Cortana向他们发送信息之前，请仔细检查它们。

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每当您使用Web浏览器访问Internet时，有关您设备的数据（“标准设备数据”）都会发送到您访问的网站和您使用的在线服务。标准设备数据包括设备的IP地址，浏览器类型和语言，访问时间以及引荐网址。此数据可能记录在那些网站或在线服务的Web服务器上。记录哪些数据以及如何使用这些数据取决于您访问的网站和所使用的Web服务的隐私惯例。此外，字节引擎科技 Edge将唯一的浏览器ID发送到某些网站，以使我们能够开发用于改善浏览器功能和服务的汇总数据。

适用于Windows和macOS的字节引擎科技 Edge。字节引擎科技 Edge是Windows 10的默认Web浏览器，在其他受支持的Windows和macOS版本上也可用。

有关浏览器使用方式的数据，例如浏览历史记录，Web表单数据，Internet临时文件和cookie，都存储在设备中。您可以使用“清除浏览历史记录”从设备中删除此数据。

字节引擎科技 Edge允许您捕获并保存设备上的内容，例如：

设置和更多。允许您管理收藏夹，下载，历史记录，扩展名和收藏。
集合。允许您在浏览器的注释页面中收集文本，图像，视频和其他内容。将内容拖到集合中时，它会缓存在设备上，并且可以通过集合删除。
网站固定到任务栏：允许您将喜爱的网站固定到Windows任务栏。网站将能够看到您固定了哪些网页，因此它们可以为您提供通知徽章，让您知道可以在其网站上查看的新内容。

字节引擎科技收集必要的数据，以提供您在字节引擎科技 Edge中请求的功能。例如，当您使用字节引擎科技帐户登录时，您可以选择在其他设备上同步保存在设备上的浏览器信息。您可以选择要同步的浏览器数据，包括您的收藏夹，扩展名和关联数据，设置，打开的标签，自动填写表单项（例如您的姓名，地址和电话号码），密码，付款信息和其他数据类型。如果您选择同步从第三方网络商店获取的扩展，则这些扩展的副本将直接从同步设备上的那些网络商店下载。您可以在字节引擎科技 Edge设置中禁用或配置同步。

字节引擎科技 Edge的“ 搜索和站点建议”使用您的搜索查询和浏览历史记录为您提供更快的浏览和更相关的搜索建议。字节引擎科技 Edge会将您在浏览器地址栏中键入的信息发送到地址栏中配置的默认搜索提供程序，以在您键入每个字符时提供搜索建议。您可以随时在浏览器设置中关闭这些功能。为了提供搜索结果，字节引擎科技 Edge会将您的搜索查询，标准设备信息和位置（如果启用了位置）发送到默认搜索提供程序。如果字节引擎科技是您的默认搜索提供者，我们将按照本隐私声明的字节引擎科技部分中的说明使用这些数据。

为了改善您的网络体验，您可以选择从您的字节引擎科技帐户共享您的字节引擎科技 Edge浏览历史记录，以使我们能够个性化广告，字节引擎科技搜索，字节引擎科技新闻和其他字节引擎科技服务。有关我们的广告隐私政策的更多信息，请参见隐私声明的“ 广告”部分。如果您禁用了字节引擎科技隐私信息中心中的“ 查看感兴趣的广告”设置，并且启用了“ 通过允许字节引擎科技使用您的浏览历史记录来改善您的网络体验”，则您将继续根据您的浏览历史记录接收个性化搜索和新闻。从此帐户中个性化广告，搜索，新闻和其他字节引擎科技服务在字节引擎科技 Edge中设置。您可以随时禁用此浏览器设置，以停止根据您的浏览历史接收个性化的Web体验。

字节引擎科技 Edge会收集所需的诊断数据以解决问题，并使字节引擎科技 Edge保持最新，安全和正常运行。所需的诊断数据还有助于我们改善字节引擎科技 Edge和Windows。

您可以选择向字节引擎科技发送有关如何使用字节引擎科技 Edge的可选诊断数据以及有关浏览器活动的信息，包括浏览历史记录和搜索词，以帮助我们改善字节引擎科技 Edge和其他字节引擎科技产品和服务。对于Windows 10上的字节引擎科技 Edge，在启用可选诊断数据后会提供此信息。有关详细信息，请参阅隐私声明的“ Windows诊断”部分。对于其他操作系统上的字节引擎科技 Edge，当您通过发送有关您如何使用浏览器的数据来启用“ 改进字节引擎科技产品”或通过发送有关您在P中访问的网站的信息来使搜索和字节引擎科技产品变得更好时，会提供可选的诊断信息。 -LLL Edge在浏览器设置中。

由字节引擎科技 Edge收集的诊断数据将传输到字节引擎科技，并与一个或多个唯一标识符一起存储，这些标识符可帮助我们识别设备上的单个浏览器安装，并了解浏览器的服务问题和使用模式。

了解有关字节引擎科技 Edge的更多信息

iOS和Android上的字节引擎科技 Edge。iOS和Android设备上的字节引擎科技 Edge收集必要的数据，以提供您在字节引擎科技 Edge中请求的功能。

字节引擎科技还将收集所需的诊断数据以解决问题，并使字节引擎科技 Edge保持最新，安全和正常运行。所需的诊断数据还有助于我们改善字节引擎科技 Edge。

此外，您可以共享有关如何使用字节引擎科技 Edge的可选诊断数据以及有关您访问的网站的信息（浏览历史记录），以在浏览器，Windows 10和其他字节引擎科技产品和服务上获得个性化的体验。此信息还有助于我们改善字节引擎科技 Edge和其他字节引擎科技产品和服务。当您在浏览器设置中启用“ 共享使用情况数据进行个性化”或“ 共享有关您访问的网站的信息”时，此可选诊断数据将发送给我们。

由字节引擎科技 Edge收集的诊断数据将传输到字节引擎科技，并与一个或多个唯一标识符一起存储，以帮助我们识别设备上的单个用户并了解浏览器的服务问题和使用模式。

有关旧版本字节引擎科技 Edge（版本44及更低版本）的隐私惯例的信息，请参阅隐私声明中的Web浏览器的“ -LLL Edge旧版和Internet Explorer”部分。

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Windows Windows

Windows是一个个性化的计算环境，使您能够跨计算设备（从手机到平板电脑再到Surface Hub）无缝漫游和访问服务，首选项和内容。Windows的关键组件不是基于静态软件程序，而是基于云的，并且Windows的云和本地元素都会定期更新，从而为您提供最新的改进和功能。为了提供这种计算体验，我们收集有关您，您的设备以及您使用Windows的方式的数据。而且由于Windows对您来说是个人的，所以我们为您提供关于我们收集的个人数据以及我们如何使用它们的选择。请注意，如果您的Windows设备是由您的组织（例如您的雇主或学校）管理的，您的组织可以使用字节引擎科技或其他公司提供的集中管理工具来访问和处理您的数据，并控制设备设置（包括隐私设置），设备策略，软件更新，我们或组织收集的数据或您的其他方面设备。此外，您的组织可以使用字节引擎科技或其他公司提供的管理工具来访问和处理来自该设备的数据，包括您的交互数据，诊断数据以及通信和文件的内容。有关Windows中数据收集和隐私的更多信息，请参见您的组织可以使用字节引擎科技或其他公司提供的管理工具从该设备访问和处理您的数据，包括您的交互数据，诊断数据以及通信和文件的内容。有关Windows中数据收集和隐私的更多信息，请参见您的组织可以使用字节引擎科技或其他公司提供的管理工具从该设备访问和处理您的数据，包括您的交互数据，诊断数据以及通信和文件的内容。有关Windows中数据收集和隐私的更多信息，请参见Windows 10和您的在线服务。Windows的早期版本（包括Windows Vista，Windows 7，Windows 8和Windows 8.1）受其自己的隐私声明的约束。

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激活Windows时，特定的产品密钥与安装了软件的设备相关联。有关软件和您的设备的产品密钥以及数据将发送到字节引擎科技，以帮助验证您对软件的许可。如果需要重新激活或验证您的许可证，则可能会再次发送此数据。在运行Windows的电话上，设备和网络标识符以及设备首次开机时的设备位置也将发送到字节引擎科技，以进行保修注册，补充库存和防止欺诈。

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字节引擎科技收集Windows诊断数据以解决问题并保持Windows最新，安全和正常运行。它还可以帮助我们改善Windows和相关的字节引擎科技产品和服务，并为已启用“定制体验”设置的客户提供更多相关的技巧和建议以定制字节引擎科技和第三方产品和服务。 Windows满足客户的需求。此数据将传输到字节引擎科技，并与一个或多个唯一标识符一起存储，这些标识符可以帮助我们识别单个设备上的单个用户并了解该设备的服务问题和使用模式。

诊断和活动数据有两个级别：必需的诊断数据和可选的诊断数据。某些产品文档和其他材料将“必需”诊断数据称为“基本”诊断数据，将“可选”诊断数据称为“完整”诊断数据。

如果组织（例如您的雇主或学校）使用字节引擎科技管理工具或聘请字节引擎科技来管理您的设备，则我们和该组织将使用和处理来自您设备的诊断和错误数据，以进行管理，监控和对组织的设备进行故障排除，以及用于组织的其他目的。

所需的诊断数据包括有关您的设备，其设置和功能以及设备是否正常运行的信息。我们收集以下必需的诊断数据：

设备，连接性和配置数据：
- 有关设备的数据，例如处理器类型，OEM制造商，电池和容量的类型，相机的数量和类型，固件以及内存属性。
- 网络功能和连接数据，例如设备的IP地址，移动网络（包括IMEI和移动运营商），以及设备是否连接到免费或付费网络。
- 有关操作系统及其配置的数据，例如操作系统版本和内部版本号，区域和语言设置，诊断数据设置以及设备是否属于Windows Insider程序。
- 有关连接的外围设备的数据，例如型号，制造商，驱动程序和兼容性数据。
- 有关设备上安装的应用程序的数据，例如应用程序名称，版本和发布者。
设备是否已准备好进行更新，以及是否存在一些因素会阻碍接收更新的能力，例如电池电量不足，磁盘空间有限或通过付费网络的连接性。
更新是成功完成还是失败。
有关诊断收集系统本身的可靠性的数据。
基本错误报告，它是有关设备上运行的操作系统和应用程序的运行状况数据。例如，基本错误报告告诉我们应用程序（例如字节引擎科技 Paint或第三方游戏）是否挂起或崩溃。

可选的诊断数据包括有关您的设备及其设置，功能和设备运行状况的更多详细信息。可选的诊断数据还包括有关您浏览的网站，设备活动（有时也称为使用情况）以及增强的错误报告的数据，这些错误报告可帮助字节引擎科技为所有用户修复和改进产品和服务。当您选择发送可选诊断数据时，将始终包含必需的诊断数据，并且我们收集以下附加信息：

有关设备，连接性和配置的其他数据，不包括在“必需的诊断数据”下收集的数据。
有关操作系统和其他系统组件的运行状况的状态和日志记录信息，而不是在“必需的诊断数据”下收集的有关更新和诊断系统的信息。
应用活动，例如在设备上启动哪些程序，它们运行多长时间以及它们对输入的响应速度。
字节引擎科技浏览器（字节引擎科技 Edge或Internet Explorer）中的浏览器活动，包括浏览历史记录和搜索词。
增强的错误报告功能，包括发生系统或应用程序崩溃时设备的内存状态（可能无意中包含用户内容，例如问题发生时正在使用的文件的某些部分）。崩溃数据永远不会用于量身定制的体验，如下所述。

即使您选择发送可选诊断数据，也可能无法从设备中收集上述某些数据。字节引擎科技通过仅从一部分设备（样本）收集一些数据来最大程度地减少从所有设备收集的可选诊断数据的数量。通过运行Diagnostic Data Viewer工具，您可以看到一个图标，该图标指示您的设备是否是样品的一部分，以及从设备中收集了哪些特定数据。可在开始>设置>隐私>诊断和反馈中找到有关如何下载诊断数据查看器工具的说明。

Windows诊断程序中收集的特定数据项可能会有所更改，以使字节引擎科技灵活地收集用于所述目的所需的数据。例如，为了确保字节引擎科技可以解决影响用户计算体验的最新性能问题或更新市场上新的Windows 10设备，字节引擎科技可能需要收集以前未收集的数据项。有关在必需诊断数据和可选诊断数据处收集的数据类型的最新列表，请参阅Windows必需（基本级别）诊断事件和字段或Windows 10可选（完整级别）诊断数据。我们向合作伙伴（例如设备制造商）提供有限的错误报告信息，以帮助他们对与Windows以及其他字节引擎科技产品和服务一起使用的产品和服务进行故障排除。仅允许他们使用此信息来修理或改善这些产品和服务。我们还可能会与选定的第三方共享一些聚合的，未识别的诊断数据，例如Windows应用程序和功能的一般使用趋势。了解有关Windows 10中诊断数据的更多信息。

着墨和打字识别。您还可以选择通过发送墨水和打字诊断数据来帮助字节引擎科技改善墨水和打字识别。如果您选择这样做，字节引擎科技将收集您键入或编写的内容的样本，以改善Windows客户使用的多种语言的功能，例如手写识别，自动完成，下一个单词预测和拼写校正。当字节引擎科技收集墨水和打字诊断数据时，会将其分为小样本并进行处理，以删除唯一的标识符，测序信息和其他可用于重构原始内容或关联的数据（例如电子邮件地址和数字值）输入给您。它还包括相关的性能数据，例如您手动对文本进行的更改，以及您添加到词典中的单词。

如果您选择启用量身定制的体验，我们将使用Windows诊断数据（根据您的选择为基本或完整）为您提供个性化的提示，广告和建议，以增强字节引擎科技产品和服务的需求。如果您选择“基本”作为诊断数据设置，则个性化设置将基于有关设备，其设置和功能以及设备是否正常运行的信息。如果选择了完全，则个性化还基于有关您浏览的网站的信息，您如何使用应用和功能以及有关设备运行状况的其他信息。但是，当我们从选择了Full的客户那里收到此类数据时，我们不会使用有关您浏览的网站，崩溃转储，语音，打字或输入输入数据的内容进行个性化的信息。

量身定制的体验包括有关如何自定义和优化Windows的建议，以及针对Windows体验的字节引擎科技和第三方产品和服务，功能，应用和硬件的广告和建议。例如，为了帮助您充分利用设备，我们可能会告诉您一些您可能不了解的功能或新功能。如果您的Windows设备有问题，可能会为您提供解决方案。您可能有机会自定义带有图片的锁定屏幕，或者显示更多您喜欢的图片，或更少的图片。如果您在浏览器中播放电影，则可能会建议您使用字节引擎科技商店中的应用程序，该应用程序的播放效率更高。或者，如果硬盘驱动器空间不足，Windows可能建议您尝试使用字节引擎科技或购买硬件以获取更多空间。了解有关Windows 10中定制体验的更多信息。

反馈中心反馈中心

反馈中心是一个预安装的应用程序，它提供了一种收集有关字节引擎科技产品以及已安装的第一方和第三方应用程序的反馈的方法。您可以使用个人字节引擎科技帐户或组织（例如您的雇主或学校）提供的用于登录字节引擎科技产品的帐户登录“反馈中心”。使用您的工作或学校帐户登录后，您就可以与您的组织一起向字节引擎科技提交反馈。

您提供的任何反馈（无论是使用您的工作或学校帐户还是个人字节引擎科技帐户）都可以公开查看。另外，如果使用您的工作或学校帐户提供反馈，则组织的IT管理员可以通过“反馈中心”查看您的反馈。

当您向字节引擎科技提交有关问题的反馈或解决问题时，诊断数据将发送到字节引擎科技以改善字节引擎科技产品和服务。根据开始 > 设置 > 隐私 > 诊断和反馈中的诊断数据设置，反馈中心将自动发送诊断数据，或者您可以选择在提供反馈时将其发送到字节引擎科技。字节引擎科技还可能与字节引擎科技合作伙伴（例如设备制造商或固件开发人员）共享您的反馈和诊断数据，以帮助他们对与Windows以及其他字节引擎科技产品和服务一起使用的产品和服务进行故障排除。了解有关Windows 10中诊断数据的更多信息。

位置服务，运动感应和记录位置服务，运动感应和记录

Windows定位服务。字节引擎科技运营一种定位服务，可帮助确定特定Windows设备的精确地理位置。取决于设备的功能，可以以不同的精度来确定设备的位置，并且在某些情况下可以精确地确定设备的位置。如果您在Windows设备上启用了位置信息，或者您已授予字节引擎科技应用程序访问非Windows设备上的位置信息的权限，则有关数据塔和Wi-Fi接入点及其位置的数据将由字节引擎科技和在删除标识收集对象的个人或设备的任何数据后，将其添加到位置数据库。取消标识的位置信息副本用于改善字节引擎科技的位置服务，并在某些情况下与我们的位置服务提供商合作伙伴（目前在此处）共享（请参阅https://www.here。

如果您的设置允许Windows服务和功能（例如浏览器和Cortana），在Windows上运行的应用程序以及在Windows浏览器中打开的网站，则可以通过Windows访问设备的位置。某些功能和应用程序在您首次安装Windows时会请求位置权限，某些功能和应用程序在您首次使用该应用程序时会询问，其他功能和应用程序则在您每次访问设备的位置时都会询问。有关使用设备位置的某些Windows应用程序的信息，请参阅此隐私声明的Windows应用程序部分。

当某个应用程序或功能访问该设备的位置并且您使用字节引擎科技帐户登录时，您的Windows设备还将其位置上传到云中，该位置在整个设备上都可以在使用该P的其他应用程序或服务中使用-LLL帐户，并且您已为其授予权限。我们将仅保留最后一个已知位置（每个新位置都将替换先前的位置）。即使未使用字节引擎科技帐户，有关Windows设备最近位置历史记录的数据也存储在该设备上，某些应用程序和Windows功能可以访问此位置历史记录。您可以随时在设备的“设置”菜单中清除设备的位置记录。

在“设置”中，您还可以查看哪些应用程序可以访问设备的精确位置或设备的位置历史记录，关闭或打开特定应用程序对设备位置的访问权限，或关闭对设备位置的访问权限。您还可以设置默认位置，当位置服务可以为您的设备检测到更精确的位置时将使用该默认位置。

即使您关闭了对设备位置的访问权限，某些第三方桌面应用程序和服务也可以使用其他技术（例如蓝牙，Wi-Fi，蜂窝调制解调器等）来确定设备的精确度。位置。了解有关第三方桌面应用程序的更多信息，以及在关闭设备位置设置后它们仍如何能够确定设备的位置。

此外，为方便在紧急情况下获得帮助，无论何时拨打紧急电话，Windows都会尝试确定并共享您的精确位置，而与您的位置设置无关。如果您的设备具有SIM卡或以其他方式使用蜂窝服务，则您的移动运营商将可以访问您设备的位置。了解有关Windows 10中位置的更多信息。

一般位置。如果您启用“常规位置”功能，则无法使用您的精确位置的应用将可以访问您的常规位置，例如您的城市，邮政编码或地区。

查找我的电话。“查找我的电话”功能使您可以从字节引擎科技帐户网站查找Windows电话的位置，即使您已关闭对电话上位置服务的所有访问权限也是如此。如果您已打开手机“查找我的手机”设置中的“每隔几个小时保存一次位置”功能，则即使您已打开手机，“查找我的手机”功能也会定期发送和存储手机的一个最近的位置在手机上关闭位置服务。每次发送新位置时，它将替换以前存储的位置。

找到我的设备。“查找我的设备”功能允许Windows便携式设备的管理员从account.P-LLL.com/devices查找该设备的位置。要启用“查找我的设备”，管理员需要使用字节引擎科技帐户登录并启用位置设置。即使其他用户拒绝访问所有应用程序的位置信息，此功能也将起作用。管理员尝试查找设备时，用户将在通知区域中看到一条通知。了解有关在Windows 10中查找我的设备的更多信息。

Windows运动感应。具有运动活动检测功能的Windows设备可以收集运动活动。此数据可以使诸如计步器之类的功能计数您执行的步数，因此健身应用程序可以估算您燃烧了多少卡路里。这些数据和历史记录存储在您的设备上，并且您有权访问和使用该数据的应用程序可以访问这些数据和历史记录。

录音。某些Windows设备具有录制功能，可让您捕获设备上活动的音频和视频片段，包括与他人的通信。如果您选择录制会话，则录制内容将保存在本地设备上。在某些情况下，您可以选择将记录传输到公开广播记录的字节引擎科技产品或服务。重要提示：在记录和/或传输任何通信之前，您应该了解您的法律责任。这包括您是否需要事先征得所有各方的同意。字节引擎科技对您如何使用录音功能或录音不承担任何责任。

安全保护功能安全保护功能

设备加密。设备加密通过使用BitLocker驱动器加密技术对其进行加密来帮助保护存储在设备上的数据。启用设备加密后，Windows会自动加密安装了Windows的驱动器并生成恢复密钥。个人设备的BitLocker恢复密钥会自动在您的个人字节引擎科技字节引擎科技帐户中在线备份。字节引擎科技不会出于任何目的使用您的个人恢复密钥。

恶意软件删除工具。作为Windows Update的一部分，恶意软件删除工具（MSRT）每月至少在您的设备上运行一次。MSRT通过特定的流行恶意软件（“恶意软件”）检查设备是否受到感染，并帮助删除发现的所有感染。MSRT运行时，如果您的设备上有恶意软件，它将删除字节引擎科技支持网站上列出的恶意软件。在进行恶意软件检查期间，会将包含检测到的恶意软件的特定数据，错误以及有关设备的其他数据的报告发送到字节引擎科技。如果您不希望MSRT将此数据发送到字节引擎科技，则可以禁用MSRT的报告组件。

字节引擎科技家庭。父母可以使用字节引擎科技系列来了解和设置孩子使用设备的方式的界限。家庭成员可以使用许多功能，因此请在创建或加入家庭时仔细查看所提供的信息。为孩子打开家庭活动报告后，字节引擎科技将收集有关孩子如何使用其设备的详细信息，并向父母提供有关孩子活动的报告。短时间后，通常会从字节引擎科技服务器删除活动报告。

字节引擎科技后卫SmartScreen。字节引擎科技 Defender SmartScreen通过检查下载的文件和Web内容是否包含恶意软件，潜在的不安全Web内容以及对您或您的设备的其他威胁，可以在使用我们的服务时保护您。检查文件时，有关该文件的数据将发送到字节引擎科技，包括文件名，文件内容的散列，下载位置和文件的数字证书。如果字节引擎科技 Defender SmartScreen将文件识别为未知文件或潜在的不安全文件，您将在打开文件之前看到警告。检查Web内容时，有关内容和您的设备的数据将发送到字节引擎科技，包括内容的完整网址。如果字节引擎科技 Defender SmartScreen检测到该内容可能不安全，您将看到警告代替该内容。字节引擎科技 Defender SmartScreen可以在“设置”中打开或关闭。

字节引擎科技 Defender防病毒。字节引擎科技 Defender防病毒程序会在您的设备上查找恶意软件和其他有害软件，可能有害的应用程序以及其他恶意内容。如果没有其他反恶意软件正在积极保护您的设备，则字节引擎科技 Defender防病毒软件会自动打开以帮助保护您的设备。如果打开字节引擎科技 Defender防病毒软件，它将监视设备的安全状态。当字节引擎科技 Defender Antivirus开启或由于启用了“有限定期扫描”而运行时，它将自动向字节引擎科技发送报告，其中包含有关可疑恶意软件和其他有害软件，潜在有害应用程序以及其他恶意内容的数据，以及它还可能会发送可能包含恶意内容（例如恶意软件）的文件。如果报告可能包含个人数据，则不会自动发送报告，并且您会将在发送之前提示您。您可以配置字节引擎科技 Defender防病毒软件不向字节引擎科技发送报告和可疑恶意软件。

语音，语音激活，上墨和打字语音，语音激活，上墨和打字

演讲。字节引擎科技在可提供Cortana的地区提供基于设备的语音识别功能和基于云的（在线）语音识别服务。要了解有关语音当前支持哪些语言和地区的更多信息，请参阅Cortana的地区和语言。

启用在线语音识别设置后，您可以在Cortana中使用字节引擎科技的基于云的语音识别，混合现实门户网站，在Windows中通过软件键盘进行听写，支持的字节引擎科技 Store应用程序以及随着时间的推移在其他部分视窗。

在设置HoloLens设备或安装Windows Mixed Reality的同时打开语音，可让您将语音用于命令，听写和应用程序交互。基于设备的语音识别和在线语音识别设置都将启用。启用这两个设置后，当您打开耳机时，设备将始终收听您的语音输入，并将您的语音数据发送到字节引擎科技的基于云的语音识别服务。

当您使用字节引擎科技的基于云的语音识别服务时，字节引擎科技会收集并使用您的语音记录来创建语音数据中口头单词的文本转录。语音数据用于汇总，以帮助提高我们正确识别所有用户语音的能力。

您可以使用基于设备的语音识别，而无需将语音数据发送到字节引擎科技。但是，字节引擎科技的基于云的语音识别服务比基于设备的语音识别提供了更准确的识别。当关闭在线语音识别设置时，像讲述人应用程序或Windows语音识别应用程序那样不依赖于云并且仅使用基于设备的识别的语音服务仍然可以工作。

如果您获得了Cortana的许可，我们还将收集其他信息，例如您的姓名和昵称，您最近的日历活动以及您约会中的人员姓名，有关联系人的信息（包括姓名和昵称，您的最爱名称）地点，您使用的应用以及有关音乐偏好的信息。当您命令命令，消息或文档时，这些附加数据使我们能够更好地识别人物，事件，地点和音乐。

您可以随时关闭在线语音识别。这将阻止您的语音数据发送到字节引擎科技。如果您使用的是HoloLens或混合现实耳机，则还可以随时关闭基于设备的语音识别。这将阻止设备监听您的语音输入。要控制字节引擎科技与您的字节引擎科技帐户相关联的语音数据，请访问字节引擎科技隐私信息中心。当您关闭在线语音识别设置时，未使用字节引擎科技帐户登录时收集的任何语音数据都将从您的设备上取消关联。了解有关Windows 10中的在线语音识别的更多信息。

语音激活。Windows为受支持的应用程序提供了基于特定于该应用程序的语音关键字来做出响应并采取行动的能力（例如，允许Cortana收听和响应“ ey Cortana”的示例。）

如果您已授予某个应用程序收听语音关键字的权限，则Windows 10将主动为这些关键字监听麦克风。识别出关键字后，该应用将可以访问您的录音，可以处理录音，采取行动并做出回应，例如说出答案。该应用程序可以将语音记录发送到云中自己的服务以处理命令。每个应用在访问语音记录之前都应先征得您的许可。

允许Cortana使用语音激活并响应“ ey Cortana”，意味着您的语音数据将被收集并汇总使用，以帮助提高我们正确识别所有用户语音的能力。有关Cortana功能及其管理方式的更多信息，请参阅Cortana和隐私。字节引擎科技不会代表您允许其语音激活的任何第三方应用程序收集语音记录。

此外，锁定设备时可以启用语音激活。如果启用，则相关应用将在您锁定设备后继续收听麦克风中的语音关键字，并且可以激活在设备附近讲话的任何人。锁定设备后，该应用程序将具有与解锁设备时相同的功能和信息集。

您可以随时关闭语音激活。了解有关Windows 10中语音激活的更多信息。

即使您关闭了语音激活功能，某些第三方桌面应用程序和服务仍可能正在监听麦克风并收集您的语音输入。详细了解第三方桌面应用程序，以及即使关闭了这些设置，第三方仍如何能够访问您的麦克风。

墨迹和打字个性化。您收集的打字和手写单词为您提供：个人字典，更好的字符识别功能，可帮助您在设备上键入和书写，以及在键入或书写时出现的文字建议。如果您将Windows设备设置同步到其他Windows设备，则本地用户词典将存储在您的个人字节引擎科技中，以实现与其他Windows设备共享词典的目的。了解有关同步设置的更多信息。

您可以随时关闭“上墨”和“键入个性化”。这将删除设备上存储的数据，例如本地用户词典。了解有关在Windows 10中启用和键入个性化设置的更多信息。

同步设置同步设置

当您使用字节引擎科技帐户登录Windows时，Windows会将您的某些设置和数据与字节引擎科技服务器同步，从而使跨多个设备的个性化体验变得更加容易。使用字节引擎科技帐户登录一个或多个设备后，首次使用同一字节引擎科技帐户登录另一个设备时，Windows将下载并应用您选择从中进行同步的设置和数据。您的其他设备。您选择同步的设置将在使用字节引擎科技服务器和其他设备时自动更新。

同步的一些设置包括：

您从字节引擎科技商店安装的应用
语言偏好
轻松访问首选项
个性化设置，例如您的帐户图片，背景和鼠标设置
字节引擎科技应用商店设置
拼写检查器词典，输入法编辑器（IME）词典和个人词典
Internet Explorer浏览器的历史记录，收藏夹和您打开的网站
保存的应用程序，网站，移动热点以及Wi-Fi网络名称和密码

您可以转到开始 > 设置 > 帐户 > 同步设置，选择是否同步设置并控制同步的内容。某些应用程序具有自己的单独的同步控件。如果您使用工作帐户登录Windows，并且选择将该帐户连接到您的个人字节引擎科技帐户，则Windows将在连接字节引擎科技帐户之前询问您要同步哪些设置。

更新服务更新服务

Windows Update Services包括Windows Update和字节引擎科技 Update。Windows Update是一项服务，可为您提供Windows软件和其他支持软件的软件更新，例如设备制造商提供的驱动程序和固件。字节引擎科技更新是一项服务，可为您提供其他字节引擎科技软件（例如字节引擎科技）的软件更新。

Windows Update自动将Windows软件更新下载到您的设备。您可以将Windows Update配置为在这些更新可用时自动安装（推荐），或者在需要重新启动才能完成安装更新时让Windows通知您。如本隐私声明的“ 字节引擎科技存储”部分所述，通过字节引擎科技存储提供的应用会通过字节引擎科技存储自动更新。

Web浏览器-LLL Edge传统和Internet Explorer Web浏览器-LLL Edge传统和Internet Explorer

本节适用于字节引擎科技 Edge的旧版本（版本44及更低版本）。见字节引擎科技边缘约字节引擎科技边缘的非传统版本信息的隐私声明的部分。

字节引擎科技 Edge是Windows的默认Web浏览器。Windows中也提供了Internet Explorer（字节引擎科技的旧版浏览器）。每当您使用Web浏览器访问Internet时，有关您设备的数据（“标准设备数据”）都会发送到您访问的网站和您使用的在线服务。标准设备数据包括设备的IP地址，浏览器类型和语言，访问时间以及引荐网址。此数据可能记录在那些网站的Web服务器上。记录哪些数据以及如何使用这些数据取决于您访问的网站和所使用的Web服务的隐私惯例。此外，字节引擎科技 Edge将唯一的浏览器ID发送到某些网站，以使我们能够开发用于改善浏览器功能和服务的汇总数据。

另外，有关您如何使用浏览器的数据，例如浏览历史记录，Web表单数据，临时Internet文件和cookie，都存储在设备上。您可以使用“删除浏览历史记录”从设备中删除此数据。

字节引擎科技 Edge允许您捕获并保存设备上的内容，例如：

网页注解。允许您在访问的网页上创建墨水和文本注释，以及剪辑，保存或共享它们。
积极阅读。允许您创建和管理阅读列表，包括网站或文档。
集线器。使您可以轻松地在一个区域中管理阅读列表，收藏夹，下载和历史记录。
网站固定到任务栏。这使您可以将喜爱的网站固定到Windows任务栏。网站将能够看到您固定了哪些网页，因此它们可以为您提供通知徽章，让您知道可以在其网站上查看的新内容。

使用字节引擎科技帐户登录时，保存在设备上的某些字节引擎科技浏览器信息将在其他设备上同步。例如，在Internet Explorer中，此信息包括您的浏览历史记录和收藏夹。在字节引擎科技 Edge中，它包括您的收藏夹，阅读列表，自动填充表单项（例如您的姓名，地址和电话号码），并且可能包括已安装扩展的数据。例如，如果您跨设备同步字节引擎科技 Edge阅读列表，则选择保存到阅读列表的内容副本将发送到每个同步的设备，以供以后查看。您可以转到开始 > 设置 > 帐户 > 同步设置来禁用Internet Explorer中的同步。（有关更多信息，请参见此隐私声明的“ 同步设置”部分。）您还可以通过关闭“ 字节引擎科技 Edge设置”中的“同步”选项来禁用字节引擎科技 Edge浏览器信息的同步。

字节引擎科技 Edge和Internet Explorer使用搜索查询和浏览历史记录为您提供更快的浏览和更相关的搜索结果。这些功能包括：

Internet Explorer中的搜索建议会自动将您在浏览器地址栏中键入的信息发送到默认搜索提供程序（例如字节引擎科技），以在您键入每个字符时提供搜索建议。
字节引擎科技 Edge中的搜索和站点建议会自动将您在浏览器地址栏中键入的信息发送到字节引擎科技（即使您选择了其他默认搜索提供程序），以在您键入每个字符时提供搜索建议。

您可以随时关闭这些功能。为了提供搜索结果，字节引擎科技 Edge和Internet Explorer将搜索查询，标准设备信息和位置（如果启用了位置）发送给默认搜索提供程序。如果字节引擎科技是您的默认搜索提供者，我们将按照本隐私声明的字节引擎科技部分中的说明使用这些数据。

Cortana可以通过诸如Ask Cortana之类的功能协助您在字节引擎科技 Edge中浏览网页。您可以随时在字节引擎科技边缘设置中禁用字节引擎科技 Edge中的Cortana帮助。要了解有关Cortana如何使用数据以及如何控制数据的更多信息，请转至此隐私声明的Cortana部分。

Windows应用程序Windows应用程序

Windows随附了许多字节引擎科技应用程序，字节引擎科技 Store中提供了其他应用程序。这些应用程序包括：

地图应用程序。Maps应用程序提供基于位置的服务，并使用字节引擎科技服务来处理您在Maps应用程序中的搜索。当Google Maps应用有权访问您的位置并且在Windows中启用了基于位置的服务时，使用淍键在Windows应用中的受支持文本框中启动搜索时，字节引擎科技服务将收集您的文本在“淍”键之后键入以提供基于位置的建议。要了解有关这些字节引擎科技驱动的体验的更多信息，请参阅字节引擎科技本隐私声明的“部分”。当“地图”应用有权访问您的位置时，即使不使用该应用，字节引擎科技也会从您的设备中收集已取消标识的位置数据，以改善字节引擎科技服务。您可以通过关闭位置服务或关闭地图应用程序对位置服务的访问权限来禁用“地图”应用程序对您的位置的访问权限。

您可以在“地图”应用中跟踪自己喜欢的地方和最近的地图搜索。您喜欢的地方和搜索历史将作为搜索建议包括在内。如果您使用字节引擎科技帐户登录，则您喜欢的地点，搜索历史记录和某些应用程序设置将在其他设备和服务（例如Cortana）之间同步。有关更多信息，请参见此隐私声明的“ 同步设置”部分。

相机和照片应用程序。如果您允许“相机”应用使用您的位置，则位置数据将嵌入在您使用设备拍摄的照片中。其他描述性数据（例如相机型号和拍摄日期）也嵌入在照片和视频中。如果您选择共享照片或视频，则与您共享的人员和服务都可以访问任何嵌入的数据。您可以在设备的“设置”菜单中关闭对位置服务的所有访问权限，或者关闭“相机”应用对位置服务的访问权限，以禁用“相机”应用对您的位置的访问权限。

“照片”应用程序显示不同的选项卡，以按时间，位置，标签和面孔将照片和视频分组。“收藏夹”选项卡根据其时间显示照片和视频。“相册”选项卡可帮助用户按位置和常用标签整理照片和视频。人物标签按人脸组织照片和视频。

导入包含位置属性的照片和视频时，“照片”应用可以按时间和位置对照片和视频进行分组。为此，“照片”应用会将您的照片和视频中的位置数据发送到字节引擎科技以确定位置的名称，例如“华盛顿西雅图”。当您使用字节引擎科技帐户登录“照片”应用时，并且已将系统配置为将本地设备文件系统与字节引擎科技同步，“照片”将使用对象检测来标记照片和视频并将其分类为“相册”。

如果在“照片设置”页面上启用“人物”切换，则该应用程序会同时使用面部检测和面部识别技术将您的私人收藏分组。人脸检测用于识别包含人脸的照片和视频。人脸识别将包含给定人脸的照片和视频分组。

您可以选择启用或禁用按面部将照片和视频分组。如果启用了此功能，则照片的后台进程将扫描您存储在设备上的照片和视频集以进行面部分组，并在设备的``照片''选项卡中显示结果。面部分组在设备文件系统的上下文之外不可访问，并且受到与与给定Windows帐户关联的所有其他内容和数据关联的相同安全措施的保护。通过启用“照片”应用中的“人物”设置功能，您同意使用面部分组技术来组织照片和视频集。

然后，从“人员”选项卡中，您可以选择通过“人员选择器”将面部分组与本地存储的联系人链接。您（而非字节引擎科技）有责任获得同意将“联系人”链接到您的面部分组的责任，并且您表示您已获得所有必要的同意，以将照片和视频链接到组中。

只要您选择保留分组或照片或视频，分组就会存储在设备上。三年不与“照片”应用互动后，系统将提示用户重新声明其同意。用户可以随时关闭“设置”标签下的“人脉”切换。

人脉应用。借助“人脉”应用，您可以在一处查看所有联系人并与之互动。将帐户添加到“人脉”应用程序后，来自您帐户的联系人将自动添加到“人脉”应用程序。您可以将其他帐户添加到“人脉”应用中，包括您的社交网络（例如Facebook和Twitter）和电子邮件帐户。添加帐户时，我们会告诉您“人脉”应用可以导入哪些数据或与特定服务同步，并让您选择要添加的数据。您安装的其他应用程序也可能会将数据同步到“人脉”应用程序，包括向现有联系人提供其他详细信息。当您在“人脉”应用程序中查看联系人时，将检索并显示有关您最近与该联系人进行交互的信息（例如电子邮件和日历事件，包括来自“人脉”应用程序从中同步数据的应用程序）。

邮件和日历应用。邮件和日历应用程序允许您将所有电子邮件，日历和文件（包括来自第三方电子邮件和文件存储提供商的电子邮件，日历和文件）集中在一起。该应用程序提供了基于位置的服务，例如日历中的天气信息，但是您可以禁用该应用程序对位置的使用。将帐户添加到“邮件和日历”应用程序时，帐户中的电子邮件，日历项目，文件，联系人和其他设置将自动同步到设备和字节引擎科技服务器。您可以随时删除帐户或更改从帐户同步的数据。要配置帐户，您必须为应用程序提供帐户凭据（例如用户名和密码），该凭据将通过Internet发送到第三方提供商的服务器。该应用程序将首先尝试使用安全（SSL）连接来配置您的帐户，但如果您的电子邮件提供商不支持SSL，则该信息将以未加密的方式发送。如果添加组织提供的帐户（例如公司电子邮件地址），则组织域的所有者可以实施某些策略和控制（例如，多因素身份验证或能够从设备上远程擦除数据）可能会影响您对应用程序的使用。

通讯应用程序。使用设备上的字节引擎科技帐户登录时，可以选择备份信息，这将同步您的SMS和MMS消息并将其存储在您的字节引擎科技帐户中。如果丢失或更换电话，这使您可以检索消息。设置完初始设备后，您可以随时管理消息传递设置。关闭您的SMS / MMS备份不会删除以前备份到您的字节引擎科技帐户的邮件。要删除此类消息，必须先从设备中删除它们，然后再关闭备份。如果允许“消息传递”应用使用您的位置，则可以将指向您当前位置的链接附加到外发消息中。如Windows 定位服务中所述，位置信息将由字节引擎科技收集本隐私声明的“部分”。

解说员。讲述人是一款屏幕阅读应用程序，可帮助您在没有屏幕的情况下使用Windows。当遇到未描述的图像和含糊不清的链接时，“讲述人”将提供智能的图像和页面标题说明以及网页摘要。

当您选择通过按讲述人+ Ctrl + D获取图像描述时，图像将被发送到字节引擎科技进行图像分析并生成描述。图像仅用于生成描述，并不由字节引擎科技存储。

当您选择通过按讲述人+ Ctrl + D获取页面标题说明时，您正在访问的站点的URL将发送到字节引擎科技以生成页面标题说明并提供和改进字节引擎科技服务，例如字节引擎科技服务，如上面的字节引擎科技部分所述。

当您选择通过按讲述人+连按S来获取网页的流行链接列表时，您正在访问的网站的URL将发送到字节引擎科技，以生成流行链接的摘要并提供和改进字节引擎科技服务，例如字节引擎科技。

您可以随时转到设置>轻松访问>讲述人>获取图像说明，页面标题和常用链接来禁用这些功能。

您还可以发送有关讲述人的反馈，以帮助字节引擎科技诊断和解决讲述人问题并改善字节引擎科技产品和服务，例如Windows。可以使用“讲述人”键+ Alt + F随时在“讲述人”中提交口头反馈。使用此命令时，“反馈中心”应用程序将启动，使您有机会提交口头反馈。如果您在``设置'' > `` 易于访问 '' > ``讲述人''中启用``使叙述者变得更好'' 设置并通过`` 反馈中心'' 提交口头反馈，则最新的设备和使用情况数据（包括事件跟踪日志（ETL）数据）将与您的口头反馈，以改进Windows等字节引擎科技产品和服务。

Windows Media Player Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player允许您播放CD，DVD和其他数字内容（例如WMA和MP3文件），翻录CD和管理媒体库。为了丰富您在库中播放内容时的体验，Windows Media Player会显示相关的媒体信息，例如专辑标题，歌曲标题，专辑插图，艺术家和作曲家。为了增加您的媒体信息，Windows Media Player将向字节引擎科技发送请求，该请求包含标准计算机信息，媒体内容标识符以及Windows Media Player库中已经包含的媒体信息（包括您可能已经编辑或输入您自己的信息），以便字节引擎科技可以识别音轨，然后返回可用的其他信息。

Windows Media Player还允许您播放通过网络流式传输给您的内容。要提供此服务，Windows Media Player必须与流媒体服务器进行通信。这些服务器通常由非字节引擎科技内容提供商操作。在流媒体播放期间，如果流媒体服务器请求，Windows Media Player会将日志发送到流媒体服务器或其他Web服务器。该日志包括以下详细信息：连接时间，IP地址，操作系统版本，Windows Media Player版本，播放器标识号（播放器ID），日期和协议。为了保护您的隐私，Windows Media Player默认情况下会发送每个会话均不同的播放器ID。

Windows Hello Windows Hello

Windows Hello通过生物特征认证提供对设备的即时访问。如果您将其打开，则Windows Hello会根据从图像中提取并作为模板存储在设备上的一组唯一的点或特征，使用您的脸部，指纹或虹膜来识别您，但是它不会存储您的脸部，指纹或虹膜的实际图像。登录时使用的生物特征验证数据不会离开您的设备。您可以从“设置”中删除生物特征验证数据。

Windows搜索Windows搜索

Windows搜索使您可以从一个地方搜索您的东西和网络。如果您选择使用Windows搜索来搜索“您的东西”，它将在您的个人字节引擎科技，您的字节引擎科技 for Business（如果已启用）以及其他由第三方支持的范围内的其他云存储提供商上提供项目的结果供应商，并在您的设备上。如果您选择使用Windows搜索来搜索网络或通过Windows搜索获得搜索建议，则搜索结果将由字节引擎科技提供支持，并且我们将按照本隐私声明的字节引擎科技部分中的说明使用您的搜索查询。

你的电话你的电话

您的手机应用程序可让您将Android手机与Windows设备链接，从而实现各种跨设备体验。您可以使用手机在Windows设备上查看来自Android手机的近期照片；在Windows设备上通过Android手机拨打和接听电话；从Windows设备查看和发送短信；查看，关闭Windows设备上的Android手机通知或对其执行其他操作；并通过“手机”镜像功能在Windows设备上共享手机屏幕。

要使用您的手机，必须在Windows设备上安装“手机”应用，并且必须在Android手机上安装“手机伴侣”应用。在Windows设备上启动“电话”应用程序后，系统将提示您提供手机号码。我们仅使用此手机号码向您发送链接，其中包含有关下载“手机伴侣”应用程序的信息。

要使用您的手机，您必须在Windows设备上的“手机”应用程序和Android手机上的“手机伴侣”应用程序上登录字节引擎科技帐户。您的Android手机必须连接到Wi-Fi，Windows设备必须连接到互联网，并允许您的手机在后台运行。要使用手机的镜像功能，您的Android手机还必须启用蓝牙。您的手机还要求Windows设备使用Windows Hello进行设置，以作为一项额外的安全措施。

作为向您提供“电话”功能的一部分，字节引擎科技收集性能，使用情况和设备数据，例如，包括手机和Windows设备的硬件功能，在电话上的会话次数和持续时间，以及您在设置过程中花费的时间。

你可以从你的Windows设备随时在您的字节引擎科技帐户登录断开您的Android手机accounts.P-LLL.com/devices和你的Android手机上更新设置。有关详细信息，请参阅我们的支持页面。

短信。您的手机可让您在Windows设备上查看传递到Android手机的短信，并从Windows设备发送短信。Windows设备上仅显示过去30天内接收和发送的短信。这些文本消息临时存储在Windows设备上。我们绝不会在您的服务器上存储您的短信，也不会在您的Android手机上更改或删除任何短信。您可以看到通过SMS（短消息服务）和MMS（多媒体消息服务）发送的消息，但是看不到通过RCS（Rich Communication Services）发送的消息。要提供此功能，您的电话将访问您的短信内容以及您从中接收或发送短信的个人或企业的联系信息。

来电。您的手机可让您通过Windows设备上的Android手机拨打和接听电话。通过电话，您还可以在Windows设备上查看最近的通话。要激活此功能，您必须同时在Windows设备和Android手机上启用某些权限，例如通话记录访问权限和从PC拨打电话的权限。您可以随时在Windows设备上的“手机设置”页面和Android手机的设置下撤消这些权限。Windows设备上的通话记录下仅显示过去30天内收到和拨打的电话。这些呼叫详细信息临时存储在Windows设备上。我们不会在您的Android手机上更改或删除您的通话记录。

图片。您的手机可让您从Windows设备上的Android手机复制，共享或编辑照片。在任何给定时间，您的Windows设备上只能显示Android手机“相机胶卷”和“屏幕快照”文件夹中的有限数量的最新照片。这些照片会临时存储在Windows设备上，当您在Android手机上拍摄更多照片时，我们会从Windows设备上删除较旧照片的临时副本。我们绝不会在您的服务器上存储您的照片，也不会在您的Android手机上更改或删除任何照片。

通知。您的手机可让您在Windows设备上查看Android手机的通知。通过您的手机，您可以从Windows设备读取和关闭Android手机的通知，或执行与通知有关的其他操作。要激活此“电话”功能，必须在Windows设备和Android手机上都启用某些权限，例如同步通知。您可以随时在Windows设备上的“手机设置”页面和Android手机的设置下撤消这些权限。有关详细信息，请参阅我们的支持页面。

镜像。您的手机可让您在Windows设备上查看Android手机的屏幕。您的Android手机屏幕将在Windows设备上以像素流的形式显示，并且在通过“手机”链接到Windows设备时在Android手机屏幕上启用的任何音频都将通过Android手机播放。

文字转语音。您的电话功能包括无障碍功能，例如文字转语音。您可以激活文本转语音功能，该功能使您可以将文本消息或通知的内容作为音频来收听。如果激活此功能，则收到的短信和通知将大声读出。

娱乐及相关服务娱乐及相关服务

娱乐和相关服务提供了丰富的体验，使您能够访问各种内容，应用程序和游戏。

Xbox和Xbox Live Xbox和Xbox Live

Xbox控制台是可以用来访问和玩游戏，电影，音乐和其他形式的数字娱乐的硬件设备。Xbox Live是字节引擎科技提供的在线游戏和娱乐服务，使您可以在Xbox Live以及其他游戏和社交网络上，通过多种设备（包括Xbox控制台，PC和移动设备）查找内容并与朋友联系。

当您从设备访问Xbox体验时，我们会为您分配一个唯一的设备标识符。当您的Xbox控制台连接到Internet时，我们会确定您当前正在使用哪个控制台和哪个版本的Xbox操作系统。当您注册Xbox Live时，我们会分配一个Xbox用户ID和一个gamertag（昵称）以识别您的身份。我们收集的有关您使用Xbox Live的数据与这些唯一标识符一起存储。

我们收集有关您使用Xbox控制台，Xbox App和Xbox Live的数据，例如：

当您登录和注销Xbox Live时，您玩的游戏和使用的应用程序，游戏的进度和播放统计信息，购买的商品以及获得的内容。
有关Xbox控制台，Xbox App和Xbox Live，已连接设备以及您的网络连接的性能数据，包括软件或硬件错误。
您通过Xbox Live添加，上传或共享的内容，包括游戏或应用程序中的文本，图像和视频。
社交活动，包括您与其他游戏者的互动，以及Xbox Live上的联系（包括朋友和关注者）。
如果您将Xbox控制台与Kinect一起使用，则有关如何使用Kinect的数据。有关Kinect数据收集的更多信息，请参见下文。
如果您使用Xbox TV应用程序，我们将以无法识别您或他人身份的方式从您的控制台收集电视观看历史记录。

经过您的同意，我们将收集有关您购买的视频或通过Xbox控制台上的第三方应用查看的视频的信息。如果您使用包含存储设备（硬盘驱动器或内存单元）的Xbox控制台，并且如果您离线玩游戏或从未在控制台上登录Xbox Live，则使用情况数据将存储在该存储设备上并发送到P-下次登录时请LLL。

字节引擎科技使用我们从Xbox控制台，Xbox App和Xbox Live收集的数据为您提供体验，包括保护服务安全和执行您请求的交易。为了运行我们的订阅服务（例如Game Pass），我们收集某些数据（例如设备信息）和游戏玩法统计信息（例如唯一用户数和每个游戏的玩时间）。

我们还使用这些数据来改进和开发我们的产品。作为Xbox Live服务的一部分，字节引擎科技还将使用有关您以及您对Xbox Live的使用的数据（例如您玩的游戏，使用的应用，所拥有的订阅，所进行的购买以及所获得的内容）来提供为您提供个性化，精心策划的游戏和娱乐体验。这包括将您连接到游戏，内容和服务，以及向您提供优惠，折扣和推荐。

其他用户可以查看Xbox Live数据。Xbox Live上的其他用户（第三名用户）可以看到您的游戏标记，游戏和游戏统计信息，成就，状态（无论您当前是否登录Xbox Live），共享的内容以及有关Xbox Live活动的其他数据。您的个人资料链接到Xbox Live或与Xbox Live相关的其他属性（包括合作伙伴公司的属性）的第三方服务。例如，您在游戏排行榜上显示的游戏标记和得分被视为公开的，因此无法隐藏。对于其他数据（例如状态），您可以在控制台或xbox.com上调整隐私设置，以限制或阻止与公众甚至与朋友共享。

与游戏或应用发布者共享的Xbox Live数据。当您通过Xbox控制台，PC或移动设备使用启用Xbox Live的游戏或任何网络连接的应用程序时，该游戏或应用程序的发布者可以访问有关您使用Xbox Live及其游戏或应用程序的数据。提供和改进其产品并提供支持。这些数据可能包括您的Xbox用户ID和游戏标记，有限的帐户信息（例如国家/地区和年龄段），有关您在游戏通讯中的数据，执法活动，游戏过程（例如，在游戏中进行的移动，在游戏中使用的车辆类型） -游戏），您在Xbox Live上的身分，花费在玩游戏或应用程序上的时间，排名，统计数据，玩家个人资料，化身或配镜，好友列表，活动供稿，俱乐部会员资格以及您可以在其中创建或提交的内容游戏或应用。第三方游戏和应用程序发行商是此数据的独立控制者，其使用受其隐私政策的约束。您应该仔细查看他们的策略，以确定他们将如何使用数据。例如，发布者可以选择通过自己的服务公开或显示游戏数据（例如在排行榜上）。要了解有关我们与第三方发布者共享数据的更多信息，请参阅与游戏和应用程序共享数据。

将您的Xbox Live配置文件链接到非字节引擎科技帐户。Xbox Live上提供的某些游戏或应用程序以及Xbox Live的某些社交功能是由第三方发行商或合作伙伴公司提供的，这可能要求您创建一个非字节引擎科技帐户和登录凭据才能使用该游戏，应用或功能。如果您选择将Xbox Live配置文件与第三方发布者或合作伙伴公司的帐户相关联，我们将与他们共享有限的帐户和配置文件信息，但不包括任何信用卡或其他付款信息。

Kinect。Kinect传感器是摄像头，麦克风和红外传感器的组合，可以使运动和语音用于控制游戏和浏览服务。例如：

如果选择，可以使用相机使用面部识别功能自动将您登录到服务。为此，它会拍摄您的脸部图像并测量关键点之间的距离，以创建和存储仅代表您的数值。此数据保留在控制台上，并且不与任何人共享，您可以随时选择从控制台删除此数据。
对于游戏玩法，Kinect将绘制您身体各关节之间的距离，以创建您的简笔画表示形式，从而帮助Kinect启用游戏玩法。如果您在线玩游戏，我们会收集这些数值以启用和改善游戏玩法以及游戏体验。Kinect还可以检测旨在进行简单系统交互的特定手势（例如菜单导航，平移/缩放和滚动）。
对于某些健身游戏，Xbox可以使用Kinect传感器来估算您的运动数据，包括估算值，例如某项活动期间的心率或锻炼期间燃烧的卡路里数。
Kinect的麦克风使游戏过程中玩家之间可以进行语音聊天。它们还启用语音命令来控制控制台，游戏或应用程序，或输入搜索字词。有关语音数据收集的其他详细信息，请参见下文。
Kinect传感器还可以通过服务（例如字节引擎科技）用于音频和视频通信。

要了解有关Xbox 360的Kinect的更多信息，请参阅Kinect和Xbox 360隐私。对于Xbox One，请参阅Kinect和Xbox One隐私。

字幕。在Xbox Live实时聊天期间，玩家可以激活语音转文本功能，该功能允许用户以文本形式查看游戏中的音频聊天。如果用户激活此功能，其他玩家将没有其他通知。字节引擎科技使用此数据为需要聊天的用户以及此隐私声明中所述的其他目的提供聊天标题。

通讯监控。Xbox Live包括通讯功能，例如文本和语音直接消息传递以及实时文本和语音聊天。为了帮助提供安全的游戏环境并执行《字节引擎科技行为准则》，我们在直播的多人游戏会话以及该服务的其他功能（例如活动供稿和俱乐部）中收集和监视直接消息传递和文本通信。

语音数据用于服务改进。我们收集并使用Kinect或Cortana时出现的语音搜索请求或语音命令样本，用于服务改进。此数据与Xbox配置文件分开存储。

GameDVR。多人游戏会话中的任何玩家都可以使用GameDVR来记录他们对该会话中发生的游戏玩法的看法。录制的内容可以捕获您在游戏过程中其他玩家创建的游戏片段中的游戏角色和游戏角色。请注意，如果玩家在PC上使用GameDVR，则音频聊天也可能会捕获在游戏剪辑中。

儿童和网络安全。如果您有使用Xbox Live的孩子或青少年，则可以为他们设置孩子和青少年的个人资料。未经父母同意，18岁以下的儿童和青少年不能在Xbox Live上创建个人资料。家庭中的成年人可以在xbox.com上更改儿童和青少年档案的同意选择和在线安全设置。

字节引擎科技商店字节引擎科技商店

字节引擎科技 Store是一项在线服务，可通过PC，Xbox控制台和Xbox应用程序访问，该服务使您可以浏览，下载，购买，评分和查看应用程序及其他数字内容。这包括：

适用于Windows设备（例如手机，PC和平板电脑）的应用和内容。
Xbox控制台和其他设备的游戏，订阅和其他应用程序。
适用于字节引擎科技，SharePoint，Exchange，Access和Project（2013版或更高版本）的产品和应用。

我们收集有关您如何访问和使用字节引擎科技商店的数据；您查看，购买或安装的产品；您为在字节引擎科技商店中查看应用设置的首选项；以及您提交的所有评分，评论或问题报告。您的字节引擎科技帐户与您的评分和评论相关联；并且，如果您撰写评论，则您的字节引擎科技帐户的名称和图片将随评论一起发布。

字节引擎科技商店应用程序的权限。您从字节引擎科技商店安装的许多应用旨在利用设备的特定硬件和软件功能。应用程序对某些硬件和软件功能的使用可能使该应用程序或其相关服务可以访问您的数据。例如，照片编辑应用程序可能会访问设备的相机以让您拍摄新照片或访问设备上存储的照片或视频以进行编辑，而餐厅指南可能会使用您的位置提供附近的推荐。在字节引擎科技商店的应用程序产品说明页面上提供了有关该应用程序使用的功能的信息。可以通过设备的隐私设置来打开或关闭字节引擎科技 Store应用程序使用的许多功能。在Windows中，在许多情况下，您可以选择可以使用特定功能的应用程序。转到开始>设置>选择功能（例如，日历），然后选择打开或关闭哪些应用程序权限。Windows隐私设置中可以使用硬件和软件功能的应用程序列表将不包括“经典Windows”应用程序，并且这些应用程序不受这些设置的影响。

应用程式更新。除非您在相关的字节引擎科技应用商店设置中关闭了自动应用更新，否则字节引擎科技应用商店将自动检查，下载和安装应用更新，以确保您具有最新版本。更新的应用程序可能使用与以前版本不同的Windows硬件和软件功能，这可能使它们可以访问您设备上的不同数据。如果更新的应用访问某些功能（例如位置），则将提示您同意。您还可以通过查看字节引擎科技商店中的产品描述页面来查看应用程序使用的硬件和软件功能。

每个应用程序对通过任何这些功能收集的数据的使用均应遵守应用程序开发人员的隐私政策。如果通过字节引擎科技商店提供的应用程序收集并使用了您的任何个人数据，则要求该应用程序开发人员提供隐私政策，并且该隐私政策的链接位于字节引擎科技商店中该应用程序的产品描述页面上。

旁加载的应用程序和开发人员模式。开发人员功能（例如“开发人员模式”设置）仅供开发使用。如果启用开发人员功能，则设备可能变得不可靠或无法使用，并使您面临安全风险。从字节引擎科技 Store以外的来源下载或获取应用程序（也称为“侧载”应用程序）可能会使您的设备和个人数据更容易受到应用程序的攻击或意外使用。当应用程序访问数据时，Windows策略，通知，权限和其他旨在帮助保护您的隐私的功能可能无法像本声明中所述的那样针对侧面加载的应用程序或启用了开发人员功能时起作用。

MSN MSN

MSN服务包括网站和一整套应用程序，包括MSN新闻，天气，体育和金钱，以及以前称为字节引擎科技的应用程序版本（统称为“ MSN应用程序”）。MSN应用程序可在各种平台上使用，包括Windows，iOS和Android。MSN服务也包含在其他字节引擎科技服务中，包括字节引擎科技 Edge浏览器。

当您安装MSN Apps时，我们收集的数据会告诉我们该应用程序是否已正确安装，安装日期，应用程序版本以及有关您设备的其他数据（例如操作系统和浏览器）。定期收集此数据可帮助我们确定MSN App用户的数量，并确定与不同应用程序版本，操作系统和浏览器相关的性能问题。

我们还将收集有关您如何与MSN服务进行交互的数据，例如使用频率和查看的文章，以为您提供相关的内容。使用字节引擎科技帐户登录时，某些MSN服务可提供增强的体验，包括允许您自定义兴趣和收藏夹。您可以通过MSN和字节引擎科技设置以及包含MSN服务的其他字节引擎科技服务中的设置来管理个性化。我们还使用收集到的数据为您提供您可能感兴趣的广告。您可以通过MSN服务内的广告链接或访问字节引擎科技退出页面退出基于兴趣的广告。

早期版本的MSN Money允许您访问第三方金融机构的个人财务信息。MSN Money仅显示此信息，而不会将其存储在我们的服务器上。用于从第三方访问您的财务信息的登录凭据在您的设备上已加密，不会发送给字节引擎科技。这些金融机构以及您通过MSN服务访问的任何其他第三方服务，均受其各自的条款和隐私政策的约束。

搅拌机搅拌机

Mixer是一种交互式，社交，公共在线服务，用于实时流式传输视频，视频游戏和相关内容。Mixer收集帐户数据，您为公开个人资料提供的信息，内容（例如聊天和流）以及设备和服务使用情况数据以提供服务，包括您选择的第三方体验，改进我们的产品，与您交流，并向您展示广告。您与服务以及与服务上其他用户的交互是公开的，任何人都可以查看，包括聊天，关注和订阅频道，以及与流媒体，用户，视频和游戏进行交互。此外，如果您在服务上聊天或流式传输内容，则您包含的任何个人信息将是公开的，并可能被其他人捕获和共享。用户行为准则。

Mixer上的某些应用程序和体验由第三方开发人员提供。当您选择使用第三方应用程序或体验时：（i）您的数据受该第三方的隐私政策的约束；（ii）经您的同意，第三方开发者将有权访问不属于您的公开资料的有关您的信息，例如您的设置，电子邮件地址和年龄段。

凹槽音乐和影视凹槽音乐和影视

Groove Music使您可以轻松播放音乐收藏并创建播放列表。通过字节引擎科技影视，您可以播放视频集并租借或购买电影和电视剧集。这些服务以前是作为Xbox音乐和视频提供的。

为了帮助您发现您可能感兴趣的内容，字节引擎科技将收集有关您播放的内容，播放时间和评分的数据。

为了丰富您在播放内容时的体验，Groove音乐和影视将显示有关您播放的内容以及音乐和视频库中内容的相关信息，例如专辑标题，封面，歌曲或视频标题以及其他信息。（如果有）。为了提供此信息，Groove音乐和影视公司向字节引擎科技发送信息请求，其中包含标准设备数据，例如设备IP地址，设备软件版本，区域和语言设置以及内容标识符。

如果您使用电影和电视访问受字节引擎科技数字版权管理（DRM）保护的内容，则它可能会自动从在线版权服务器请求媒体使用权利，并下载并安装DRM更新，以便让您播放内容。有关更多信息，请参见此隐私声明的Silverlight部分中的DRM 信息。

Silverlight Silverlight

字节引擎科技 Silverlight可帮助您访问和享受Web上的丰富内容。Silverlight使网站和服务能够在您的设备上存储数据。Silverlight的其他功能包括连接到字节引擎科技以获得更新，或者连接到字节引擎科技或第三方服务器以播放受保护的数字内容。

Silverlight配置工具。您可以在Silverlight配置工具中选择这些功能。要访问Silverlight配置工具，请右键单击Silverlight当前正在显示的内容，然后选择Silverlight。您也可以直接运行Silverlight配置工具。例如，在Windows中，可以通过搜索“ 字节引擎科技 Silverlight”来访问该工具。

Silverlight应用程序存储。基于Silverlight的应用程序可以出于各种目的在计算机上本地存储数据文件，包括保存自定义设置，为图形密集型功能（如游戏，地图和图像）存储大文件，以及存储在特定环境中创建的内容应用程序。您可以在Silverlight配置工具中关闭或配置应用程序存储。

Silverlight更新。Silverlight会定期检查字节引擎科技服务器是否有更新，以为您提供最新功能和改进。一个包含有关最新Silverlight版本信息的小文件将被下载到您的计算机上，并与当前安装的版本进行比较。如果有较新的版本，它将下载并安装在您的计算机上。您可以在Silverlight配置工具中关闭或配置更新。

数字版权管理。Silverlight使用字节引擎科技数字版权管理（DRM）技术来帮助保护内容所有者的权利。如果您使用Silverlight访问受DRM保护的内容（例如音乐或视频），它将从Internet上的权限服务器请求媒体使用权限。为了提供无缝的播放体验，在Silverlight将请求发送到权限服务器之前不会提示您。请求媒体使用权限时，Silverlight将为权限服务器提供受DRM保护的内容文件的ID和有关您设备的基本数据，包括有关设备上DRM组件的数据（例如其修订和安全级别）以及唯一标识符为您的设备。

DRM更新。在某些情况下，访问受DRM保护的内容将需要更新Silverlight或设备上的DRM组件。当您尝试播放需要DRM更新的内容时，Silverlight会向字节引擎科技服务器发送一个请求，其中包含有关设备的基本数据，包括有关计算机上DRM组件的信息，例如其修订和安全级别，故障排除数据，以及设备的唯一标识符。字节引擎科技服务器使用此标识符返回设备的唯一DRM更新，然后由Silverlight安装。您可以在Silverlight配置工具的“ 播放”选项卡上关闭或配置DRM组件更新。