Privacy options available in GitHub Copilot

If you’re using GitHub Copilot on real projects, especially in a company environment, privacy isn’t a minor detail. It’s foundational. You’re typing proprietary logic into your editor. You’re working with internal APIs, customer workflows, and business-critical algorithms. And at the same time, you’re connected to a cloud-based AI system that generates suggestions based on the code context you send it. That naturally raises serious questions. Is your code stored? Is it used to train models? Can other users ever see something similar to your private logic? What controls do you actually have? The answer depends on how you use Copilot and which plan you’re on. GitHub Copilot offers different privacy guarantees and governance controls across Individual, Business, and Enterprise tiers. Some protections are built in. Others are configurable. And some differences are more significant than most developers initially realize. This guide walks you through how Copilot handles data, what privacy op