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MC365395: Communication Compliance: New classifier to detect sexual harassment (preview)

Updated July 28, 2022: Thank you for your feedback. At this time, we will not be moving forward with rolling out the feature as outlined.

Updated July 28, 2022: Thank you for your feedback. At this time, we will not be moving forward with rolling out the feature as outlined. We are evaluating changes based on feedback and will announce our new plan via Message center when we are ready proceed. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Updated June 16, 2022: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.

Coming soon to public preview, we’re rolling out a sexual harassment classifier for Communication Compliance to assist you in detecting this type of workplace policy violation. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93252.

The sexual harassment classifier detects explicit instances of sexual harassment as may be outlined in your organization’s policies and code of conduct, such as sexual advances, sexual comments and sexual favors. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance helps organizations detect explicit code of conduct and regulatory compliance violations, such as harassing or threatening language, sharing of adult content, and inappropriate sharing of sensitive information. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are explicitly opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

MC365395: Communication Compliance: New classifier to detect sexual harassment (preview)

When this will happen

We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed.

How this will affect your organization

The sexual harassment classifier detects explicit instances of sexual harassment as may be outlined in your organization’s policies and code of conduct, such as sexual advances, sexual comments, and sexual favors. This trainable classifier can be selected in the Communication Compliance policy configuration workflow.

This trainable classifier can be selected in the Communication Compliance policy configuration workflow.

What you need to do to prepare

Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance helps organizations detect explicit code of conduct and regulatory compliance violations, such as harassing or threatening language, sharing of adult content, and inappropriate sharing of sensitive information. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are explicitly opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

Access the Communication Compliance solution in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.

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Message ID: MC365395
Published: 29 April 2022
Updated: 28 July 2022
Platform: Web, World tenant