Microsoft slammed for service policies Privacy advocates have expressed outrage at the current terms of use for Passport, which apparently grant Microsoft enormous control over customer communications, contradicting the site's privacy policy.
According to the terms of use, "by posting messages, uploading files, inputting data, submitting any feedback or suggestions, or engaging in any other form of communication with or through the Passport Web Site, you…are granting Microsoft and its affiliated companies permission to: Use, modify, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, publish, sublicense, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any such communication."