You have rights to see, correct, delete, or export your personal data held by GitHub, and you can exercise these rights by emailing GitHub's privacy team.
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The provision establishes procedural obligations for GitHub to process data subject requests and operationalizes statutory rights that vary by jurisdiction. The response timeline requirement creates a defined operational standard for handling such requests.
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 can request access to, correction of, deletion of, or a portable copy of your personal data from GitHub by emailing privacy@github.com, with response timelines governed by GDPR (30 days) or CCPA (45 days) depending on your location.
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"Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data. These may include the right to access personal data we hold about you, to correct inaccurate data, to request deletion of your data, to object to or restrict our processing, and to receive your data in a portable format. To exercise these rights, please contact us at privacy@github.com. We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by applicable law.— Excerpt from GitHub's GitHub Privacy Statement
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: GDPR Arts. 15–20 (access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and objection rights); CCPA/CPRA §§1798.100, 1798.105, 1798.110, 1798.115, 1798.120; UK GDPR equivalent provisions; response timeframes of 30 days (GDPR, extendable to 90) and 45 days (CCPA, extendable to 90). Enforcement by Irish DPC, UK ICO, and California CPPA.
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The provision establishes procedural obligations for GitHub to process data subject requests and operationalizes statutory rights that vary by jurisdiction. The response timeline requirement creates a defined operational standard for handling such requests.
You can request access to, correction of, deletion of, or a portable copy of your personal data from GitHub by emailing privacy@github.com, with response timelines governed by GDPR (30 days) or CCPA (45 days) depending on your location.
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