Privacy Policies Github Codespaces Privacy Statement (GitHub)
Updated 17 October 2025
This document outlines the privacy practices for GitHub Codespaces, detailing how user data, specifically telemetry from Visual Studio Code, is collected and managed. It explains how users can opt out of telemetry collection and references the broader GitHub Privacy Statement and Beta Previews terms for comprehensive details.
GitHub Codespaces Privacy Statement
Effective Date: August 10, 2021
Use of GitHub Codespaces is subject to the GitHub Privacy Statement.
Activity on github.dev is subject to GitHub's Beta Previews terms
Using Visual Studio Code
GitHub Codespaces and github.dev allow for use of Visual Studio Code in the web browser. When using VS Code in the web browser, some telemetry collection is enabled by default and is explained in detail on the VS Code website. Users can opt out of telemetry by going to File > Preferences > Settings under the top left menu.
If a user chooses to opt out of telemetry capture in VS Code while inside of a codespace as outlined, this will sync the disable telemetry preference across all future web sessions in GitHub Codespaces and github.dev.
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