SpaceX/xAI has acquired Cursor.
What does that mean for your data privacy? If you are NOT an enterprise customer, and you are using private data with Cursor, now is the time to find a competing product and request deletion of your data, before the deal fully closes.
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A LAWYER. I cannot give legal advice. Consult a qualified attorney in your jurisdiction for advice specific to your situation.
I took a look at Cursor’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, and looked at the xAI policy on Grok (which is touting their own agentic coding tool at the moment). Putting them side by side, for non-enterpise customers, Cursor’s privacy is significantly stronger.
Cursor’s default data privacy is that they don’t train on your data. xAI’s default is that they do.
More important, because it’s an acquisition, xAI can vacuum up Cursor’s existing user data lawfully without needing your consent under the business transfer clauses in both sets of privacy policies.
If you’re a non-enterprise Cursor user and you have used their service with confidential or private data, exercise your data deletion rights now, while your data is still governed by the existing policies. Otherwise, once the deal closes, your private data gets consumed by xAI and used for whatever Elon wants to use it for.
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