Questions on Copilot Data Privacy

Q: concerned about what Microsoft and / or the US government can do with the data for a custom copilot. I’ve looked at the Microsoft copilot documentation but I didn’t find anything that clearly states what Microsoft can and cannot do with data used in custom copilots, do you have any resources that you can share?

 

A: Microsoft posted info about this topic specifically at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/cognitive-services/openai/data-privacy?context=%2Fazure%2Fcognitive-services%2Fopenai%2Fcontext%2Fcontext#see-also

 

In a nutshell:

Your prompts (inputs) and completions (outputs), your embeddings, and your training data:

• are NOT available to other customers.
• are NOT available to OpenAI.
• are NOT used to improve OpenAI models.
• are NOT used to improve any Microsoft or 3rd party products or services.
• are NOT used for automatically improving Azure OpenAI models for your use in your resource (The models are stateless, unless you explicitly fine-tune models with your training data).
• Your fine-tuned Azure OpenAI models are available exclusively for your use.

The Azure OpenAI Service is fully controlled by Microsoft; Microsoft hosts the OpenAI models in Microsoft’s Azure environment and the Service does NOT interact with any services operated by OpenAI (e.g. ChatGPT, or the OpenAI API).

 

 

 

Q: Does Microsoft have the same Data Privacy policy for Copilot studio as Azure AI Studio?  Is there similar documentation for custom copilots created in copilot studio?

 

A: It’s seeming like it’s the same.  After logging into Copilot Studio, browse to https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/PrivacyandSecurityTerms/all .  From there, you can download the Data Protection Addendum from https://aka.ms/DPA. (see attached).  On P.5 it states:

 

Nature of Data Processing; Ownership

Microsoft will use and otherwise process Customer Data, Professional Services Data, and Personal Data only as described and subject to the limitations provided below (a) to provide Customer the Products and Services in accordance with Customer’s documented instructions and (b) for business operations incident to providing the Products and Services to Customer. As between the parties, Customer retains all right, title and interest in and to Customer Data and Professional Services Data. Microsoft acquires no rights in Customer Data or Professional Services Data, other than the rights Customer grants to Microsoft in this section. This paragraph does not affect Microsoft’s rights in software or services Microsoft licenses to Customer.