Privacy at Microsoft
Your data is private at work, at home, and on the go.
At Microsoft, we value, protect, and defend privacy. We believe in transparency, so that people and organizations can control their data and have meaningful choices in how it is used. We empower and defend the privacy choices of every person who uses our products and services.
At home
Privacy is at the center of how we shape the products and services that customers use every day. We provide privacy resources and controls, so you can manage your data and how it is used.
At work
For enterprise and business customers, IT admins, or anyone using Microsoft products at work, visit the Microsoft Trust Center to get information about privacy and security practices in our products and services.
Our commitment to privacy
We ground our privacy commitments in strong data governance practices, so you can trust that we’ll protect the privacy and confidentiality of your data and will only use it in a way that’s consistent with the reasons you provided it.
You control your information
We give you the ability to control your data, along with clear and meaningful choices over how your data is used.
Your data is protected
We rigorously protect your data using encryption and other security best practices.
You can expect privacy by design
We design our products with a core commitment to uphold user privacy.
We stand up for your rights
We fight for stronger privacy laws and protections, and will protect your rights if a government request is made for data.
These principles form the foundation of the Microsoft approach to privacy and will continue to shape the way we build our products and services.
Get more information about how we put those principles into practice.
- We regularly publish the Microsoft Privacy Report to keep you updated about our privacy work.
- We explain how customers can export or delete personal data in our Privacy FAQs.
- We offer in-depth privacy information about our products and services in the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
- We believe that the technology we create should benefit everyone on the planet, and the planet itself. Visit the Microsoft Corporate Social Responsibility for more information.
What's new
Check out the latest articles, blog posts, and news from Microsoft about protecting your privacy at home and at work. (Some content might only be available in English.)
Introducing Privacy Management for Microsoft 365
Privacy Management is a solution from Microsoft that helps companies safeguard personal data and build a privacy resilient workplace by proactively identifying and protecting against privacy risks, empowering information workers to make smart data handling decisions, and automating privacy operations and data requests.
A data pledge for the European Union
In May 2021, Microsoft announced a new pledge to help the European Union realize its digital aspirations. If you are a commercial or public sector customer in the EU, we will go beyond our existing data storage commitments and enable you to process and store all your data in the EU.
Preserving privacy while fighting COVID-19
As countries and companies focus on technologies such as tracking, tracing, and testing to fight the pandemic, it's critical that we also protect people's privacy. Here are seven principles to consider as we move into the next phases of helping to fight this pandemic.
10 easy rules to protect your personal data and devices
Would you like to avoid having to replace all your identification, credit cards, and official documents after having your identity stolen by cyber criminals? Of course! So here are 10 easy rules to help keep your email, accounts, and devices safer and avoid identity theft.
To learn about managing your privacy settings, see Privacy in our products and services.
If you are a resident of the state of California, please see our California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Notice for California Consumers.
We’re always working to improve, so if you notice something in our products and services that doesn’t work the way you’d expect when it comes to privacy, please let us know.