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Even without storing raw code, Cursor may retain derived representations and identifying metadata about a user's codebase.
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 →Cursor may retain embeddings, file hashes, and file names from the reader's codebase in its database.
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Your posts and certain profile information may remain even after you terminate your account. We urge you to consider the sensitivity of any information you may disclose in this way.
Images created through makeup virtual try-on are not stored.
To the extent you enter identifying information as part of the account application process, we are required by law to store that information to comply with federal regulations.
"The embeddings and metadata about your codebase (hashes, file names) may be stored in our database.Excerpt from Cursor's Data Use & Privacy Overview
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Even without storing raw code, Cursor may retain derived representations and identifying metadata about a user's codebase.
Cursor may retain embeddings, file hashes, and file names from the reader's codebase in its database.
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