Question regarding cursor's code privacy

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I’ve read some similar forum posts regarding privacy that cursor offers, but just to be completely sure of what I’m getting I’d appreciate some answers.

I’ve been using GitHub Copilot’s Business plan ($19 per month) which offers - (as per their website) -

  1. Data excluded from training by default
  2. Enterprise-grade security

I work on several personal projects and I highly prefer privacy when working on my code with an AI. These are not enterprise products either.

Which plan of cursor offers similar privacy features? I want my codes to be removed from cursor’s servers right away after providing me suggestions or answers, which is what GH’s Copilot confirms on its Business plan. I also want to use Cursor and have it work while knowing the whole project’s context, and I do not want the context’s data to be studied upon by Cursor, but only to provide me suggestions/answers.

I read about Cursor more than a couple days ago and I don’t remember much facts about what AI agent or model (internal or OpenAI’s perhaps?), and I also do not want OpenAI data to be trained on my code.

Again, GH Copilot has been great for me. But I want to try out Cursor which has been quite a hype recently, I suppose. Please clarify my privacy concerns. Thank you. I also welcome any suggestions on improving this post if I can.

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You raise valid concerns. I’d be interested to know the answers too. In the meanwhile, I found these from Cursor’s official docs:

https://www.cursor.com/security

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You’re asking exactly the right questions about privacy! Cursor offers Privacy Mode which is similar to GitHub Copilot’s Business plan privacy features.

With Privacy Mode enabled:

  • Zero data retention - none of your code is stored or trained on by Cursor or third parties
  • Your code is only used temporarily during request processing, then deleted
  • Available on all plans (Free, Pro, and Business), but on by default for Business plan members

For context awareness while maintaining privacy:

  • Cursor can index your codebase while still respecting Privacy Mode
  • Only encrypted embeddings and metadata are stored (not your actual code)
  • File paths are obfuscated for additional security

You can enable Privacy Mode during onboarding or anytime in Settings > General > Privacy Mode. For Business plans, it’s automatically enforced.

For more details:

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