From 0c3f9528d2ee770dddbc445f450eab1dd9ff186f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darius Tehrani <46580314+dariustehrani@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 09:21:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update data residency details for GitHub Copilot
Clarified data residency information for GitHub Copilot, including details on data storage and compliance options.
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.../about-storage-of-your-data-with-data-residency.md | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/content/admin/data-residency/about-storage-of-your-data-with-data-residency.md b/content/admin/data-residency/about-storage-of-your-data-with-data-residency.md
index 15a65ecbd7d9..536a1323e57d 100644
--- a/content/admin/data-residency/about-storage-of-your-data-with-data-residency.md
+++ b/content/admin/data-residency/about-storage-of-your-data-with-data-residency.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ For the purposes outlined in our [Data Protection Agreement](https://github.com/
| Telemetry or logs containing consistent identifiers tied to a person, that by themselves do not identify the person without additional information |
- User ID or GUID as integer value in a database
- Unsalted hash of other data that could identify a person
- Email address
- Username
- First or last name
- IP address
|
| Information that GitHub needs to administer a paid plan | - Contact information
- Billing, purchase, payment, or license information
|
| Support and feedback data | - Support requests or case notes
- Phone conversations
- Online chat sessions
- Remote assistance sessions
|
-| {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} data | Data and logs for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} |
+| {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} data | Data and logs for {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} — by default stored outside your region. If you enable the Restrict Copilot to data residency compliant models policy, inference, prompts, responses, logs, and telemetry remain in-region. See [GitHub Copilot with data residency](./github-copilot-with-data-residency).|
| {% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning_caps %} data | Data for {% data variables.product.prodname_secret_scanning %} validity checks and extended metadata checks if you have chosen to enable these features |
## Data transfers