Public Evidence Packet
Microsoft - Services Agreement
Services Agreement
fd6c3793-7c01-4dce-b514-a17a504e53ef- Screening date
- 06 Aug 2026, 03:50 UTC
- Jurisdiction
- Global
- Risk screening
- Medium · 6/10
- Score trace
- Baseline; no earlier public change
This packet records PolicyWatcher evidence and AI-assisted screening for one public change. It is not legal advice, a compliance verdict, a certification, or proof that the external source remains unchanged.
- 01Source evidence
- 02Explainability
- 03Governance Relevance
- 04Report Output
Dataset QA · sanitized public view
Source evidence
- Publication gate
- Published
- Retrieval state
- Recorded retrieval available
- Latest retrieval
- 04 Nov 2026, 18:41 UTC
- Sanitized channel
direct- Data status
- Available
- Public snapshot evidence
- Available
Public snapshot fingerprints
f5f9771fb52f68677e68c08d729e4b16c8834f9221ba0de128ab1b4583eb3f09Captured 06 Jul 2026, 07:20 UTCd48f6898d876883fe3ccd1d259c8afada7a329cf4824b73afc4a4f785929cd24Captured 06 Aug 2026, 03:50 UTCSource confidence describes recorded retrieval and publication state. It does not rate the provider policy or certify source authenticity.
Source-anchored screening trace
Explainability
This policy update introduces no changes; existing terms grant Microsoft broad content usage rights and mention autonomous AI decisions without transparency.
- Reason 10 score contribution
Broad license for user content, including for service improvement.
- Related KPI
- AI training opt-out
- Source side
- old snapshot
Verified exact source passage
“you grant to Microsoft a worldwide and royalty-free intellectual property license to use Your Content, for example, to make copies of, retain, transmit, reformat, display, and distribute via communication tools Your Content on the Services.”
- Reason 20 score contribution
AI services make autonomous decisions with opaque processes.
- Related KPI
- Automated decisions
- Source side
- old snapshot
Verified exact source passage
“AI services that make decisions, or take actions, autonomously or with varying levels of human intervention”
- Reason 30 score contribution
Data export can be restricted if it compromises security or IP.
- Related KPI
- Right to deletion
- Source side
- old snapshot
Verified exact source passage
“Microsoft reserves the right to restrict the export of data that may compromise the security of the services or Microsoft's intellectual property.”
Score reasons and deltaScore values are stored AI-assisted screening outputs. Verified anchors confirm only that the quoted passage occurs in the named snapshot; they do not prove the interpretation.
Advisory review map
Governance Relevance
EU AI Act
Official Journal text, 2024
Which recorded policy statements may be relevant to transparency, automated decisions, data use and human oversight review?
- AI training opt-out
- Not Available
- Algorithmic transparency
- Opaque
- Automated decisions
- Opaque
- AI bias and fairness
- Absent
ISO/IEC 42001
ISO/IEC 42001:2023 overview
Which recorded policy statements may inform an AI management-system review of transparency, risk oversight and independent assurance?
- Algorithmic transparency
- Opaque
- AI bias and fairness
- Absent
- Independent audit
- Absent
- Regulatory compliance
- Partial
NIST AI RMF
AI RMF 1.0; NIST revision in progress, checked 2026-07-29
Which recorded policy statements may support Govern, Map, Measure or Manage review questions?
- Algorithmic transparency
- Opaque
- Automated decisions
- Opaque
- AI bias and fairness
- Absent
- Content moderation
- Opaque
OECD AI Principles
OECD AI Principles, updated 2024
Which recorded policy statements may be relevant to transparency, fairness, accountability and user agency review?
- Consent mechanism
- Implicit
- Algorithmic transparency
- Opaque
- AI bias and fairness
- Absent
- Independent audit
- Absent
Mappings identify review relevance between recorded PolicyWatcher KPI fields and framework topics. They are not legal interpretations, conformity assessments, certifications or compliance verdicts.
Exact change-bound files
Report Output
Both files are generated from this exact change ID.
Download exact-change PDF Download exact-change JSON487c67f16507bf76f020f4f6bc31c7db532fecf659fcea893bc9d614a0263ba3Questions before reuse
- Does the original Services Agreement source still match the recorded public snapshot version 2?
- Do the cited source passages support each displayed reason, KPI value and regional note?
- Which advisory framework topics require specialist legal, risk or governance review for this use case?
- Has a later public change superseded this packet before it is reused in a decision or publication?