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The updated terms clarify that Cursor maintains zero data retention agreements with all AI model providers and will not use customer data for training. However, the revised language now explicitly states 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 temporarily for investigation and deleted according to the providers' retention policies. The policy removed the legacy Privacy Mode option; non-ZDR models now require explicit admin opt-in. You can review the specific retention policies of OpenAI and Anthropic through their documentation.
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We retain Personal Information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this General Privacy Policy, including to provide Websites, maintain business operations...
We will only retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was originally collected.
Your personal information will be retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by Nigerian law. When we destroy your personal information, we do so in a way that prevents that information from being restored or reconstructed.
"these encryption keys only exist on our servers for the duration of a request.Excerpt from Cursor's Data Use & Privacy Overview
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The clause states: “these encryption keys only exist on our servers for the duration of a request.”
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