Microsoft MapPoint Web Service End-User Privacy Statement
This document was last updated June 30, 2005.
At Microsoft, we are committed to helping to protect your privacy. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of the MapPoint Web Service; it does not apply to other online or offline Microsoft sites, products, or services. By using an application that accesses the MapPoint Web Service, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
The MapPoint Web Service is a set of mapping and related services that is accessed through an application such as a Web site, desktop software, or mobile application. When you submit information, such as an address to be viewed on a map, you are providing that information to the application, which in turn passes it to the MapPoint Web Service for processing. We strongly encourage you to review the privacy policies of the application before you submit any personal information to the application.
Collection of your Personal Information
MapPoint may collect information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include your computer's IP address and access times. This information is used by us for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the MapPoint Web Service.
MapPoint keeps track of all requests the application you are using makes to the MapPoint Web Service. Location-related information in the request or derived from the request, such as latitude and longitude, is used for calculating payments to our data vendors so that we may operate the service. The MapPoint Web Service occasionally collects all information in the request for use in testing and maintenance of the service. This information includes the date and time of the request and location-related information you may have provided to the application such as latitude and longitude, address, place name, or the start and end address of a route.
Use of your Personal Information
Microsoft uses the personal information described above to operate the MapPoint Web Service and to deliver the services you have requested or authorized.
Microsoft may access and/or disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Microsoft or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Microsoft, including its MapPoint family of Web sites and services; or (c) act under emergency circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Microsoft, its Web sites and services, or the public.
Except as otherwise described in this statement, any personal information you provide to MapPoint will not be shared outside of Microsoft and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission.
Personal information collected by the MapPoint Web Service may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Microsoft or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. Microsoft abides by the Safe Harbor framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.
Security of your Personal Information
MapPoint is committed to helping protect the security of your personal information. MapPoint uses a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, any personal information you provide is stored on password-controlled computer systems with limited access, which are located in controlled facilities.
Changes to this Statement
Microsoft may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.
Contact Information
Microsoft welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you believe that Microsoft has not adhered to this Statement, please contact us by e-mail or postal mail, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
The MapPoint Web Service Privacy
Microsoft Corporation
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Redmond, Washington 98052
425-882-8080
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