The policy states that user content, including personal information provided in inputs, file uploads, feedback, and outputs, may be used to train, fine-tune, and improve the AI models powering the services, subject to the terms applicable to the specific service tier.
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This provision asserts a legitimate interests basis for using user-submitted content, including conversational inputs and file uploads, for model training purposes. The practical scope of this use depends on the terms applicable to the user's specific service tier, which may include enterprise or platform-specific agreements that modify or restrict this use.
Interpretive note: The provision states that model training use is conditional on 'the terms that apply to your use of the Services,' creating a dependency on service-tier-specific terms that are not reproduced in this policy.
Under this clause, user-submitted content including inputs, file uploads, and outputs may be processed for AI model training and fine-tuning. Users in the EEA and UK have the right to object to this processing by contacting privacy@cognition.ai, as the legal basis is stated as legitimate interests.
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Compare across platforms →"To customize your experience with our Services and otherwise improve our Services including, depending on the terms that apply to your use of the Services, using User Content to train, fine tune and improve the models that power our Services.Excerpt from Windsurf's Privacy Policy
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This provision asserts a legitimate interests basis for using user-submitted content, including conversational inputs and file uploads, for model training purposes. The practical scope of this use depends on the terms applicable to the user's specific service tier, which may include enterprise or platform-specific agreements that modify or restrict this use.
Under this clause, user-submitted content including inputs, file uploads, and outputs may be processed for AI model training and fine-tuning. Users in the EEA and UK have the right to object to this processing by contacting privacy@cognition.ai, as the legal basis is stated as legitimate interests.
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