Strongest: User Control
90/100
Microsoft Excel gives users more direct privacy control than its other categories, especially around data export and clear admin controls.
Microsoft Excel is a Microsoft product, reviewed for spreadsheets, formulas, cloud files, Copilot features, and collaboration, sharing, tracking, retention, and controls.
75
Good
75
Good
Microsoft Excel combines broad tracking with unusually strong privacy controls.
Microsoft Excel gives users more direct privacy control than its other categories, especially around data export and clear admin controls.
Microsoft Excel is weakest on ads and tracking because cookie-based tracking remains part of the product or marketing site.
85
Good
Microsoft says Microsoft 365 Copilot prompts, responses, and Microsoft Graph data are not used to train foundation LLMs.
Optional feedback may be used to improve Microsoft 365 Copilot, though Microsoft says it is not used to train foundation LLMs.
75
Good
Microsoft says Copilot keeps data within Microsoft 365 service boundaries and applies existing organization controls.
Microsoft 365 Copilot can access emails, documents, chats, meetings, contacts, and Graph connector data the user is permitted to view.
60
Mixed
Microsoft processes account, device, diagnostic, usage, cookie, and product interaction data.
Users or admins can manage diagnostics, sharing, access, privacy dashboard data, and tenant settings.
70
Mixed
Retention depends on account type, tenant policy, legal holds, backups, diagnostics, and service logs.
Microsoft supports deletion, privacy dashboard controls, retention policies, and compliance settings depending on product.
90
Excellent
Users or admins can manage access, sharing, diagnostics, retention, exports, and privacy settings.
Work/school accounts often depend on organization administrators.
Privacy Privacy Page
Open: privacy.microsoft.comLatest Finding
Open: learn.microsoft.com1. AI Use
Microsoft says Microsoft 365 Copilot prompts, responses, and Microsoft Graph data are not used to train foundation LLMs.
2. AI Use
Optional feedback may be used to improve Microsoft 365 Copilot, though Microsoft says it is not used to train foundation LLMs.
Founded
Apr 1975
Founder
Bill Gates and Paul Allen
Parent Company
Microsoft
Lifecycle
Active
Category
Productivity & Collaboration
CEO
Satya Nadella
Security Team
Security Team
Date Added
06-10-2026
