Microsoft — Policy Change
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Executive Summary
Microsoft updated its privacy policy to disclose that users who consent to receiving marketing communications by phone may be contacted using auto-dialers and artificial or prerecorded voices, which may be generated using artificial intelligence. This adds a new disclosure about the methods Microsoft may use for promotional phone calls. The update date changed from February 2026 to March 2026.
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--- old+++ new@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@Microsoft Privacy Statement-Last Updated: February 2026+Last Updated: March 2026What's new?Expand All@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@Updates. We use data we collect to develop product updates and security patches. For example, we may use information about your device’s 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 evaluate whether 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 Microsoft by email, SMS, physical mail, and telephone. For information about managing your contact data, email subscriptions, and promotional communications, see the+. 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 Microsoft by email, SMS, physical mail, and telephone. If you consent to receiving marketing communications to a phone number you provide us, we may contact you for marketing purposes using an auto-dialer and/or artificial/prerecorded voice, which may be generated using artificial intelligence. For information about managing your contact data, email subscriptions, and promotional communications, see theHow to access and control your personal datasection of this privacy statement.Relevant offers