Other Covered Entities
Industries
- Information and Communications Technology
- Information Technology Services
- Information Services
Participation
EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework: Active
Purpose of Data Collection
GitHub processes organizational, customer, and user personal data for various purposes, including user identification; providing support; and enabling sales, marketing, and business transactions; as well as performing internal data analysis to improve our product and services. GitHub also processes employee data for the purposes of providing human resources services, including payroll and health insurance (our subsidiary, GitHub HealthPlan, processes employee data to provide health insurance). GitHub discloses personal information to third parties to process payment, assist in support ticketing, and provide other network and communications services.
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.
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:
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
HR RECOURSE MECHANISM
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