Privacy Policy — September 29, 2026

Cursor · agreement dated October 11, 2026 · Official agreement

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Use & Processing · Context

Policy covers personal data practices for Anysphere's software, platform, APIs, Documentation and related tools

Anysphere, Inc. says this Privacy Policy explains how it collects, uses, discloses and processes your personal data when you use its software, platform, APIs, Documentation and related tools, including the cursor.com website and related software it makes available to build, deploy, host and manage software projects. The policy calls all of this the "Service".

Details
Who
Anysphere, Inc.
What it does
collect, use, disclose and process personal data
What it covers
your personal data when you use the Service

Supporting quotations

explains how we collect, use, disclose, and process your personal data when you use Anysphere's software, platform, APIs, Documentation, and related tools
and all related software made available by Anysphere to build, deploy, host, and manage software projects

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Applies when you use the Service as the policy defines it.
  • The policy does not apply where Anysphere acts as a data processor for commercial customers (see the processor exclusion).

Not stated here

  • The policy does not list individual Anysphere products or say which of them fall within "related tools" or "related software".
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Use & Processing · Company practice

Personal data may be used to provide the Service and to administer your account, including payments

Anysphere says it may use personal data to provide and maintain the Service, including optional features that enhance functionality and user experience, and to create, manage and administer your account, including facilitating payments and responding to inquiries. The Service here means the software, platform, APIs, Documentation and related tools the policy defines in its introduction.

Details
Who
Anysphere
What it does
may use personal data
Why
provide and maintain the Service, including optional features
Why
create, manage and administer your account, facilitate payments, respond to inquiries
What it covers
Service as defined in the introduction

Supporting quotations

We may use personal data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain the Service, including optional features that enhance functionality and user experience.
To create, manage, and administer your account, including facilitating payments and responding to inquiries.
Anysphere's software, platform, APIs, Documentation, and related tools

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Stated as purposes for which Anysphere "may" use personal data, not a promise to use data only for these purposes.
  • Account administration includes facilitating payments and responding to inquiries.

Not stated here

  • The policy does not say which optional features are meant or which personal data each purpose uses.
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Use & Processing · Company practice

Personal data may be used to improve and develop the Service and conduct research

Anysphere says it may use personal data to improve and develop the Service and to conduct research, including debugging and identifying or repairing issues that impair functionality.

Details
What it does
improve and develop the Service and conduct research
Why
including debugging and repairing issues

Supporting quotations

To improve and develop the Service and conduct research, including debugging and identifying or repairing issues that impair functionality.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Stated as something Anysphere "may" do.
  • Debugging and repairing functionality issues are given as inclusions, not limits.

Not stated here

  • The policy does not say what research is meant or who conducts it, or which personal data are used.
  • This purpose is separate from the model-training rule, which treats Inputs and Suggestions differently.

Use & Processing · Company practice

Personal data may be used to communicate with you, and cookies may be used to market additional products

Anysphere says it may use personal data to communicate with you, including sending updates, information about the Service and events. Separately, in the section on cookies, it says cookies and similar technologies help it market additional products or services to you. The list of purposes in this section does not itself say marketing.

Details
What it does
communicate with you
Why
updates, information about the Service, and events
Why
market additional products or services via cookies and similar technologies

Supporting quotations

To communicate with you, including sending updates, information about the Service, and events.
market additional products or services to you

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Communications named: updates, information about the Service, and events.
  • Marketing of additional products or services is mentioned in the cookies description in section 1, not in this list.

Not stated here

  • The policy does not say whether you can opt out of these communications or of cookie-based marketing; the Cookie Policy is linked but not supplied.
  • The policy does not say how the cookie-based marketing statement relates to this list of purposes.

Cross-references

Use & Processing · Company commitment

Anysphere says it does not train models on Inputs or Suggestions, or let third parties, except in three cases

Anysphere states that it does not use Inputs or Suggestions to train its models, or permit third parties to use them for training, unless one of three listed conditions applies. The statement is limited to Inputs and Suggestions; it does not speak in this sentence to other personal data, and the note at the top of the policy refers readers to a separate Privacy Overview for training information.

Details
Who
Anysphere and third parties it permits
What it does
does not train models
What it covers
Inputs and Suggestions
Exception
three listed conditions

Supporting quotations

We do not use Inputs or Suggestions to train our models, or permit third parties to use them for training, unless

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Covers Inputs and Suggestions only.
  • Covers use by Anysphere and use by third parties it permits.
  • Subject to the three conditions in the next card.

Not stated here

  • The Privacy Overview is not part of this document, so what it says about training information is unknown.
  • The policy does not say whether other personal data, such as usage data, are used for training.

Cross-references

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Use & Processing · Restriction or exception

Inputs and Suggestions may be used for training if flagged for security review, reported to Anysphere, or you agree

The no-training statement does not apply to Inputs and Suggestions in three cases. (1) They are flagged for security review, in which case Anysphere says it may analyze them to improve its ability to detect and enforce its Terms of Service. (2) You explicitly report them to Anysphere, for example as Feedback. (3) You have explicitly agreed to their use for such training purposes.

Details
Exception
flagged for security review
Exception
you explicitly report them, for example as Feedback
Exception
you have explicitly agreed to use for training

Supporting quotations

(1) they are flagged for security review (in which case we may analyze them to improve our ability to detect and enforce our Terms of Service)
(2) you explicitly report them to us (for example, as Feedback)
(3) you’ve explicitly agreed to their use for such training purposes.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Exception (1): flagged for security review; stated purpose is improving detection and enforcement of the Terms of Service.
  • Exception (2): you explicitly report them, for example as Feedback.
  • Exception (3): you have explicitly agreed to their use for such training purposes.

Not stated here

  • The Terms of Service are linked but their text is not supplied here, so what the card cannot say includes what that document treats as a violation.
  • The policy does not say who flags Inputs or Suggestions for security review, or what triggers a flag.
  • Exception (1) says Anysphere "may analyze them to improve" its detection and enforcement ability; the text does not say whether that analysis counts as training or is limited to those stated purposes.
  • The policy does not say how explicit agreement under exception (3) is given or recorded.

Cross-references

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Use & Processing · User right or choice

The Service has instructions for managing your preferences on use of Inputs and Suggestions for training

Anysphere says you can find instructions in the Service on how to manage your preferences regarding the use of Inputs and Suggestions for training.

Details
Who
You
What it does
manage your preferences
What it covers
use of Inputs and Suggestions for training

Supporting quotations

You can find instructions in the Service on how to manage your preferences regarding the use of Inputs and Suggestions for training.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • The instructions are said to be inside the Service.

Not stated here

  • The instructions are not part of this document, so what choices exist and whether they apply to all three exceptions is unknown.
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Use & Processing · Permission or license

Personal data may be aggregated or de-identified and used for the same purposes

Anysphere says it may aggregate or de-identify personal data so that it no longer identifies you, and use that information for the purposes described above, such as analyzing how the Service is used, improving or adding features, and conducting research.

Details
What it does
may aggregate or de-identify personal data and use it
Why
analyzing use of the Service, improving or adding features, research

Supporting quotations

We may aggregate or de-identify personal data so that it no longer identifies you, and use that information for the purposes described above, such as analyzing how the Service is used, improving or adding features, and conducting research.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Applies to information that no longer identifies you.
  • Purposes are those described above, with analysis, feature improvement and research as examples.

Not stated here

  • The policy does not say how de-identification is performed or what standard it meets.

Cross-references

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Use & Processing · Company commitment

Anysphere says it will keep de-identified information de-identified, except as required by law

Anysphere states that it will maintain de-identified information in its de-identified form and will not attempt to reidentify it, except as required by law.

Details
Who
Anysphere
What it does
maintain de-identified form, not attempt to reidentify
Exception
as required by law

Supporting quotations

We will maintain de-identified information in its de-identified form and will not attempt to reidentify it, except as required by law.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Exception: as required by law.

Not stated here

  • The policy does not say whether the commitment extends to third parties that receive de-identified information.
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Use & Processing · Company practice

Data is processed on servers in various jurisdictions, including the United States, with the same protections applied

Anysphere says it processes your personal data for the purposes described in the policy on servers located in various jurisdictions, including the United States. It says that although data protection laws vary by country, it applies the protections in this policy to your personal data regardless of where it is processed, and that it transfers data only in accordance with legally valid transfer mechanisms.

Details
Who
Anysphere
What it covers
your personal data
Where
servers in various jurisdictions including the United States
Condition
transfers only under legally valid transfer mechanisms

Supporting quotations

Anysphere processes your personal data for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy on servers located in various jurisdictions, including in the United States.
While data protection laws vary by country, we apply the protections outlined in this policy to your personal data regardless of where it is processed, and we only transfer data in accordance with legally valid transfer mechanisms.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Protections in the policy are applied regardless of where data is processed.
  • Transfers are stated to follow legally valid transfer mechanisms.

Not stated here

  • The jurisdictions other than the United States are not named.
  • The transfer mechanisms are not named.
Also annotated in the same passage (1)

Use & Processing · Company practice

For EEA users, data may be transferred to the US and other countries, with adequate protection required

For users in the European Economic Area, the policy says personal data may be transferred to Anysphere's United States servers and to other countries outside the EEA and the UK. Where information is transferred outside the EEA or the UK, Anysphere says it requires an adequate level of data protection. The sentence about where the data may go reads "to our United States servers to other countries outside the EEA and the UK"; the text does not say whether the United States servers and the other countries are two destinations or one chain, and this card does not resolve that.

Details
Where
European Economic Area users
What it does
personal data may be transferred to United States servers and other countries outside the EEA and the UK
Condition
adequate level of data protection required outside the EEA or the UK

Supporting quotations

For users in the European Economic Area, (“EEA”), when you access our Service, your personal data may be transferred to our United States servers to other countries outside the EEA and the UK.
Where information is transferred outside the EEA or the UK, we require an adequate level of data protection.

Qualifications & exceptions

  • Applies to users in the European Economic Area.
  • Adequate level of protection is required where information is transferred outside the EEA or the UK.

Not stated here

  • The wording "to our United States servers to other countries outside the EEA and the UK" is ambiguous as quoted.
  • The policy does not say how an adequate level of data protection is determined or what is required.
  • The policy does not state whether UK users are covered by a separate statement.
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