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Hosted-service access contract governing a particular PhotoDNA delivery model
PhotoDNA Cloud is the service-specific offering governed by Microsoft's posted May 2018 terms, distinct from installed PhotoDNA software and the Tech Coalition's later sublicense route. The instrument describes continuing eligibility, permitted use, security duties and Microsoft's ability to suspend accounts.
The posted terms limit use to child-sexual-abuse-material prevention or investigation and specified internal purposes, require accurate information and security, and retain eligibility and reverification discretion. They authorise usage audits and customer-identified aggregate match-count reporting to NCMEC. That authorisation does not replace a customer's own reporting obligations or prove a report was sent. The retained text is dated May 2018; it does not establish a current commercial offer, pricing, service-level guarantee or the terms incorporated into later Coalition software sublicences.
PhotoDNA Cloud terms and service → PhotoDNA Cloud customer — role
CSAM prevention/investigation and internal-use conditions; customer-authorized usage audits and identified aggregate match-count reports to NCMEC. No universal end-user-data grant, current pricing verification or SLA.
Microsoft → PhotoDNA Cloud terms and service
Posted May2018 terms specify continuing eligibility discretion, accurate information, security and account suspension. They do not govern later TC software sublicences by inference.
PhotoDNA Cloud terms and service → National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Cloud terms authorize aggregate match-count reporting to NCMEC; this does not replace customer legal reporting or prove any actual report.
Microsoft PhotoDNA: software, hosted service and reference-data access ↗
Microsoft → retains eligibility, reverification and suspension powers → PhotoDNA Cloud terms and service
Posted May2018 terms specify continuing eligibility discretion, accurate information, security and account suspension. They do not govern later TC software sublicences by inference.
PhotoDNA Cloud terms and service → limits use and requires audit/reporting cooperation → PhotoDNA Cloud customer — role
CSAM prevention/investigation and internal-use conditions; customer-authorized usage audits and identified aggregate match-count reports to NCMEC. No universal end-user-data grant, current pricing verification or SLA.
PhotoDNA Cloud terms and service → authorizes customer-identified aggregate reporting → National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Cloud terms authorize aggregate match-count reporting to NCMEC; this does not replace customer legal reporting or prove any actual report.