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== Privacy

Copilot can send information related to your project outside local environment in certain situations, please check the summary below.

|===
|Use case |Shared data |How to opt out

|Any AI feature used
|Source code related to given view, depending on operation
|User asked for permission before operation. This can be changed via Settings > AI Usage.

|Command Window prompt submitted
|Prompt, AI model request and response, 30 days retention
|User asked for permission before operation. This can be changed via Settings > AI Usage.

|Copilot usage
|Telemetry
|Change `vaadin.devmode.usageStatistics.enabled` system property value.

|Copilot error
|Exception stack trace, Vaadin dependencies versions
|Vaadin Activation button image:images/activation-button.png[Activation,26] Settings > Send Errors to Vaadin. Respects `vaadin.devmode.usageStatistics.enabled` system property value.

|===

It is possible to block all outbound Copilot requests (excluding license checking) for given users by license owner. Please https://pages.vaadin.com/contact[contact Vaadin] for details.


== Limitations

Expand All @@ -280,4 +307,5 @@ It's best to know the limitations of software that you use. These are some known

- Vaadin Copilot contains all of the functionality found previously in Development Tools.
- It's possible to disable Vaadin Copilot using `vaadin.copilot.enable=false` system property.
- It's not possible to disable explicitly any AI features of Vaadin Copilot.
- While doing AI request your data is not used to train AI model.