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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.
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the right to object to processing of your personal data, including profiling conducted on grounds of public or legitimate interest.
The right to request restriction of processing of Personal Data or object to processing of Personal Data carried out pursuant to (i) a legitimate interest...or (ii) performance of a task in the public interest
Right to withdraw consent. Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before withdrawal.
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"The right to object to the processing of your Personal Data, as allowed by applicable law— Excerpt from GitHub's GitHub Privacy Statement
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The clause states: “The right to object to the processing of your Personal Data, as allowed by applicable law”
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