Short for Data Protection Addendum, Microsoft's contractual terms for handling customer data in its role as processor. These terms, plus the Product Terms, are what enterprise data protection for Copilot rests on.
Also called Data Protection Addendum.
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Terms in this definition
- Role
How an actor normally or expectedly behaves, or the part a person takes in a process. A single actor may hold more than one role.
- Enterprise data protection
Covers prompts and responses in Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Chat whenever people sign in with an Entra work account. The term refers to the safeguards and promises Microsoft makes through its Product Terms and Data Protection Addendum.
Related terms
- AI subprocessor
A third-party company handling Copilot data for Microsoft falls under the Microsoft DPA, Product Terms and enterprise data protection. Anthropic models in Copilot are an instance. Independent-processor AI providers are governed by their terms, not these.