Yet another Unsolicited email from Microsoft

As the title states I have received another email from Microsoft that was unsolicited. Did they forget their own policy or has it changed or is it a virus? I would like to believe it is a virus but there is no signs of one and the links are valid. I did attempt to set up another account on my pc for my granddaughter. Yet I did not solicit this email.
I did some extensive research recently for another that I had received and another forum member argued the point that it was not from Microsoft. It turns out that the emails are heavy scrupulised for for the lack of capitalization in its email tags and other areas but are valid emails.



Welcome to the family
Microsoft Family [microsoftfamily@microsoft.com]

Hi Dad,
Welcome to your family! As an adult, you’ll be able to approve requests, change kids’ safety settings, and get weekly activity reports.

To learn more, visit http://account.microsoft.com/family
Microsoft respects your privacy. To learn more, read our privacy and cookies statement.
Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA. 98052 USA

 

I think you need to look at the big picture. Any help from MS to control/protect your children should be welcomed.
Just this morning, our Breakfast TV show advised parents of children being able to view porno photos on their (the kids) smartphone using the Calculator App and a code which opens to a Folder hiding the photos.
As a grandparent myself, I would be delighted to be informed how to protect/guide our kids through these pitfalls in life.
As you no doubt signed in with an email address, you can either accept or reject MS assistance in this subject. Just my take on your concern. Neil.

 

Thanks Neil, but my point was actually the "Unsolicited" email which is supposed to be a company policy of not doing. You do bring up another point that I did not sign in to set up the account. It only requested an email for the new user, in turn it solicited the child email if it wanted to setup this user. This is very intrusive in my opinion. It actually would have setup a Outlook account if they had none. This just opens up more doors.
I was very exited to see they had a new option for child users but am also concerned about privacy issues. It may seem petty to some but most 9 yr olds don't have a email or phone number.
We made it policy in 1996 when we bought our first PC that it would only be used in our presence for a limited time usage, so we set it up right in front of us for them to use. We will still maintain this policy.
I did catch the news thing on the Photovault app. That is unbelievable and should be held accountable for the misuse. There is dozens of these apps.

 

Kids these days have a tendency to follow peer pressure without thought of the consequences. They dive in and do things regardless of the advice given - as it's a challenge and we have to pick up the pieces. Neil.

 

It may not be a virus but it certainly could be malicious and NOT from Microsoft. Badguys are very proficient at making emails appear to be from Microsoft. And they may just be watching to see if that email bounces back to them (indicating an invalid email address) or if not, that it is valid and they can attempt to trick you in the future.

Sign into your Microsoft account here. Click on Security and Privacy, then under Marketing, click on Account marketing preferences. From there, you should be able to opt out of all promotional offers from Microsoft.

As noted, it will not stop all emails from Microsoft, but it should stop promotional emails.