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The Tailor Made Services require the user to grant Tabnine access to their codebase; the agreement states this code is used solely to personalize the service for that user only, is not stored after service adjustment, is not shared with other users, and does not grant Tabnine IP rights in the shared code.
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This provision establishes the conditions under which Tabnine accesses user code for the personalized suggestion service, including stated retention and use limitations. Enterprise customers should assess whether these contractual commitments are sufficient for their data governance and source code confidentiality requirements.
Interpretive note: The document asserts non-retention and limited use of accessed code, but the standard Terms do not specify the technical or organizational measures used to enforce these commitments, leaving verification dependent on enterprise-level agreements or audit mechanisms.
This clause establishes that opting into Tailor Made Services requires granting Tabnine access to user code, which the agreement states is used solely for personalizing suggestions for that user, is not retained after service adjustment, and does not transfer IP rights to Tabnine. The Terms state that this service is only activated upon explicit user request.
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"As part of the Tailor Made Services, you will be required to grant Tabnine with access to your code, such code shall be used by Tabnine solely in order to adjust and upgrade the standard Services to provide you, and you only, with the Tailor Made Services. No other users shall be granted with any access to the Tailor Made Services provided to you, (c) following Tabnine′s adjustment and upgrade of the Services, any code provided by you to Tabnine shall not be stored and/or used by Tabnine, and (d) for the avoidance of doubt, except with respect to creating the Tailor Made Services, Tabnine shall not be granted any intellectual property rights in the code shared by you which was provided solely for the limited use by Tabnine for creating the Tailor Made Services.Excerpt from Tabnine's Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Granting a third-party AI service access to source code may engage GDPR if the code contains personal data, trade secret law in applicable jurisdictions, and enterprise data classification policies. The EU AI Act may be relevant depending on the classification of the AI system accessing and processing the codebase. Data processing agreements under GDPR may be required where personal data is present in accessed code. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The agreement provides contractual commitments regarding non-retention and non-disclosure of accessed code, but these commitments are not independently auditable under the standard Terms. Enterprise customers relying on these commitments for source code confidentiality should assess whether additional contractual protections, such as data processing agreements or audit rights, are available under enterprise-level agreements. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU and UK-based organizations subject to GDPR should assess whether a data processing agreement is required before enabling Tailor Made Services, particularly if codebases contain personal data. Organizations in regulated industries including financial services, healthcare, and defense may have additional restrictions on sharing source code with third-party AI platforms. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise procurement teams should confirm whether Tabnine's enterprise agreements include binding data processing agreements, technical and organizational measures documentation, and audit rights in relation to Tailor Made Services code access. The standard Terms' contractual commitments may not be sufficient for regulated industry requirements. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Organizations should implement internal policies specifying whether and under what conditions developers may enable Tailor Made Services, and should conduct data classification assessments to determine whether code repositories accessible under this feature contain personal data or trade secrets requiring heightened protection.
This provision establishes the conditions under which Tabnine accesses user code for the personalized suggestion service, including stated retention and use limitations. Enterprise customers should assess whether these contractual commitments are sufficient for their data governance and source code confidentiality requirements.
This clause establishes that opting into Tailor Made Services requires granting Tabnine access to user code, which the agreement states is used solely for personalizing suggestions for that user, is not retained after service adjustment, and does not transfer IP rights to Tabnine. The Terms state that this service is only activated upon explicit user request.
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