• Consent to Use of Data. You agree that MS, Microsoft Corporation and their
affiliates may collect and use technical information gathered in any manner
as part of product support services related to the SOFTWARE. MS, Microsoft
Corporation and their affiliates may use this information solely to improve
their products or to provide customized services or technologies to you. MS,
Microsoft Corporation and their affiliates may disclose this information to oth-
ers, but not in a form that personally identifies you.
• Internet Gaming/Update Features. If the SOFTWARE provides, and you
choose to utilize, the Internet gaming or update features within the SOFT-
WARE, it is necessary to use certain computer system, hardware, and soft-
ware information to implement the features. By using these features, you
explicitly authorize MS, Microsoft Corporation and/or their designated agent
to use this information solely to improve their products or to provide custom-
ized services or technologies to you. MS or Microsoft Corporation may dis-
close this information to others, but not in a form that personally identifies
you.
• Internet-Based Services Components. The SOFTWARE may contain com-
ponents that enable and facilitate the use of certain Internet-based services.
You acknowledge and agree that MS, Microsoft Corporation or their affiliates
may automatically check the version of the SOFTWARE and/or its compo-
nents that you are utilizing and may provide upgrades or supplements to the
SOFTWARE that may be automatically downloaded to your DEVICE.
Microsoft Corporation or their affiliates do not use these features to collect
any information that will be used to identify you or contact you. For more
information about these features, please see the privacy statement at http://
go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=25243.
• Links to Third Party Sites. You may link to third party sites through the use
of the SOFTWARE. The third party sites are not under the control of MS or
Microsoft Corporation, and MS or Microsoft are not responsible for the con-
tents of any third party sites, any links contained in third party sites, or any
changes or updates to third party sites. MS or Microsoft Corporation is not
responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from
any third party sites. MS or Microsoft Corporation are providing these links to
third party sites to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link
does not imply an endorsement by MS or Microsoft Corporation of the third
party site.
• Notice Regarding Security. To help protect against breaches of security and
malicious software, periodically back up your data and system information,
use security features such as firewalls, and install and use security updates.
• No Rental/Commercial Hosting. You may not rent, lease, lend or provide
commercial hosting services with the SOFTWARE to others.
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