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GitHub Copilot

Allow Enterprise Enterprise tier: Available DPA: Yes

Network signatures

Domains: copilot.github.com, github.com

API endpoints: api.githubcopilot.com, default.githubcopilot.com, proxy.githubcopilot.com

SNI patterns: *.githubcopilot.com

Client signatures

Process names: copilot-language-server, GitHub Copilot.app (macOS)

Browser extensions: GitHub Copilot for VS Code (risk: low)

Risk profile (1–5)

  • Data exfiltration: 4
  • IP loss: 4
  • Output quality (hallucination / legal): 3
  • Integration risk (OAuth, extensions, agentic): 3

Data egress concerns

  • Source code
  • API keys/secrets in code
  • Code comments containing customer or internal context

Training-use default

Business and Enterprise tiers contractually exclude customer code from training. Free tier (Copilot Free) and Individual tier defaults differ — review current GitHub terms.

Applicable detection rules

References