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Microsoft Your Account – your one-stop shop for all your billing accounts and payments

Feb 24, 2012 11:31 pm by damaster | 2 comments

With the new Windows Store about to debut as part of Windows 8 Consumer Preview, Microsoft has launched a new billing portal named Microsoft Your Account, replacing the old http://billing.microsoft.com, which will allow you to view at once all of your purchases, payments, subscriptions and accounts from various Microsoft services including Hotmail, Office, Zune, Xbox 360, Windows Phone, and of course the upcoming Windows 8. Check out the screenshot below:

According to Microsoft, the site is still current under construction and that some features "are not completely migrated”. In addition, it appears that references to Microsoft Points is still available on the site, despite previous rumors that it is going away.

You can visit the new portal now by going to http://account.microsoft.com

Source: WithinWindows

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http://gcoupe.wordpress.com/ Geoff Coupe
Yes, and on my profile page, I can change everything EXCEPT country of residence. And there is still no option to delete my Zune/Xbox Live account entirely.
So I think that Microsoft are still in contravention of European Directive 95/46/EC, Article 12(b), which states:
“Member States shall guarantee every data subject (that’s me) the right to obtain from the controller (that’s Microsoft): as appropriate the rectification, erasure or blocking of data the processing of which does not comply with the provisions of this Directive, in particular because of the incomplete or inaccurate nature of the data“
My Zune/Xbox Live account has inaccurate data: the country of residence is shown as the US, instead of the NL.
If I (or Microsoft) can’t change it, and I (or Microsoft) can’t delete the Zune/Xbox account that contains this inaccurate data, then I reckon Microsoft are contravening EU laws.
- Malkness
  Yea, the facts that you can’t:
  1) …change country of residence (therefore add forign credit cards)
  2) …delete zune/xbox account (for example to create a new one with the correct country)
  3) …re-add a deleted windows phone to your account without resetting it
  SUCK BIG TIME! This is outrageous!