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 2title: AI Privacy and Security - Zed
 3description: Zed's approach to AI privacy: opt-in data sharing by default, zero-data retention with providers, and full open-source transparency.
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 5
 6# Privacy and Security
 7
 8## Philosophy
 9
10Zed aims to collect only the minimum data necessary to serve and improve our product.
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12Data sharing is opt-in by default. Privacy is not a setting to toggle—it's the baseline.
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14As an open-source product, we believe in maximal transparency, and invite you to examine our codebase. If you find issues, we encourage you to share them with us.
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16Zed, including AI features, works without sharing data with us and without authentication.
17
18## Documentation
19
20- [Tool Permissions](./tool-permissions.md): Configure granular rules to control which agent actions are auto-approved, blocked, or require confirmation.
21
22- [Worktree trust](../worktree-trust.md): How Zed opens files and directories in restricted mode.
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24- [Telemetry](../telemetry.md): How Zed collects general telemetry data.
25
26- [AI Improvement](./ai-improvement.md): Zed's opt-in-only approach to data collection for AI improvement, whether our Agentic offering or Edit Predictions.
27
28- [Accounts](../authentication.md): When and why you'd need to authenticate into Zed, how to do so, and what scope we need from you.
29
30- [Collab](https://zed.dev/faq#data-and-privacy): How Zed's live collaboration works, and how data flows to provide the experience (we don't store your code!).
31
32## Legal Links
33
34- [Terms of Service](https://zed.dev/terms-of-service)
35- [Terms of Use](https://zed.dev/terms)
36- [Privacy Policy](https://zed.dev/privacy-policy)
37- [Zed's Contributor License and Feedback Agreement](https://zed.dev/cla)
38- [Subprocessors](https://zed.dev/subprocessors)