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The 30-day advance notice requirement applies only to material changes, giving users a defined window to review significant policy updates before they take effect.
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 →You will receive at least 30 days' notice before material changes to GitHub's privacy statement take effect, either through the website or your primary email address.
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"If there are material changes to the statement, we will provide at least 30 days prior notice by updating our website or sending an email to your primary email address associated with your GitHub account.— Excerpt from GitHub's GitHub Privacy Statement
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The 30-day advance notice requirement applies only to material changes, giving users a defined window to review significant policy updates before they take effect.
You will receive at least 30 days' notice before material changes to GitHub's privacy statement take effect, either through the website or your primary email address.
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