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I have received this e-mail asking me to "Update your Family Safety preferences". But I don't want to click on anything until I am sure it has come from Microsoft.
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Family Safety | <br> | :--- | ---: | <br> | :--- | :--- | <br> | :--- | <br> | :--- | <br> | :--- | <br><br><br><br> | Update your Family Safety preferences<br><br>John,<br><br>To give you more personalised control of your Family Safety, we’re making a few changes. |  |
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<br> | :--- | :--- | <br> | :--- | <br><br><br><br> | To move your information to the new experience, head over to the Family Safety website and review your options.<br><br> <br><br>To keep the default settings from being applied, update your preferences by February 20, 2024. | <br> | :--- | :--- | <br> | :--- | <br><br><br><br> | Go to Family Safety > | <br> | :---: | <br> | :--- | <br> | :--- | :--- | <br> | :--- | <br><br><br><br> | Ignore this email if you’ve made changes already. | <br> | :--- | :--- | <br> | :--- | <br> | :--- | <br><br><br><br> | Here’s what’s changing | <br> | :--- | :--- | <br> | :--- | <br> | :--- | <br><br><br><br> | To ensure personalised control on each platform, these settings have been made available on Windows, Xbox, and mobile phone individually based on your usage:<br><br><br> |  |
Screen time<br><br>Set screen time limits will be applied individually across all platforms. There will no longer be a single schedule for all devices. | <br> | :--- | :--- | <br> | <br> | <br> |  |
App limits<br><br>You can now enjoy platform-specific app limits, empowering you to set different time restrictions on each. | <br> | <br> | <br> |  |
App blocking and unblocking<br><br>You now have the flexibility to block an application individually on each platform. | <br> | <br> | <br> |  |
Activity reporting<br><br>Customise activity reporting for each platform, choose which platforms have activity reporting turned on or off, and enjoy enhanced control over your data privacy. | <br> | :--- | <br> | :--- | |
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| Required action |
<br> | :--- | :--- | <br> | :--- | <br><br><br><br> | To move your information to the new experience, head over to the Family Safety website and review your options.<br><br> <br><br>To keep the default settings from being applied, update your preferences by February 20, 2024. | <br> | :--- | :--- | <br> | :--- | <br><br><br><br> | Go to Family Safety > | <br> | :---: | <br> | :--- | <br> | :--- | :--- | <br> | :--- | <br><br><br><br> | Ignore this email if you’ve made changes already. | <br> | :--- | <br> | :--- |
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A free app and service that helps families create healthy digital habits and stay connected. It’s designed to support both online safety and real-world awareness by offering tools for screen time management, content filtering, and location sharing
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Hello
I am Prakash and happy to help you with your question, I'm a Microsoft consumer like you.
If you have a Office 365 family subscription with a Family safety group. Then there will be suggestions from Microsoft to update the correct settings for your Family safety preferences. and this is legit email from Microsoft.
Please refer below link to update right settings for your family accounts. https://support.microsoft.com/account-billing/4e58c3ec-9a2a-8a98-5a35-352b7c234341
In case of additional questions, reach out back to us, and we will be happy to help and try our best to resolve your issue.
Best Regards, Prakash