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The clause establishes a categorical restriction on the types of regulated information that may be processed through the service, requiring users to maintain compliance responsibility for data subject to sector-specific security regimes that impose obligations exceeding the service's standard data handling practices.
Users are contractually obligated to exclude regulated data categories from submission to the service. This mechanism places responsibility on users to identify and withhold data classified under heightened protection regimes (health information, payment card data, financial records, etc.) rather than relying on Anysphere's processing infrastructure for such information.
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"(x) send or otherwise provide to Anysphere data or information that is subject to specific protections under applicable laws beyond any requirements that apply to "personal information" or "personal data" generally, such as for illustrative purposes, information that is regulated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and other U.S. federal, state or foreign laws applying specific security standardsExcerpt from Cursor's Terms of Service
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The clause establishes a categorical restriction on the types of regulated information that may be processed through the service, requiring users to maintain compliance responsibility for data subject to sector-specific security regimes that impose obligations exceeding the service's standard data handling practices.
Users are contractually obligated to exclude regulated data categories from submission to the service. This mechanism places responsibility on users to identify and withhold data classified under heightened protection regimes (health information, payment card data, financial records, etc.) rather than relying on Anysphere's processing infrastructure for such information.
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