I wouldn’t (unfortunately) ever bother with what terms say. They are written by a legal person who worries about future legal issues.
This is basically down to the reputation of the vendor and what information I can guess they gather based on what sort of outrage they would face if they cross a line.
There are two messages here:
1. Legal. Basically a catch all that says they might sample your blood in the future
2. Non-legal e.g developers. Says they gather harmless statistics.
Obviously #1 smells. But that’s how US corporate legal culture works. The judgement I have to do is whether the vendor can be trusted to do only what they say in message #2. I wouldn’t trust all companies in this respect, especially not those that trade in information like Facebook, but I do give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt.
This is basically down to the reputation of the vendor and what information I can guess they gather based on what sort of outrage they would face if they cross a line.
There are two messages here:
1. Legal. Basically a catch all that says they might sample your blood in the future
2. Non-legal e.g developers. Says they gather harmless statistics.
Obviously #1 smells. But that’s how US corporate legal culture works. The judgement I have to do is whether the vendor can be trusted to do only what they say in message #2. I wouldn’t trust all companies in this respect, especially not those that trade in information like Facebook, but I do give Microsoft the benefit of the doubt.