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Autocomplete Data for Discriminative Model Training

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The provision establishes a restricted use framework for user-generated autocomplete data, distinguishing between permissible discriminative applications and prohibited generative applications. This operational distinction defines the scope of data utilization for model improvement while preserving user control through opt-out mechanisms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users' Autocomplete User Content may be used for discriminative model training by default unless the user modifies settings to opt out. If a user does not opt out, anonymized autocomplete data will be retained and used for training discriminative models that rank code generations.

How other platforms handle this

Anthropic Medium

We may use Materials to provide, maintain, and improve the Services and to develop other products and services, including training our models, unless you opt out of training through your account settings. Even if you opt out, we will use Materials for model training when: (1) you provide Feedback to...

Mistral AI Medium

Data publicly available on the Internet. Our artificial intelligence models are trained on data that is publicly available on the Internet by third parties, which may contain personal data, even if we use good practices to filter out such personal data. [...] Training Datasets. In some cases, we acc...

Writer Medium

Writer does not use Customer Data to train its AI models without explicit customer permission. Customer Data means the data, content, and information that customers and their end users submit to or through the Services.

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We may use your Autocomplete User Content to improve our discriminative machine learning models, which are models that rank or assign scores to code generations in order to understand the boundaries between different sets of code. We will never use your Autocomplete User Content to improve generative machine learning models, which are models that are able to generate code directly based on studying existing code generations, for Autocomplete or other services. Any Autocomplete User Content used for training our discriminative machine learning models is anonymized, such that any personally identifiable information is removed. To opt out of having your Autocomplete User Content used for such purpose, you may change the code sharing options in the User Settings pane of the user's profile page. Please note that if you opt out, your Autocomplete User Content will be sent to our servers so that we are able to provide you with the Services, but we will not retain your Autocomplete User Content on our servers for training our discriminative machine learning models.

— Excerpt from Windsurf's Windsurf Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
California AB 2013 AI Training Data Transparency
US-CA
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
EU AI Act - High Risk Provisions
EU
GDPR
European Union
Texas AI Act
Texas, USA
Trump Executive Order on AI Policy Framework
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
Windsurf Terms of Service
Entity
Windsurf
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 30, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-010263
Document ID
CA-D-00487
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
00ec2ae906a7a237f79cd586583ef2cf26f4725d380b3677eb3b6e7fd4d293ef
Analysis generated
April 30, 2026 05:54 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Windsurf
Document: Windsurf Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-010263
Captured: 2026-04-30 05:54:22 UTC
SHA-256: 00ec2ae906a7a237…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/windsurf/windsurf-terms-of-service/autocomplete-data-for-discriminative-model-training/
Accessed: May 20, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Windsurf's Autocomplete Data for Discriminative Model Training clause do?

The provision establishes a restricted use framework for user-generated autocomplete data, distinguishing between permissible discriminative applications and prohibited generative applications. This operational distinction defines the scope of data utilization for model improvement while preserving user control through opt-out mechanisms.

How does this clause affect you?

Users' Autocomplete User Content may be used for discriminative model training by default unless the user modifies settings to opt out. If a user does not opt out, anonymized autocomplete data will be retained and used for training discriminative models that rank code generations.

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