Privacy

When data is collected, we want to make sure it’s the right choice for you. To help you as an end user and a participant of this community to exercise your Data Subject Request (DSRs) rights under General Data Protection Regulations we provide the following functionalities. The below sections explain step by step process on how you can view, edit and delete your personal information (customer data). To learn more about the data collected by Microsoft and it’s use please view the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

 

View and Export personal data

 

To view all your data collected by Microsoft Tech Community:

1. Navigate to Microsoft Tech Community
2. Sign in by clicking “Sign In” link at the top right.
3. Once logged in, click on your profile avatar and select “Profile” link.
   Avatar menu top right

    

4. You can view all information related to your activity with the Microsoft Tech Community.
5. You can update your profile, view things you have liked recently, your uploaded photos and using the filter in the My Activity tab to view:
• Conversations you have started
• Conversations you have replied to
• Conversations you have liked
• Any replies that have been marked as “Solution”
• Groups your a member of
• Any blogs you have contributed to
6. You may also export their personal data in json format using below steps:
1. Navigate to "My Settings".
   Avatar menu > My Settings

2. Select “Security & Account” from the tab menu
   This is the Security & Account Screen, in order you can view IP Addresses you have used to login, download your personal data and then close your account.

    

3. IP Addresses : on this page you can view the ip addresses you have previous logged in with, you can also delete the IP addresses from our system - however be aware the next time you login we will capture that IP address.
4. Download Data: Here you can download a copy of your posts, replies and your personal information
5. Close Account: Clicking here will anonymise all your community contributions and remove all identifying information from our systems. Please note if you have manually entered your name within a post this will not be removed by this process. Once you request account closure you then can not create another account using the same credentials for 72 hours. 

In addition to personal data provided here, we also capture user’s interaction with the service, which includes the following:

1. Visits
2. Visits per Geo
3. Registration Date
4. Most recent sign in
5. Total sign ins
6. Total minutes online
7. Last visit IP address
8. Last logged in IP address
9. Roles
10. Search Terms
11. Device Type
12. OS/Browser config data
13. Page views
14. Bulk Data Location
15. Rank
16. Badges earned