Is it legal ? Surely not in any EU countries.
At least one instance where it was enabled in EU countries as well.
Updates to GitHub Copilot interaction data usage policy
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#22If this doesn't sound bad enough, it's possible that Copilot is already enabled. As we know this kind of features are pushed to users instead of being asked for.
Maybe it's already active in our accounts and we don't realize it, so our code will be used to train the AI.
Now we can't be sure if this will happen or not, but a company like GitHub should be staying miles away from this kind of policy. I personally wouldn't use GitHub for private corporate repositories. Only as a public web interface for public repos.
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#23Re: Updates to GitHub Copilot interaction data usage policy
#24For what it's worth they're not trying to hide this change at all and are very upfront about it and made it quite simple to opt out.
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#25Why is there no cancel copilot subscription option here?. Docs say there should be...
Mobile
https://github.com/settings/billing/licensing
EDIT:
https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/manage-your-accou...
> If you have been granted a free access to Copilot as a verified student, teacher, or maintainer of a popular open source project, you won’t be able to cancel your plan.
Oh. jeez.
Re: Updates to GitHub Copilot interaction data usage policy
#26> On April 24 we'll start using GitHub Copilot interaction data for AI model training unless you opt out. Review this update and manage your preferences in your GitHub account settings. Now "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" is enabled by default. Turn it off here: https://github.com/settings/copilot/features Do they have this set on business accounts also by default? If so, this is really shady.
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/188488
> Why are you only using data from individuals while excluding businesses and enterprises?
> Our agreements with Business and Enterprise customers prohibit using their Copilot interaction data for model training, and we honor those commitments. Individual users on Free, Pro, and Pro+ plans have control over their data and can opt out at any time.
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#27If I'm paying, which I am, I want to have to opt-in, not opt-out, Mario Rodriguez / @mariorod needs to give his head a wobble. What on earth are they thinking...
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
> What on earth are they thinking... @mariorod's public README says one of his focuses is "shaping narratives and changing \"How we Work\"", so there you go.
"shaping narratives", sounds like they follow the methodologies of a current president
It looks like the literal translation of "manipulation" to Linkedin-speak.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Me too, which is making me wonder if they're planning on silently flipping this setting on April 24th (making it impossible to opt out in advance).
Is it because I'm in the EU?
I'm in the US and it's off for me. I believe I've previously opted out of everything copilot related in the past if there was anything.
Re: Updates to GitHub Copilot interaction data usage policy
#30> On April 24 we'll start using GitHub Copilot interaction data for AI model training unless you opt out. Review this update and manage your preferences in your GitHub account settings. Now "Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" is enabled by default. Turn it off here: https://github.com/settings/copilot/features Do they have this set on business accounts also by default? If so, this is really shady.
Interestingly, it is disabled by default for me.
Reading the github blog post "If you previously opted out of the setting allowing GitHub to collect this data for product improvements, your preference has been retained—your choice is preserved, and your data will not be used for training unless you opt in."