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title: Privacy Overview - Zed
description: "Zed's approach to privacy: opt-in data sharing, zero-data retention with AI providers, and an open-source codebase you can inspect."
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# Privacy Overview

Zed collects minimal data necessary to serve and improve the product. Features that could share data are either opt-in or can be disabled.

- **Telemetry:** Zed collects only the data necessary to understand usage and fix issues. Client-side telemetry can be disabled in settings. See [Telemetry](../telemetry.md).

- **AI:** Zed doesn't store your prompts or code context. Data sharing for AI improvement is opt-in, and each share is a one-time action; it doesn't grant permission for future collection. You can use Zed's AI features without sharing any data with Zed. See [AI Improvement](./ai-improvement.md).

- **Open source:** Zed's codebase is public. You can inspect exactly what data is collected and how it's handled. If you find issues, [report them](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues).

On Zed Business, administrators can enforce these settings org-wide so members can't opt in to data sharing individually. See [Privacy for Business](../business/privacy.md).

## Related documentation

- [Tool Permissions](./tool-permissions.md): Configure which agent actions are auto-approved, blocked, or require confirmation.
- [Worktree Trust](../worktree-trust.md): How Zed opens files and directories in restricted mode.
- [Telemetry](../telemetry.md): What telemetry Zed collects and how to control it.
- [AI Improvement](./ai-improvement.md): How data sharing for AI improvement works and how to opt in.
- [Privacy for Business](../business/privacy.md): How Zed Business enforces privacy settings across an organization.
- [Authentication](../authentication.md): When and why authentication is needed.
- [SOC2](../soc2.md): Zed's security certification status.

## Legal

- [Terms of Service](https://zed.dev/terms)
- [Privacy Policy](https://zed.dev/privacy-policy)
- [Contributor License and Feedback Agreement](https://zed.dev/cla)
- [Subprocessors](https://zed.dev/subprocessors)
