GitHub collects payment information when you purchase paid services, which is processed by third-party payment processors and may be stored for billing and fraud prevention purposes.
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The collection of payment information is operationally necessary to facilitate billing and subscription management for paid service tiers, and establishes the scope of personal financial data GitHub processes in its capacity as a payment processor.
The updated terms now explicitly authorize GitHub to collect AI outputs generated within the platform alongside user-provided code and content, and to share personal data with Microsoft and other GitHub affiliates for purposes including training and improving artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. The privacy statement indicates that aggregate and de-identified data will be used where feasible, but the updated language establishes broader authority for affiliate data sharing and AI model development than the previous version stated. The revised terms also remove specific disclosure of the conditions under which GitHub personnel may access private repositories, replacing that detail with a cross-reference to the Terms of Service, which means the scope of internal GitHub access to private repositories is now defined in a separate contract document rather than the privacy statement itself.
View change record →Payment data is shared with third-party processors to complete transactions, and some billing data may be retained by GitHub for accounting and fraud prevention. Users should review the privacy policies of GitHub's payment processors for additional data handling details.
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Each payment processor uses and processes your complete payment information in accordance with its applicable privacy policy (Stripe and PayPal).
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Protect us, our business, our users, and others, for example to enforce our terms of service, prevent spam or other unwanted communications, and investigate or protect against fraud
"Payment Information: For paid subscriptions, we collect details like name, billing address, and payment specifics.Excerpt from GitHub's Privacy Statement
Payment data handling implicates PCI-DSS compliance obligations and potentially state-level financial privacy laws.
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The collection of payment information is operationally necessary to facilitate billing and subscription management for paid service tiers, and establishes the scope of personal financial data GitHub processes in its capacity as a payment processor.
Payment data is shared with third-party processors to complete transactions, and some billing data may be retained by GitHub for accounting and fraud prevention. Users should review the privacy policies of GitHub's payment processors for additional data handling details.
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