Microsoft Office Live Privacy Supplement (ARCHIVE)
ARCHIVE VERSION (last updated November 2006) | Current Microsoft Online Privacy Statement
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Note that this page is a supplement to the Microsoft Online Privacy Statement. In order to understand the data collection and use practices relevant for a particular site or service, you should read both the Microsoft Online Privacy Statement and any applicable supplement.
On This Page
 | Submitting a rating |
| Authentication |
| Your domain name(s) and public registry for your data |
| Access to your personal information |
| Other services or products |
Submitting a rating
You have the opportunity to rate some content in Microsoft Office Live, such as how-to or help articles. When you rate content, Microsoft Office Live will collect your rating as well as a unique identifier used to match you with the rating that you have provided. Your rating will never include contact information. The unique identifier is contained in a cookie, and is used only to allow you to change your rating at a later time. If you delete the cookie, you will not be able to change the rating.
Authentication
Microsoft Office Live will ask you to use one of two mechanisms to help reduce fraudulent use of our services. You may be asked to provide your credit card number (even when signing up for a free service) as a means of authenticating who you are. Alternatively, you may be asked to use a service provided to Microsoft Office Live by Authentify, Inc.
If Microsoft requests that you supply your credit card as an authentification method, we will charge $1 to your credit card to verify the card information is valid and up to date. The charge will then be canceled, and will not appear on your final billing statement for that period.
If Microsoft requests that you use Authentify as the authentication method your telephone number will be transferred to Authentify as part of Authentify’s identity-management service. Authentify will use your telephone number only for authentication and aggregate reporting purposes.
Your domain name(s) and public registry for your data
If you register or redelegate a domain name through Microsoft Office Live, the Internet's governing organization, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), requires us to submit your contact information, such as name, postal address, phone number and e-mail address, to a public registry. To review the data in this registry, you can visit the Web site of our domain name registrar, Melbourne IT. You can edit this data by visiting the Microsoft Office Live member center, clicking on domain manager, and then clicking the edit link next to your domain name. The updated information will be automatically sent to Melbourne IT.
Access to your personal information
You can review and edit the personal information you provided via Microsoft Office Live by going to the Microsoft Office Live Member Center and clicking on My Information in the left-hand navigation.
Other services or products
Microsoft Office Live may host other Microsoft products or services as a subscription benefit or supplement. These products or services may have their own privacy statements or privacy supplement.