Industries
- Information and Communications Technology
- Information Services
Participation
Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework: Active
EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework: Active
Purpose of Data Collection
GitHub processes organizational, customer, and user personal data for various purposes, but often include: identification and registration; providing services and products; enabling sales, marketing, and business transactions; products support; performing internal data analysis to improve products and services; security, fraud prevention, and protection of GitHub and its users; as well as to comply with the GitHub legal obligations, and protect the GitHub intellectual property. GitHub also processes human resources data for various employment purposes, including: recruitment; payroll and benefit programs; performance management; and training. GitHub discloses the personal data described above to a limited number of third parties that process such data as described in the GitHub Privacy Statement.
Privacy Policy
HR Data
GitHub's Internal Privacy & Data Use Policy describes the company's data use practices and the responsibilities our employees have regarding the data they have access to.
Non-HR Data
GitHub's public-facing privacy statement describes privacy practices such as what information we collect and do not collect, how we share that information and with whom, our use of cookies and tracking, how we secure information, how we handle compelled disclosure, how we communicate with users, and our global privacy practices.
Global Privacy Practices
Verification Method
Self-Assessment
Dispute Resolution
Questions or Complaints?
If you have a question or complaint regarding the covered data, please contact GitHub, Inc. at:
Director, Privacy Counsel
San Francisco, California 94107
Privacy Shield organizations must respond within 45 days of receiving a complaint.
If you have not received a timely or satisfactory response from GitHub, Inc. to your question or complaint, please contact the independent recourse mechanism listed below
NON-HR RECOURSE MECHANISM
Appropriate statutory body with jurisdiction to investigate any claims against GitHub, Inc. regarding possible unfair or deceptive practices and violations of laws or regulations covering privacy Federal Trade Commission