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Microsoft (Outlook, Teams)

Scans under Chat Control — confirmed

Scans under the EU's Chat Control — assessed 26 Jul 2026

Files the derogation's own transparency reports — reports that exist only for providers scanning under Chat Control (COM(2025) 740 names Microsoft among the five filers for both 2023 and 2024); its EU jurisdictional transparency reports cover the same ground. Microsoft co-developed PhotoDNA, the hash-matching technology much of this scanning runs on. Skype, historically the flagship covered service, was retired in 2025.

“We use scanning technologies (like hash matching) to help prevent harm to our systems, our users, and others as described in our Code of Conduct, and to help prevent child exploitation.” — from Microsoft (Outlook, Teams)'s privacy statement, as archived here

Sources: COM(2025) 740 — Commission implementation report · Microsoft jurisdictional transparency reports · what this status means · dispute it

What we watch for — Microsoft files the derogation's transparency reports today. We watch for the reports stopping, scanning language disappearing from these documents, and what replaces the legal basis when the derogation expires in April 2028.

Status in this archive: Scans under the EU's Chat Control since 26 Jul 2026 — no status changes recorded.

4 documents tracked · App Store privacy label tracked · no changes since baseline.

Tracked documents

Document	Last fetched	Size	Hash	Snapshot
Privacy Statement privacy.microsoft.com	26 Jul 2026	214,265 chars	87decd3ad209	text · raw · wayback
EU jurisdictional transparency reports www.microsoft.com	26 Jul 2026	9,359 chars	6badc699a65a	text · raw · wayback
PhotoDNA www.microsoft.com	26 Jul 2026	5,440 chars	ced87f7439fb	text · raw · wayback
Google Play Data Safety play.google.com	26 Jul 2026	3,055 chars	5cbc5c19e8cb	text · raw · wayback

text is the extracted record we hash and diff; raw is the page's original HTML kept verbatim as evidence — it renders without its styling here, by design.

App Store privacy label — Microsoft Outlook

Apple requires every app to declare the data it collects. This is Microsoft (Outlook, Teams)'s current declaration, as shown on the App Store; ScanRecords records when it changes.

Data Used to Track You

Usage Data

Data Linked to You

Contact Info
Contacts
User Content
Search History
Identifiers
Usage Data
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26 Jul 2026 Microsoft (Outlook, Teams) — Google Play Data Safety baseline first recording
26 Jul 2026 Microsoft (Outlook, Teams) — PhotoDNA baseline first recording
26 Jul 2026 Microsoft (Outlook, Teams) — EU jurisdictional transparency reports baseline first recording
26 Jul 2026 Microsoft (Outlook, Teams) — App Store privacy label baseline first recording
26 Jul 2026 Microsoft (Outlook, Teams) — Privacy Statement baseline first recording