Microsoft Surface privacy & data

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Name and contact details . Your first and last name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and other similar contact details.

Payment data . Details needed to process payments, including credit card numbers and security codes.

Location data . Data about your device’s location, which may be either precise (typically based on GPS, cell tower, or Wi-Fi hotspot location) or imprecise

Biometric data . Unique data about you from specific technical processing related to your physical, physiological, or behavioral characteristics to verify or confirm your identity.

Interests and favorites . Preferences and interests you share

Provide our products, which includes updating, securing, and troubleshooting, as well as providing support and making recommendations.

As part of our efforts to improve and develop our products, we may use your data to develop and train our AI models.

Advertise and market to you, which includes sending promotional communications, personalized advertising, and presenting relevant offers.

Microsoft retains personal data for as long as necessary to provide the products and services you use and to fulfill the transactions you request.

After requesting account closure, the account is marked for deletion, but we will wait 60 days before permanently deleting the account in case you change your mind or need to access information.

Microsoft may store and process your personal data in your region, the United States, and any other jurisdiction where Microsoft or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or service providers operate facilities.

we implement legal safeguards-such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission

Microsoft Corporation complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF)

To delete all your child’s personal information, request deletion of the child’s account using the close your account form .

If Microsoft 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’d like to port your data elsewhere, you can use tools Microsoft provides to do so

You can also object to or restrict the use of your personal data by Microsoft.

Microsoft will turn off sharing your data with third parties for personalized ads and turn off the “Share my data with third parties for personalized ads” toggle if we receive a GPC signal from you when you visit our sites.