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Microsoft recently notified users virtually the upcoming changes to the Microsoft Services Agreement. Microsoft is making these updates to clarify its terms and ensure that they remain transparent for you, also as to encompass new Microsoft products, services and features. The new changes to Microsoft Services Agreement will take issue on i Oc?to?ber 20?xx.

You can find the summary of the most notable changes to the Microsoft Services Agreement below.

  1. In the header, we've updated the publication date to 1 August 2020 and the constructive engagement to one October 2020.
  2. In the Your Content section, we've clarified that when you share Your Content with other people, they volition be able to utilise it for the purpose for which you provided information technology to them. We've also removed a reference to HealthVault because we no longer offer HealthVault as a Service.
  3. In the Code of Bear department, we've clarified spam and added phishing as another instance of harmful conduct. Spam is unwanted or unsolicited bulk email, postings, contact requests, SMS (text messages), instant messages or similar electronic communications. Phishing is sending emails or other electronic communications to fraudulently or unlawfully induce recipients to reveal personal or sensitive information, such every bit passwords, dates of nascency, National Insurance number, passport numbers, credit carte du jour information, fiscal data or other sensitive data, or to gain admission to accounts or records, exfiltration of documents or other sensitive information, payment and/or fiscal benefit.
  4. In the Kids and Accounts section, we've clarified that past creating a Microsoft account or using the Services, you and your parent or guardian take and hold to be bound by these terms and you stand for that you lot have either reached the age of "majority" or "legal responsibility" where you live or your parent or legal guardian agrees to be bound by these Terms on your behalf.
  5. In the Closing Your Account section, we've removed a provision that nosotros may temporarily prevent cosmos of an account associated with the e-mail address you provided.
  6. In the Payment Terms section, we've clarified that we reserve the right to issue refunds or credits at our sole discretion unless otherwise required past law. We've also antiseptic information for Israeli customers nigh cancellations and refunds for the Services.
  7. In the Contracting Entity, Choice of Constabulary and Location for Resolving Disputes department, we've antiseptic that if you lot alive in (or, if a business concern, your main place of business is in) the Middle East, Africa or in Europe excluding the European union (EU), Iceland, Principality of liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and the Great britain, and y'all are using costless portions of the Services (such as Bing and MSN), you are contracting with Microsoft Corporation, I Microsoft Style, Redmond, WA 98052, USA, except that if you lot are using complimentary portions of Skype, you are contracting with Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Identify, South County Concern Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Republic of ireland. In the Asia and South Pacific subsection, we've also updated the contracting entity to Microsoft Regional Sales Pte Ltd. for customers that paid to utilize a portion of the Services, or are using the free Outlook.com service in Singapore or Hong Kong.
  8. In the Xbox section and throughout the Terms, nosotros've updated the Xbox heading, changed Xbox Live to refer to Xbox online service, and refer to Xbox consoles, rather than Xbox One and Xbox 360 consoles. Nosotros've updated "Xbox Services" to include the Xbox online service, Xbox Game Studios games (including Mojang Games), applications, subscriptions, services and content provided past Microsoft. We've also clarified what Microsoft can do if you sign in to your Xbox Services account to access a non-Microsoft Service (for instance, a non-Microsoft game publisher of Third-Political party Apps and Services).
  9. In the Microsoft Family Features department, we've updated the section to include reference to Microsoft Family Safe.
  10. In the Shop section and the Office Services section, we've updated specific references to Office 365 to refer to Microsoft 365 and have antiseptic that use of apps, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive, Access and Publisher in Microsoft 365 Family, Microsoft 365 Personal and any other Microsoft 365 subscription Services is governed past supplemental licence terms located at https://aka.ms/useterms together with these Terms.
  11. In the Microsoft Health Services department, we've removed reference to HealthVault considering nosotros no longer offering HealthVault equally a service.
  12. In the Digital Goods section, we've antiseptic that through Microsoft Groove, Microsoft Films & TV, Store, Xbox Services and any other related and future services, Microsoft may enable you to obtain, heed to, view, play or read (every bit the case may be) music, images, video, text, books, games or other material ("Digital Appurtenances") that yous may get in digital form.
  13. In the Microsoft Rewards section, we've updated reference to specific hyperlinks that relate to redeeming rewards, added instructions on how to opt out of the Rewards Plan, and also clarified Microsoft's options if yous are ineligible to receive a Reward for legal reasons (such as export laws).
  14. In the Azure section, we've antiseptic that your utilize of the Azure service is governed by the terms and weather condition on the Microsoft Azure Legal Data folio at https://aka.ms/AA7z67v.
  15. In the Notices department, we've made clarifying changes to our copyright and trademark notices. Nosotros've as well removed reference to licence information regarding stock quotes and index data used by some Services.
  16. In the Standard Application Licence Terms section, nosotros've clarified that some provisions are field of study to applicable laws.
  17. Throughout the Terms, nosotros've made changes to improve clarity and address grammar, typos, identify and update hyperlinks, and other similar issues.

Source: Microsoft