GitHub's Privacy Statement was detected with a formatting change on July 16, 2026. The table of contents header 'Site policy Privacy Policies GitHub General Privacy Statement' was removed from the opening section. The effective date remains April 27, 2026, and all substantive privacy disclosures and practices remain unchanged. This is a structural reorganization with no impact on what GitHub collects, how it uses data, or what rights users have.
This change does not affect consumer rights, data practices, or privacy protections. The removal of a redundant header from the Privacy Statement's table of contents is a formatting adjustment only. All substantive privacy disclosures remain in effect as previously stated, and users' obligations and rights under the policy are unchanged.
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This change is editorial and organizational. A duplicate header was removed from the Privacy Statement's table of contents. No substantive privacy practices, disclosures, data collection authorizations, or user rights were added, removed, or modified. No …
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