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Users covered by EU-U.S. or Swiss-U.S. data protection frameworks receive protections established by those Principles even if GitHub's privacy statement would otherwise provide less.
If you are covered by the EU-U.S. or Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the DPF Principles override any conflicting terms in GitHub's privacy statement.
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"If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy statement and the EU-U.S. DPF Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the Principles shall govern.Excerpt from GitHub's Privacy Statement
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Users covered by EU-U.S. or Swiss-U.S. data protection frameworks receive protections established by those Principles even if GitHub's privacy statement would otherwise provide less.
If you are covered by the EU-U.S. or Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the DPF Principles override any conflicting terms in GitHub's privacy statement.
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