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Data collectors must comply with Privacy Statement

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Key Facts

What must any person, entity, or service collecting data from the Service comply with?
GitHub requires any person, entity, or service collecting data from the Service to comply with the GitHub Privacy Statement, particularly regarding the collection of personal information.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This clause extends GitHub's privacy compliance obligations beyond GitHub itself to any third party that collects data from the Service, making the Privacy Statement a binding standard for all data collectors.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4186 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Any party collecting data from the Service—including scrapers, integrations, or automated services—is required to comply with the GitHub Privacy Statement.

How other platforms handle this

Leonardo AI Medium

If you are an individual user, we collect, use, transfer, disclose and store any personal Data you provide to us in accordance with our privacy policy, (available on our website), and Applicable Privacy Laws.

ZipRecruiter Medium

You may give us your Identity Data, Contact Data, Financial Data, Profile Data, and other information by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, e-mail or otherwise.

NVIDIA NIM Medium

telemetry information collected includes: (i) microservice settings, (ii) usage data and (iii) hardware environment.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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Any person, entity, or service collecting data from the Service must comply with the GitHub Privacy Statement, particularly in regards to the collection of personal information.

Excerpt from GitHub's Acceptable Use Policies

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
UK GDPR
United Kingdom
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
GitHub Acceptable Use Policies
Entity
GitHub
Document last updated
May 12, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 20, 2026
Last verified
May 20, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-060833
Document ID
CA-D-00790
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
4cb1cc8f63e15186f39023d0124a0552f90d900ee77625b9086bf67218c19c3e
Analysis generated
May 20, 2026 21:06 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: GitHub
Document: GitHub Acceptable Use Policies
Record ID: CA-P-060833
Captured: 2026-05-20 21:06:09 UTC
SHA-256: 4cb1cc8f63e15186…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/github/github-acceptable-use-policies/provision/CA-P-060833/data-collectors-must-comply-with-privacy-statement/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does GitHub's Data collectors must comply with Privacy Statement clause do?

This clause extends GitHub's privacy compliance obligations beyond GitHub itself to any third party that collects data from the Service, making the Privacy Statement a binding standard for all data collectors.

How does this clause affect you?

Any party collecting data from the Service—including scrapers, integrations, or automated services—is required to comply with the GitHub Privacy Statement.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 296 platforms. See the full comparison.

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