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The temporary-only nature of cached file storage under privacy mode limits how long file contents remain on Cursor's systems.
Interpretive note: The canonical claim focuses on permanent storage as the primary proposition. The training-data prohibition is an independent proposition recorded in omitted_material and addressed separately in id 59567.
The updated policy clarifies that Cursor maintains zero data retention agreements with all AI model providers and customer data will not be used for training by Cursor. However, the policy now explicitly discloses that model providers may run risk classifiers to detect policy violations, and if your prompts or conversations trigger abuse detectors, your data may be stored for investigation and deleted according to the provider's retention policies. The policy removed the previous blanket statement that code would never be trained on by Cursor or third parties, replacing it with more specific disclosure of abuse detection practices. You can review OpenAI and Anthropic's documentation directly for details on their specific retention policies.
View change record →When privacy mode is enabled, cached file contents will not be retained permanently by Cursor.
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"All cached file contents are temporary, never permanently stored, and never used as training data when privacy mode is enabled.Excerpt from Cursor's Data Use & Privacy Overview
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The temporary-only nature of cached file storage under privacy mode limits how long file contents remain on Cursor's systems.
When privacy mode is enabled, cached file contents will not be retained permanently by Cursor.
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