Cursor · Governance

Policy Drift Analysis Mixed 5 mo

How Cursor's governance documents and clauses have shifted over time, by document, provision, and change direction.

Cursor has made 3 significant policy changes since monitoring began in April 2026 (5 mo). 1 was negative for consumers, primarily involving transparency removal.
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High Severity
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Documents Affected

Cursor Data Use & Privacy Overview
2 changes
Cursor's privacy document explains how your code, prompts, and editor activity are handled. Whether Privacy Mode is on or off is the most consequential setting: with it on, Cursor will …
Aug 29, 2026
Cursor removed two sentences from its Data Use & Privacy Overview that previously described how codebase embeddings and metadata are handled during the indexing process. …
medium negative
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Cursor Terms of Service
1 change
This Terms of Service agreement governs the use of Cursor, an AI-powered coding assistant provided by Anysphere, Inc., and establishes rights, obligations, and dispute resolution procedures for users. The agreement …
Aug 14, 2026
Cursor replaced its arbitration-based dispute resolution system with a litigation-based one governed by Texas law and filed exclusively in Texas courts. Previously, disputes were resolved …
high neutral
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All Changes (3)

Aug 29, 2026
Cursor removed two sentences from its Data Use & Privacy Overview that previously described how codebase embeddings and metadata are handled during the indexing process. The removed language stated that …
medium negative Cursor Data Use & Privacy Overview
Aug 14, 2026
Cursor replaced its arbitration-based dispute resolution system with a litigation-based one governed by Texas law and filed exclusively in Texas courts. Previously, disputes were resolved through binding arbitration administered by …
high neutral Cursor Terms of Service
Jun 10, 2026
Cursor updated its privacy policy to clarify that in Privacy Mode, customer data will not be used for training by Cursor, and the company maintains zero data retention (ZDR) agreements …
medium neutral Cursor Data Use & Privacy Overview

Trend Observation

Cursor's most frequent change categories are Transparency removal (1), Arbitration expansion (1), Disclosure requirement change (1). The most frequently updated document is Cursor Data Use & Privacy Overview with 2 changes. Get alerted when Cursor changes policy →

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