Where does this provider put your AI data — and who can compel its disclosure?
| Residency | United States us |
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| Sovereignty | United States us |
| Endpoints | models.github.ai, api.githubcopilot.com |
| KB note | Microsoft/GitHub |
How does this provider treat the data you send it? Advisory statements about documented practices — not legal advice.
| Trains on customer API data by default | No source — GitHub Generative AI Services Terms (Version March 2026) section 3 (Use of Data for Model Training): 'GitHub will not use Inputs or Outputs to train generative AI models, unless you have given us documented instructions to do so' (retrieved 2026-08-23) |
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| Retention (API inputs/outputs) | Varies by Copilot product/feature: the editor experience transmits prompts only to generate suggestions in real time and deletes them once suggestions are generated (not stored at rest without permission); retention exceptions include CLI/tool prompts, customised private language models, and alternative data-handling configurations. Per-product documentation governs each feature's exact window. source — Deprecated Copilot Product Specific Terms section 6.A ('Prompts are transmitted only to generate Suggestions in real-time, are deleted once Suggestions are generated, and are not used for any other purpose') and 6.B (retention exceptions); superseded terms retained as the clearest per-feature retention statement — current governing document is the Generative AI Services Terms, whose section 6 defers retention details to product documentation (retrieved 2026-08-23) |
| Enterprise tier | Tier/terms split: volume-licensing customers are governed by the GitHub Generative AI Services Terms (section 3: 'GitHub will not use Inputs or Outputs to train generative AI models, unless you have given us documented instructions to do so'); Copilot Business/Enterprise purchased directly from GitHub prior to 2026-03-05 remain under the deprecated Product-Specific Terms; individual users fall under the GitHub Terms of Service AI-features section. source — Section 1 applicability (volume licensing vs personal customers vs Microsoft purchases); deprecation note on the Product-Specific Terms effective 5 March 2026 (retrieved 2026-08-23) |
| Entry last reviewed | 2026-08-23 |