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Legitimate interest is a legal basis for processing personal data; Replit's assertion of it for ML training means user data may be used for model improvement without requiring explicit consent.
The updated policy organizes personal data collection into specific categories: registration data (name, email, phone), content created (code, files, prompts), collaboration data (teams, workspaces, permissions), usage logs (pages viewed, searches, interactions), communications (messages, attachments), payment data (card details, billing address, subscription type, collected by third-party processors), device data (IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers), and general location inference from IP address (with explicit statement that precise location requires consent). The policy states it 'may collect certain Personal Data' but does not materially expand the types of data collection beyond the prior version's framework. The removal of the explicit Data Processing Agreement reference may affect how EU/UK/Switzerland users exercise data rights, though the policy now cross-references the Terms of Service and indicates DPA compliance may be addressed elsewhere.
View change record →Replit may use your information to train and improve its machine learning technologies, including code generation, and to improve its Services' safety, security, and performance, based on its claimed legitimate interest.
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We use your personal information to comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations and respond to legally valid requests and communications from law enforcement authorities to the extent required by applicable law.
Where the law allows us to, we may use the content you and other users have posted for training or to help us to improve the way we filter content on our platform.
Preventing and prosecuting potentially prohibited or illegal activities; Enforcing our agreements; and Complying with our legal obligations
"We have a legitimate interest in using your information...to improve the accuracy of our machine learning technologies such as code generation, and otherwise to improve the safety, security, and performance of our Services.Excerpt from Replit's Privacy Policy
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Legitimate interest is a legal basis for processing personal data; Replit's assertion of it for ML training means user data may be used for model improvement without requiring explicit consent.
Replit may use your information to train and improve its machine learning technologies, including code generation, and to improve its Services' safety, security, and performance, based on its claimed legitimate interest.
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