GitHub General Privacy Statement

Inference & Profiling · Company practice

GitHub infers preferences and characteristics, such as your general location from your IP address

GitHub generates new information from other data it collects to derive likely preferences or other characteristics. For example, it infers your general geographic location from your IP address.

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Inference: We generate new information from other data we collect to derive likely preferences or other characteristics.

For instance, we infer your general geographic location based on your IP address.

When carrying out these activities, GitHub practices data minimization and uses the minimum amount of Personal Information required.

Qualifications & exceptions

• GitHub says it practices data minimization and uses the minimum Personal Information required for these activities.

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• Apart from general location, the preferences or characteristics inferred are not listed.

Inference & Profiling · Company commitment

GitHub says it does no profiling with legal or similarly significant effects as defined by Colorado law

Residents of Colorado, Connecticut and Virginia have the right to opt out of profiling that furthers decisions with legal or similarly significant effects. GitHub says it does not engage in such profiling as defined by Colorado law, so there is no need to opt out.

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If you live in Colorado, Connecticut, or Virginia you have some additional rights:

You have the right to opt out of profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning the consumer. GitHub does not engage in such profiling as defined by Colorado law, so there’s no need to opt out.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The no-profiling statement is framed by Colorado law's definition, though the right is listed for Colorado, Connecticut and Virginia.
• GitHub does infer characteristics for other purposes (gh-ps-028); this statement concerns only profiling with legal or similarly significant effects.