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Cursor's belief that disclosure is necessary is the operative threshold, meaning disclosure to governments or third parties may occur based on Cursor's own assessment of legal necessity.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated after item (ii), so additional enumerated grounds for disclosure may exist but cannot be confirmed from the provided text.
The updated policy now states that Cursor collects payment information whenever you 'initiate payment for products and services,' rather than only when accessing paid Anysphere products. This broadens the scope of payment data collection to cover any payment action, including partial transactions, payment attempts, or payments for services beyond the core Cursor platform. The policy does not specify what payment data is collected, how long it is retained, or with whom it may be shared; you can review Cursor's full Privacy Policy and Privacy Overview for additional details on payment data handling.
View change record →The updated policy removes the explicit statement that Cursor does not 'sell' or 'share' personal data for cross-contextual behavioral advertising and does not process personal data for 'targeted advertising' purposes. The revised language now states only that Cursor does not process sensitive personal data for inferring consumer characteristics, which is narrower in scope. The policy also removed jurisdiction-specific disclosures that previously detailed the purposes of data collection, types of data collected, and legal basis for processing.
View change record →Your personal data may be disclosed to government authorities or other third parties whenever Cursor believes such disclosure is necessary for legal compliance or to respond to lawful requests or investigations.
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We may disclose Contact Data as we reasonably believe is necessary to comply with any judicial or governmental subpoenas, warrants or orders.
We may disclose your Personal Information for legal reasons, such as to (a) follow laws, (b) enforce our agreements, (c) prevent fraud or security issues, (d) protect our company, our users and the public...
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"We may disclose personal data to government authorities or other third parties if we believe doing so is necessary to: (i) comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes, (ii) respond to lawful requests or investigations...Excerpt from Cursor's Privacy Policy
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Cursor's belief that disclosure is necessary is the operative threshold, meaning disclosure to governments or third parties may occur based on Cursor's own assessment of legal necessity.
Your personal data may be disclosed to government authorities or other third parties whenever Cursor believes such disclosure is necessary for legal compliance or to respond to lawful requests or investigations.
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