An AI-powered code editor developed by Anysphere that integrates artificial intelligence capabilities directly into the coding workflow to assist developers with writing, editing, and debugging code. The platform processes user code and interactions to provide AI-generated suggestions and completions, making its privacy and terms of service policies significant for developers concerned about intellectual property protection and data handling of their source code. Given the sensitive nature of proprietary code and development practices, the company's policies around data retention, sharing, and AI training are particularly relevant to software developers and organizations.
High, provisions that significantly limit your legal rights, authorize broad data collection, or create material financial exposure. Medium, provisions worth knowing about but with partial protections or limited scope. Low, standard terms with minimal consumer impact.
Higher = more protective of you, the user/customer — a deliberately user-protective lens, not a universal “good vs bad” score. Computed algorithmically from Cursor’s cited governance stances; no dimension we haven’t confidently read is ever counted against the score. Free, reproducible, and never purchasable.
Email notification to affected users is the stated channel for critical incident communication, establishing both the medium and the scope of recipients.
This establishes that data protection obligations extend beyond Cursor itself to its model providers, through both technical and contractual mechanisms.
This establishes a direct conditional restriction on Cursor's use of user data for training, contingent on the user enabling Privacy Mode.
These restrictions address concerns about data exposure to Chinese legal jurisdiction, both through direct infrastructure presence and through subprocessor relationships.
Account creation date determines whether data-sharing with model providers applies, creating a materially different data treatment for pre- and post-cutoff accounts.
This document describes how Cursor secures its systems and handles your data. The most user-facing features are Privacy Mode — which, when enabled, prevents Cursor from training on your data …
Cursor's privacy document explains how your code, prompts, and editor activity are handled. Whether Privacy Mode is on or off is the most consequential setting: with it on, Cursor will …
This Terms of Service agreement governs the use of Cursor, an AI-powered coding assistant provided by Anysphere, Inc., and establishes rights, obligations, and dispute resolution procedures for users. The agreement …
This document sets out what personal data Cursor collects, how long it keeps it, and who it may share it with. Cursor will not use what you type into the …
Cursor updated its privacy policy to clarify that in Privacy Mode, customer data will not be used for training by Cursor, and the company maintains zero data retention (ZDR) agreements …
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ConductAtlas tracks 4 Cursor documents including terms of service, privacy policy, and other governance documents. Every document is captured daily with cryptographic verification.
Cursor has made 4 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks.
ConductAtlas has classified 39 provisions across Cursor's tracked documents. 6 are rated high severity, 25 medium, and 8 low.
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