GitHub

GitHub
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GitHub is a proprietary developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage, and share their code. It uses Git to provide distributed version control and GitHub itself provides access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continuous integration, and wikis for every project. Headquartered in California, GitHub has been a subsidiary of Microsoft since 2018.

Consumer-impact summary

Privacy - GitHub is owned by Microsoft, raising questions about data usage.

Incidents

Questions about data usage (2024-present)

GitHub does not specifically tell you the data usage for AI with private repositories. This means that it might be using your data to train AI models by Microsoft like Copilot.^[1] Previously, Copilot exposed vital private repositories from big companies, raising even more concerns.^[2]

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the GitHub category.

Example incident one (date)

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Short summary of the incident (could be the same as the summary preceding the article).

Example incident two (date)

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Products

This is a list of the company's product lines with articles on this wiki.

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References

↑ "What specific data exactly will be send to Copilot?". GitHub. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
↑ "Copilot AI Exposes Private GitHub Code From Top Companies". digitalchew.com.

[1] "What specific data exactly will be send to Copilot?". GitHub. Retrieved 7 September 2025.

[2] "Copilot AI Exposes Private GitHub Code From Top Companies". digitalchew.com.

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