Workflow-specific products Content, decks, briefs, proposals, legal, and sales each have a clearer buying path.
Review before delivery Draft, edit, collaborate, approve, and export in the same workspace.
Security + procurement path Security policy, support, and Azure Marketplace buying are public.

Policy evidence and product boundaries

Make the trust review concrete—not ceremonial.

Use the published policy set, a controlled product evaluation, and your organization's own security, privacy, legal, and procurement review to decide whether Arc fits the material and workflow you intend to use.

This hub links to current public resources. It does not claim a certification, control, deployment model, or contractual term beyond what those resources and your agreement state.

Published policy set

Start with the document that answers your question.

Read the linked resource itself and confirm its effective date. A summary card is navigation, not a substitute for the governing text.

Security

Published security practices and shared responsibilities.

Use it to review: Which practices are described, and what remains your responsibility?

Open Security

Privacy Policy

How personal information is described as collected, used, and handled.

Use it to review: Which data categories and processing purposes are relevant to your use?

Open Privacy Policy

Data Processing Agreement

Data-processing terms for eligible customer relationships.

Use it to review: Which roles, obligations, and transfer terms would apply?

Open Data Processing Agreement

GDPR

Public information about GDPR-related rights and practices.

Use it to review: How should your organization evaluate lawful use and data-subject requests?

Open GDPR

Subprocessors

The published list of subprocessors involved in service delivery.

Use it to review: Which listed providers matter to your vendor review?

Open Subprocessors

Acceptable Use

Rules governing prohibited or restricted use of the service.

Use it to review: Does the intended proposal workflow fit the permitted-use boundaries?

Open Acceptable Use

Terms of Service

The public terms governing use of the service.

Use it to review: Which service, account, liability, and usage terms need legal review?

Open Terms of Service

Disclaimer

Limitations and cautions for information and generated material.

Use it to review: Which judgments and validations stay with your team?

Open Disclaimer

Human accountability

Arc assists the draft; it does not own the submission.

Keep these responsibilities assigned to named reviewers, regardless of whether text was generated, imported, reused, or edited manually.

Human approval

Source and claim verification

Confirm that cited material is current, authorized, relevant, and sufficient for each factual statement.

Human approval

Requirements coverage

Map the actual buyer request to the response and resolve omissions, conflicts, and exceptions.

Human approval

Commercial and legal approval

Approve scope, pricing, dates, service levels, warranties, security statements, and contractual language.

Human approval

Access and delivery

Choose recipients, link controls, export handling, and the approved delivery channel for the opportunity.

Human approval

Final release

Assign a person with authority to approve the complete proposal before it reaches the buyer.

Human approval

Ongoing revalidation

Recheck reused material when the buyer, product, policy, evidence, or approval context changes.

Evaluation checklist

Validate the workflow with a low-risk sample first.

This sequence turns policy review into an observable adoption decision.

Checkpoint Evidence to collect Owner
Read current policies Relevant policy pages, effective dates, open questions, and applicable agreement Security, privacy, legal, procurement
Confirm the live product Plan controls, file types, sharing options, export paths, and workspace permissions actually available Product owner and administrator
Run a non-sensitive pilot Input handling, draft traceability, review steps, exports, and delivery events observed end to end Proposal operations
Document approval ownership Named reviewers for facts, requirements, commercials, legal terms, and release Business owner
Record the decision Accepted use cases, prohibited data, operating controls, and re-review trigger Accountable approver

Do not upload confidential buyer material until the appropriate people in your organization have reviewed the intended use, data classification, applicable policies, and contractual terms.

Analyzer boundary

A proposal score is a diagnostic signal, not a compliance certificate.

The public proposal analyzer uses deterministic checks to surface aspects of a submitted draft. It cannot verify every factual claim, buyer requirement, legal obligation, security representation, or organizational approval.

Continue to Arc documentation

Your material, your review, your decision

Move from source files to a proposal draft your team can inspect.

Arc prepares a structured first draft from the material you provide. Your reviewers still own the facts, scope, pricing, commitments, and final approval.