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Comparing GitHub vs Cursor · Developer / API Restrictions provisions
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Compare developer / api restrictions governance provisions between GitHub and Cursor. Provisions are extracted from monitored governance documents.

developer_tools GitHub No API Use for Spamming or Selling User Data
What it means
The prohibition explicitly protects GitHub users' personal information from commercial exploitation via API access, naming specific actors in the data-brokering ecosystem.
Consumer impact
Users are prohibited from using the GitHub API to extract data for spam or to sell other users' personal information to third parties such as recruiters and job boards.
Opt-out available
No opt-out available
Actual clause text
You may not use the API to download data or Content from GitHub for spamming purposes, including for the purposes of selling GitHub users' personal information, such as to recruiters, headhunters, and job boards.
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CA-P-036440
Recent changes
Apr 28, 2026 Medium

GitHub added a new section titled 'AI Features, Training, and Your Data' to its Terms of Service, e…

Cursor
No Developer / API Restrictions clause found in our archive for this platform.
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Stripe's arbitration clause is narrower than Amazon's in one key respect: it includes a small claims court carve-out that Amazon's clause does not. PayPal's clause is the most aggressive of the three, explicitly waiving jury trial rights in addition to class action rights. From a compliance perspective, Amazon presents the lowest risk for B2B contracts while PayPal creates the highest exposure for consumer-facing applications subject to CFPB oversight.
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