If you don't opt out by Apr 24 GitHub will train on your private repos

GitHub will begin including private repositories in Copilot training data by default starting April 24, unless users explicitly opt out.

• •The opt-out setting is located at github.com/settings/copilot and takes approximately 30 seconds to complete.
• •This change applies specifically to GitHub Copilot training; public repos already required opt-in under the existing policy.
• •Business and enterprise GitHub customers are excluded from this training by default.
• •Users accessing Copilot through a work org may need to check organization-level settings separately.
• •When enabled, collected data includes accepted outputs, code snippets, cursor context, file names, repository structure, and navigation patterns.

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