Privacy Statement for Microsoft Expression Media Encoder
Microsoft Expression Media Encoder is a feature of Microsoft Expression Media
What this Product does:
The Expression Media Encoder Enables users to output desirable Microsoft Silverlight Audio/Video Experiences ( Audio/Video + Silverlight web content). As part of creating the desired Silverlight Experiences, you can keep, modify or add to the Metadata contained in the source file for your specified output.
Information collected, processed or transmitted
The Metadata information you enter or preserve is not sent to Microsoft, but anyone who has access to the output media files could view the information.
Use of Information
The encode/output feature and live archiving will save the Metadata information you entered or preserved from the source . Examples metadata fields include Author and Copyright This information might be displayed when you or someone else plays your media fiel in a compatible media player. This metadata may contain personal information. Only metadata that is visible to the Expression Media Encoder, may be specified for output. Thereby using the GUI or the command line, you have full control over the metadata incorporated into the output. Note that the source file is left intact unless you specify to write over it. Tab or programmatically work with metadata values via the command line, including importing XML Job files or XML preset files, to enter, delete, edit information about each media file, such as the movie title, author, description, rating, and copyright, etc. Metadata previously existing in these files is preserved upon import enabling you to add or delete or change in the encoded output.
Also note that while streaming live media, you may add metadata to the live stream, making it visible to the recipients of the live stream.
Choice and control
You should only enter metadata that you are willing to share with others who may access the output content. You can choose not to include any metadata, by deleting imported metadata and/or leaving blank metadata files blank.
Saving Job Files
What this feature does
You may save all of the current job settings which are the configuration parameters around a given media file.
Information collected, processed or transmitted
These parameters are stored in an XML file on your PC or your specified file location that may be read by other who have access to it.
The setting you enter or preserve is not sent to Microsoft, but anyone who has access to you saved job files may view or use them
Choice and control
You may chose not to save job files or share them with others
Saving Current Settings as presets
What this feature does
You may save any or all of the configuration parameters around a given media file.
Information collected, processed or transmitted
The settings you enter or preserve are not sent to Microsoft .These setting are stored in an XML file on your PC or your specified file location that may be read by other who have access to it.
Choice and control
You can choose the location and access of these files. By default the are in your local documents directory.
Microsoft Error Reporting Service (Dr. Watson)
What this feature does
Dr. Watson for Windows is a program error debugger. The information obtained and logged by Dr. Watson is the information needed by technical support groups to diagnose a program error for a computer running Windows. A text file (Drwtsn32.log) is created whenever an error is detected, and can be delivered to support personnel by the method they prefer. You also have the option of creating a crash dump file, which is a binary file that a programmer can load into a debugger.
If a program error occurs, Dr. Watson will start automatically. To start Dr. Watson, click Start, click Run, and then type drwtsn32. To start Dr. Watson from a command prompt, change to the root directory, and then type drwtsn32.
How is information collected?
Many Microsoft software programs, including some Windows operating systems, are designed to work with the reporting service. If a problem occurs in one of these software programs, you are asked if you want to report it. You can view the details of the report before sending it, although some files might not be in a readable format.
Some software also allows you to report problems automatically instead of requesting your consent each time a problem occurs. If you use automatic reporting, you are not prompted to review the information in a report before it is sent. However, no information is collected unless you (or your system or network administrator) choose to report problems. You can choose to stop reporting problems at any time.
Enterprise customers can use the Microsoft Corporate Error Reporting Service to manage error reporting and data collection, and to choose the information that is sent to Microsoft.
What types of information can be collected?
The reporting service can collect Information about problems that interrupt you while you work and about errors that occur behind the scenes. It is important to diagnose errors that occur behind the scenes because these problems, if left unsolved, may cause additional problems such as performance or program failures.
Reports contain information that is most useful for diagnosing and solving the problem that has occurred, such as:
- Where the problem happened in the software or hardware. Occasionally, empty files might be included as an initial indication of a problem.
- Type or severity of the problem, if known
- Files that help describe the problem (typically system or report-generated files about software behavior before or after the problem occurred)
- Basic software and hardware information (such as operating system version and language, device models and manufacturers, or memory and hard disk size)
Your Internet Protocol (IP) address is also collected because you are connecting to an online service (web service) to send error reports. However, your IP address is used only to generate aggregate statistics. It is not used to identify you or contact you.
Reports might unintentionally contain personal information, but this information is not used to identify you or contact you. For example, a report that contains a snapshot of memory might include your name, part of a document you were working on, or data that you recently submitted to a website. If you are concerned that a report might contain personal or confidential information, you should not send the report.
Who can use the information and how can it be used?
Microsoft uses information about errors and problems to improve Windows, and the software and hardware designed for use with Windows operating systems. Microsoft employees, contractors, vendors, and partners may be provided access to information collected by the reporting service. However, they may use the information only to repair or improve the products that they publish or manufacture.
For example, if an error report indicates that a third-party product is involved, Microsoft may send that information to the vendor of the product. The vendor may provide the information to sub-vendors and partners; however, all parties must abide by the terms of this privacy statement.
To improve the products that run on Microsoft software, Microsoft may share aggregate information about errors and problems. Aggregate information is used for statistical analysis and does not contain specific information from individual reports, nor does it include any personal or confidential information that may have been collected from a report.
Choice and control
You may choose to not send error reporting data to Microsoft. You may also choose to disable it: see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188296
See the Privacy Statement for the Microsoft Error Reporting Service:
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/dcp20.asp
For More Information
Microsoft welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement. If you believe that Microsoft has not adhered to this statement, please contact us at emepriv@microsoft.com, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.
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