“You may not use the API to download data or Content from GitHub for spamming purposes, including for the purposes of selling GitHub users' personal information, such as to recruiters, headhunters, and job boards.”
This analysis describes what GitHub's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
The prohibition explicitly protects GitHub users' personal information from commercial exploitation via API access, naming specific actors in the data-brokering ecosystem.
The updated terms establish a dedicated section governing AI features, including GitHub Copilot. The new language introduces formal definitions of 'AI Feature', 'Input' (content or context provided to an AI feature, including prompts, attachments, code, and conversation history), and 'Output' (responses and suggestions generated by the AI feature). The terms state that GitHub may use Input data for development and improvement of AI and machine learning models. Users of AI features should review the new section K to understand how their prompts, code, and conversation history may be processed.
View change record →Users are prohibited from using the GitHub API to extract data for spam or to sell other users' personal information to third parties such as recruiters and job boards.
How other platforms handle this
Company agrees that use of a developer account, including to access APIs to create automations or integrate the Services with Third-Party Services, is governed by the API Agreement.
If you use the developer tools made available via TikTok API For Business interfaces, you agree to the TikTok For Business Developer Terms.
Certain features of the Services, including notifications, AI Features, and use of Calendly's API, and credit-based or credit-enabled functionality may be provided through shared or collectively operated systems...
"You may not use the API to download data or Content from GitHub for spamming purposes, including for the purposes of selling GitHub users' personal information, such as to recruiters, headhunters, and job boards.Excerpt from GitHub's Terms of Service
Get the weekly coverage letter
Companies change their terms without announcing it. We capture governance documents, compare each new version with the last, and publish what changed, with the source text behind it. One email a week on what we found and what we could not reach.
The prohibition explicitly protects GitHub users' personal information from commercial exploitation via API access, naming specific actors in the data-brokering ecosystem.
Users are prohibited from using the GitHub API to extract data for spam or to sell other users' personal information to third parties such as recruiters and job boards.
ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 102 platforms. See the full comparison.
No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by GitHub.