“We may access, read, preserve, and disclose information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal obligations, regulations, law enforcement, governmental, and other legal requests, court orders...”
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The trigger is Windsurf's own belief that disclosure is 'reasonably necessary,' meaning the threshold for disclosure is internal and subjective rather than requiring a confirmed legal mandate.
Interpretive note: The excerpt ends with an ellipsis, indicating the full list of legal bases for disclosure may be longer than what is quoted. The canonical claim covers only what the quoted text establishes.
Your information may be accessed, preserved, and disclosed to legal or governmental authorities based on Windsurf's judgment that doing so is reasonably necessary.
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Recipient may disclose Discloser's Confidential Information: (i) to the extent required by applicable law or regulation; (ii) pursuant to a subpoena or order of a court or regulatory, self-regulatory, or legislative body of competent jurisdiction.
We may disclose information we collect when we believe disclosure is appropriate to comply with the law; to enforce or apply applicable terms and conditions and other agreements; to facilitate the financing, securitization, insuring, sale...
To the extent the law allows it, we will attempt to provide you with prior notice before disclosing your information in response to such a request.
"We may access, read, preserve, and disclose information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal obligations, regulations, law enforcement, governmental, and other legal requests, court orders...Excerpt from Windsurf's Privacy Policy
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The trigger is Windsurf's own belief that disclosure is 'reasonably necessary,' meaning the threshold for disclosure is internal and subjective rather than requiring a confirmed legal mandate.
Your information may be accessed, preserved, and disclosed to legal or governmental authorities based on Windsurf's judgment that doing so is reasonably necessary.
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