Has anyone taken a close look at Microsoft's Privacy Policy?

[lajoswinkler]

B- but START MENU

What about it? I'm not one of those gullible people who jumped into Windows 8. I use 7. It works perfectly (best OS I've ever had) and supports everything, so why would I want anything else?

[Ethanadams]

i dont care about what microsoft does to my personall data because my train of thought is this: 1how many people have windows? 2 how many people have worse stuff on there windows than me? (almost everybody) 3 why would they care about my stuff personally? 4 what will they do with info? (probably make moar accurate adds) 5 and if any of my sensitive stuff leaked out what is my plan to keep it under control?

its the same thing with email readers i DONT care about them (i never use any social media exept ksp and irc ksp)

also if you do ahave sensitive matirail on your computer and you dont protect in any way its your fault

[kenbobo]

Is this Windows 10 EULA?

Oh well, I wasn't planning on installing that thing anyway.

No. It's just the Microsoft Privacy Policy.

[dryer_lint]

What about it? I'm not one of those gullible people who jumped into Windows 8. I use 7. It works perfectly (best OS I've ever had) and supports everything, so why would I want anything else?

Oh, alright. I'm still using 7 as well, I just assumed you were on 8 for some reason

[Vaporo]

I looked up the definition of the term asset:

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Asset

Real or Personal Property, whether tangible or intangible, that has financial value and can be used for the payment of its owner's debts.

So, I think this means that if Microsoft can say that they own the personal data that you store on their services, then they can sell it. Bah! I'm not a lawyer. This is as far as my brain can wade into the intricacies of law without exploding. Anyone out there got a law degree who can comment?

[cantab]

Yeah...the problem is that "such as" renders what follows pretty much meaningless, and leaves only what precedes. "Corporate transaction" is incredibly vague which is of course what Microsoft's lawyers want. They have all the power and you have none.

[Fel]

Yeah...the problem is that "such as" renders what follows pretty much meaningless, and leaves only what precedes. "Corporate transaction" is incredibly vague which is of course what Microsoft's lawyers want. They have all the power and you have none.

Courts frequently interpret an ambiguous contract term against the interests of the party who prepared the contract and created the ambiguity. This is common in cases of adhesion contracts and insurance contracts. A drafter of a document should not benefit at the expense of an innocent party because the drafter was careless in drafting the agreement.

*Internet quote, take it or leave it, but it is generally true*