Updated Services Agreement For SkyDrive
Updated terms allows Microsoft to integrate content across cloud properties
Microsoft this week updated its services agreement with subtle, yet potentially significant changes to its policy on privacy and dispute settlement. The company notified users of the changes in an e-mail sent Friday, informing them that the new Terms of Service would go into effect on October 19th. Apparently taking its cue from Google, Microsoft's revised policy allows the company to access and display user content across all of its cloud properties.
Whereas the previous version of the TOS granted Microsoft the right to appropriate user content "solely to the extent necessary to provide the service," the terms now state that this content can be used to "provide, protect and improve Microsoft products and services." This means, for example, that Microsoft can extract content from cloud-based services like Hotmail, SkyDrive, or Office.com, and use it to personalize a user's Bing search results.
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