Microsoft Bing

Report March 2025

Submitted
Commitment 19
Relevant Signatories using recommender systems commit to make them transparent to the recipients regarding the main criteria and parameters used for prioritising or deprioritising information, and provide options to users about recommender systems, and make available information on those options.
We signed up to the following measures of this commitment
Measure 19.1 Measure 19.2
In line with this commitment, did you deploy new implementation measures (e.g. changes to your terms of service, new tools, new policies, etc)?
No
If yes, list these implementation measures here
Not applicable
Do you plan to put further implementation measures in place in the next 6 months to substantially improve the maturity of the implementation of this commitment?
Yes
If yes, which further implementation measures do you plan to put in place in the next 6 months?
Bing regularly updates its policies and terms and conditions to account for product changes, user feedback, and evolving legal considerations.
Measure 19.1
Relevant Signatories will make available to their users, including through the Transparency Centre and in their terms and conditions, in a clear, accessible and easily comprehensible manner, information outlining the main parameters their recommender systems employ.
QRE 19.1.1
Relevant Signatories will provide details of the policies and measures put in place to implement the above-mentioned measures accessible to EU users, especially by publishing information outlining the main parameters their recommender systems employ in this regard. This information should also be included in the Transparency Centre.
Bing’s search engine ranking algorithms are not a traditional “recommender system” in that Bing Search only provides content to users as a result of their express request, rather than pushing content to users who were not expressly seeking it. That said, the main parameters of Bing Search’s ranking algorithms are published in the “How Bing Ranks Search Results” section of How Bing Delivers Search, which is available to Bing Search users in the EU. Bing Search also provides information on how it ranks and returns search suggestions in the Enhanced Search Experiences section of How Bing Delivers Search Results. Bing’s ranking algorithms apply equally to traditional search results and generative AI features that extend to Bing.

Please also see QREs 14.1.1, and 22.2.1.