{"id":1074,"date":"2019-05-01T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T16:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-nz\/2019\/05\/01\/microsoft-office-new-privacy-controls\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T10:49:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T17:49:48","slug":"microsoft-office-new-privacy-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-nz\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2019\/05\/01\/microsoft-office-new-privacy-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Office brings you new privacy controls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week, Julie Brill, Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Microsoft, published a blog<\/a> that outlined Microsoft\u2019s ongoing commitment to privacy and provided details on the direction we are taking as a company. In her blog, Julie introduced principles that guide our approach to increasing transparency and customer control over data collected by Microsoft\u2019s major products.<\/p>\n

We are excited to announce that earlier this week we released an update to Office that reflects these principles.<\/p>\n

Office is a connected experience<\/h3>\n

The way we use technology to be productive at work and at home is changing. We work more on the go, we use more than one device to complete our tasks, and we often collaborate as part of a team\u2014even when that team is our family and friends. At Microsoft, we\u2019re committed to providing you with the best-in-class applications and experiences to meet these modern needs, while respecting your privacy and keeping you in control of your data.<\/p>\n

We continue to introduce new and exciting capabilities to Office to help you create, communicate, and collaborate more effectively. Sometimes it\u2019s as simple as helping you find a document you wrote a week ago, or helping you find the perfect image for a school report. Or maybe your team needs to collaborate and communicate on a project in real-time across different devices. Office can help you create professional-looking presentations by suggesting design layouts for your PowerPoint slides, and it can also help you find key insights in complex data sets.<\/p>\n

To deliver these experiences, Office uses the power of the Microsoft Cloud. Like any other connected service or website, required<\/em> service data<\/em><\/a> must be shared between your computer and Microsoft to enable these features.<\/p>\n

For example: Perhaps you would like PowerPoint to provide live subtitles as you present and even translate your words into a different language<\/a>. To transcribe and translate your spoken words, PowerPoint sends a recording of your voice to our Speech and Translation service, where it\u2019s automatically machine transcribed and translated. The generated text is returned to your computer, so that PowerPoint can display it on the screen in (almost) real-time. Your voice and words are used only to do the transcription and translation you\u2019ve asked us to do.<\/p>\n

If you want to learn more about which connected experiences are available to you in Office, please read Connected experiences in Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re in control of cloud connected experiences<\/h3>\n

We understand the importance of keeping you and your organization in control of connected experiences when working in Office apps. With this update, you now have settings that allow you to disable or re-enable the following types of connected experiences, including:<\/p>\n