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GitHub's updated Terms of Service now include an explicit section governing AI features, including Copilot. The new section establishes specific contractual terms for how user data may be collected, used, and retained for developing and improving AI and machine learning models, and identifies what controls are available to users. The practical effect is that AI-related data practices are now consolidated under dedicated contractual language rather than dispersed across general service terms.
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Customer represents, warrants and covenants that (i) Customer is not named on any U.S. government list of persons or entities prohibited from receiving U.S. exports...(ii) Customer is not a national of, or a company registered in, any Prohibited Jurisdiction...
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"You may not use GitHub if you are or are working on behalf of a Specially Designated National (SDN) or a person subject to similar blocking or denied party prohibitions...Excerpt from GitHub's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “You may not use GitHub if you are or are working on behalf of a Specially Designated National (SDN) or a person subject to similar blocking or denied party prohibitions...”
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