PLEASE READ THESE GITGUARDIAN TERMS OF SERVICE (“Agreement”) carefully before accessing and using the free version of the GitGuardian internal monitoring solution for individual developers or teams under 25 developers (collectively, the “Services”). In order to assist you in understanding this Agreement, we have defined words which have particular meanings in Schedule 1 below. The words in Schedule 1 will, unless otherwise required by the context, bear the same meaning throughout this Agreement.
By accessing or using the Services or creating an account on GitGuardian’s website, you agree to be legally bound by and comply with this Agreement in its entirety. When you agree to this Agreement, you will be requesting that GitGuardian grant you access to the Services, and upon GitGuardian’s acceptance of your request (“Commencement Date”), GitGuardian will allow you to access and use the Services pursuant to the terms and conditions recorded in this Agreement.
If you agree to this Agreement on behalf of a company or any other legal entity: (i) you warrant and represent that you are duly authorised to act on behalf of and to agree to this Agreement on behalf of such company or other entity; and (ii) you acknowledge that such company or other entity shall be legally bound by this Agreement, in such case “you” as used in this Agreement includes both you personally and the entity you represent.
If you do not have the authority or capacity to enter into this Agreement, are under 13 years of age or the age of majority in the jurisdiction where you reside or where you are currently using or accessing the Services, or do not agree to any of the terms set forth in this Agreement, you must not agree to this Agreement and you must not access the Services.
1. Right to Use
Subject to the terms of this Agreement, GitGuardian grants you a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-assignable, non-sublicensable and revocable license to: (a) access and use (and to permit your Users to access and use) the Services solely for the Permitted Purpose; and (b) use the Service Data for software development and maintenance purposes in conjunction with any source code repository, code file, configuration file, container image, cloud asset, or other asset relating to your software projects stored in your source code manager and used in conjunction with the Services, subject to Section “Termination”.
If GitGuardian learns or reasonably suspect that you are under the age of 13, or the age of majority in the jurisdiction where you reside or where you are currently using or accessing the Services, GitGuardian may terminate your account immediately. If you have not reached the age of majority in your jurisdiction, your parent or legal guardian must agree to this Agreement on your behalf. If you are a parent or legal guardian of a user under the age of majority, when you accept this Agreement, you agree that you are subject to this Agreement and responsible for any violation or misuse of this Agreement by the individual under the age of majority.
2. Restrictions on Use
You may access and use the Services as made available to you by GitGuardian, as long as you comply with this Agreement and all applicable laws and regulations.
This Agreement limits your use of or access to the Services to individual developers or teams under 25 developers and to 500 historical scans, and you will not be allowed to CSV export, which is a feature that can only be activated for GitGuardian’s paying users (the “Permitted Purpose”).
You may not access or use the Services for any purpose other than that for which GitGuardian make the Services available to you and as defined above. The Services may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by GitGuardian.
In addition, you will not: (i) license, sublicense, sell, resell, transfer, assign, distribute, or commercially exploit or make the Services available to any third party in any way; (ii) modify or make derivative works based upon the Services; (iii) remove or alter any proprietary markings from the Services; (iv) access the Services to build a competitive product or service, or to copy any feature or function of the Services; (v) interfere with or disrupt the integrity of performance of the Services; or (vi) attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services or their related systems or networks (vii) reverse engineer, disassemble or de-compile the source code of the GitGuardian Services. You are prohibited from using the Services to engage in malicious or illegal activities or facilitate the purchases or sales of any illegal products and services. A breach of any of the foregoing restrictions is deemed to be a material breach of this Agreement.
3. Account Setup and Security
You may be required to sign up for an account and select a password and username (“User ID”) to use the Services. You may not select as your User ID a name that you don’t have the right to use, or another person’s name with the intent to impersonate that person. You may not transfer your account to anyone else without GitGuardian’s prior written permission. You may not use anyone else's account at any time, without the permission of the account holder.
You agree to keep your password confidential and will be responsible for all use of your account and password. Furthermore, you are entirely responsible for all content posted and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify GitGuardian immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security at legal@gitguardian.com. GitGuardian will not be liable for any loss that you may incur as a result of someone else using your password or account, either with or without your knowledge. However, you could be held liable for losses incurred by GitGuardian or another party due to someone else using your account or User ID.
You agree not to create any account if you or your account have previously been removed or banned from any of the Services, unless GitGuardian consents otherwise.
4. Additional rights
4.1 User Data
“User Data” means electronic data and information (including data sets, compilations, or aggregations of the foregoing) submitted by or for you to the Services or collected and processed by or for you using the Services.
You grant GitGuardian a non-exclusive, worldwide, limited term, royalty-free right to host, use, copy, transmit and display User Data as appropriate for GitGuardian to provide and ensure proper operation of the Services in accordance with this Agreement, including to provide insights, recommendations and value analysis to optimize your use of the Services, and gain a better understanding on how individuals use and interact with our Services, which content and data they have processed through our Services, and how we could improve their and others’ user experience and the value they can generate from using the Services, so GitGuardian could continue improving its products and offerings and the overall performance of its Services, including through the utilization and optimization of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning capabilities.
Subject to the limited licenses granted herein, GitGuardian acquires no right, title or interest from you under this Agreement in or to any User Data. In accordance with Section “Feedback”, you hereby irrevocably transfer and assign to GitGuardian all Intellectual Property Rights embodied in, or arising in connection with, Feedback.
4.2 Performance Data
GitGuardian may (i) collect, analyse and otherwise process Performance Data internally for its business purposes, including for the purposes of security and analytics, to improve and enhance the Services, or for other development, diagnostic and corrective purposes in connection with the Services or other GitGuardian products or services, and (ii) publicly disclose Performance Data only in an aggregated and/or de-identified form in connection with its business.
GitGuardian may also use non-identifying elements of your User data for its products and services improvement. The data accessed for such purpose cannot be linked back to any particular project or customer, making it non-identifying.
4.2 AI Feature
GitGuardian may make certain features or functionalities as part of the Services available, including artificial intelligence (“AI”), machine learning, or similar functionality (“AI Features”). These features may include technology developed by GitGuardian or a third-party provider.
GitGuardian acknowledges that User Data provided by you via your account’s integrations and enrich services is confidential. GitGuardian is committed to safeguarding User Data and respecting its users’ privacy. Therefore, GitGuardian confirms that it will not use User Data to train public AI. Notwithstanding the foregoing, AI Features may be trained in GitGuardian’s local and offline environment for product and research development purposes.
GitGuardian has taken into account, during the design of its Services, and undertakes to continuously take into account (i) the applicable regulations on artificial intelligence, in particular Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 establishing harmonised rules on artificial intelligence ("AI Act"), (ii) the general principles and international standards on artificial intelligence, in particular relating to the use of ethical, responsible, and sustainable artificial intelligence technologies and models, and (iii) respect for the rights of individuals, in particular their privacy.
GitGuardian makes no warranties with respect to the AI systems used in connection with the Services beyond the applicable provisions of the AI Act.
Additionally, during the use of the Services, you may submit data to be processed by the AI Features (“Input”), and receive content generated and provided back to you by the AI Features based on the Input (“Output”).
You are solely responsible for any data your submit to be processed by the AI Features (“Input”), including the accuracy, quality, appropriateness, and legality thereof, and will ensure that your Input does not infringe, violate, or misappropriate the rights of GitGuardian or any third party. GitGuardian may automatically block your Input, in GitGuardian’s sole discretion, if GitGuardian believes it violates the rights of a third party, applicable law, or the Agreement. All data you receive, which are content generated and provided back to you by the AI Features based on the Input shall be referred to as the “Output”.
You grant to GitGuardian a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, distribute, modify, sublicense, or translate both the submitted Input and the Output solely as necessary to operate the AI Features and to provide the Services. You represent and warrant that you possess all the rights necessary to provide your content and to grant the licenses to GitGuardian set forth herein.
4.3. Feedback
All written or oral comments, ideas and suggestions made by You to GitGuardian (including regarding product experience, functionality, performance, accuracy, consistency, and ease of use of the same) (“Feedback”) may be freely utilized by GitGuardian without attribution or compensation of any kind to you.
GitGuardian may fully exercise and exploit such Feedback for the purpose of (i) improving the operation, functionality and use of GitGuardian’s existing and future product offerings and commercializing such offerings; and (ii) publishing aggregated statistics about the quality of the Services, provided that no data in any such publication will be used to specifically identify you or your proprietary software code.
4.4 Updates to the Services
GitGuardian is constantly changing and improving the Services. As part of this continuous evolution of the Services, GitGuardian reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to manage, update, change, modify, suspend, discontinue, or upgrade, temporarily or permanently, part of or all of the Services, at any time, to ensure optimum performance for all its users, or for any other purpose. GitGuardian will try to provide notice beforehand for any material updates to the Services.
This Agreement will apply to such new services, features, or functionality. Any additional terms will become part of this Agreement.
5. Warranty Disclaimers
THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN ADDITION, GITGUARDIAN DOES NOT REPRESENT OR WARRANT THAT: (A) THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR OR ANY OTHER PERSON’S REQUIREMENTS (B) THE SERVICES WILL ALWAYS BE SECURE, ERROR-FREE, OR TIMELY; OR (C) THE SERVICES BE COMPATIBLE, WORK WITH, OR CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOUR COMPONENTS.
No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from GitGuardian or through the Services, will create any warranty or representation not expressly made herein. GitGuardian may suspend, limit or throttle such Services at any time where necessary due to the exigencies of its business.
6. Data Processing Addendum
6.1 Privacy Notice
To the extent that GitGuardian processes Personal Data relating to you (as a data controller, as defined under applicable data protection laws) when performing its obligations under this Agreement, it will do so materially in accordance with its Privacy Notice displayed at https://www.gitguardian.com/legal/privacy-policy. The Privacy Notice does not form part of this Agreement and may be amended by GitGuardian from time to time.
6.2 Data Processing Addendum
To the extent that GitGuardian processes Personal Data on your behalf (as a data processor, as defined under applicable data protection laws) when performing its obligations under this Agreement, the Data Processing Addendum displayed at https://www.gitguardian.com/legal/data-processing-addendum will apply and form part of this Agreement.
7. Intellectual Property Rights
7.1 GitGuardian Materials
All right, title, and interest in and to the GitGuardian Materials, including all Intellectual Property Rights therein, are and will remain with GitGuardian. You have no right, license, or authorization with respect to any of the Services except as expressly set out in this Agreement. All other rights in and to the GitGuardian Materials are expressly reserved by GitGuardian.
7.2 Your Intellectual Property Rights
As between the parties, you are and will remain the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title, and interest in and to all your User Data, including all Intellectual Property Rights relating thereto, subject to the rights and permissions granted in Section 5.3.
8. Confidentiality
For the purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" all non-public or non-generally available technical or non-technical information disclosed by a party to the other party that is conspicuously marked as confidential or would be considered confidential information by a reasonable party under the circumstances. The GitGuardian internal monitoring solution and all documentation arising in connection with, constitutes Confidential Information.
Neither you nor us will use the other’s Confidential Information, except as permitted under this Agreement. Each party agrees to maintain in confidence and protect the other party's Confidential Information using at least the same degree of care as it uses for its own information of a similar nature but in all events at least a reasonable degree of care. Each party agrees to take all reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorized disclosure of the other party's Confidential Information, including, without limitation, disclosing Confidential Information only to its employees, independent contractors, consultants, and legal and financial advisors (collectively, "Representatives") (i) with a need to know such information, (ii) who are parties to appropriate agreements sufficient to comply with this Agreement, and (iii) who are informed of the non-disclosure obligations imposed by this Agreement. Each party is responsible for all acts and omissions of its Representatives. The receiving party will neither decompile or modify, and will not reverse-compile, reverse-assemble or reverse-engineer the Confidential Information. The foregoing obligations will not restrict either party from disclosing Confidential Information of the other party pursuant to the order or requirement of a court, administrative agency, or other governmental body, provided that the party required to make such a disclosure gives reasonable notice to the other party to enable them to contest such order or requirement. The restrictions set forth in this Agreement will survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.
The restrictions set forth in thus Agreement will not apply with respect to any Confidential Information that: (i) was or becomes publicly known through no fault of the receiving party; (ii) was rightfully known or becomes rightfully known to the receiving party without confidential or proprietary restriction from a source other than the disclosing party who has a right to disclose it; (iii) is approved by the disclosing party for disclosure without restriction in a written document that is signed by a duly authorized officer of such disclosing party; or (iv) the receiving party independently develops without access to or use of the other party's Confidential Information.
9. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless GitGuardian, its affiliates, and their respective employees, contractors, agents, officers, and directors from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, debt, or expenses (including without limitation attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to any claim, suit, action, or proceeding by a third party arising out of or relating to your use of the Services, breach of this Agreement (including any GitGuardian policy referenced in this Agreement), or violation of law.
10. Limitation of Liability
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, GITGUARDIAN SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL,CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, REVENUE, PROFITS OR REPUTATION, ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR OUT OF YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICES, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGE WAS FORESEEABLE, WHETHER GITGUARDIAN HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS OR DAMAGES.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF GITGUARDIAN FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR OUT OF YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THE SERVICES EXCEED $100 USD. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS APPLY EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
11. Suspension and/or Termination
11.1 Termination of use of the Service by you
You may stop using the Services at any time, for any or no reason, by deactivating your account and discontinuing your use of the Services. It is your responsibility to properly cancel your account with GitGuardian.
11.2 Suspension and/or Termination of use of the Services by GitGuardian
GitGuardian may suspend or terminate your account or cease providing you with all or part of the Services at any time, including, but not limited to, if GitGuardian reasonably believes: (i) you have materially or repeatedly violated this Agreement or all other GitGuardian policies and guidelines, (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure for GitGuardian; (iii) your account should be removed due to unlawful conduct; (iv) you exceeded the 25 developer seat limit allowed; (v) you exceed the 500 historical scans limit;or (vi) the discontinuance of the Services.
In the event of a use exceeding the 25 developer seat limit, you will be subject to a subscription fee if you wish to continue accessing our solution. In this case, please contact a GitGuardian sales representative.
11.3 Effect of Termination
If you terminate your account, all licenses granted in this Agreement will immediately terminate and you must stop all use of the Services.
If GitGuardian terminates your account for violation of this Agreement, you may not attempt to create a new account.
11.4 Survival
All provisions of this Agreement which, by their nature, should survive termination, will survive termination, including without limitation: the confidentiality, intellectual property, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability provisions.
12. General
12.1 Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
GitGuardian would like to try and address your concerns without needing a formal legal case. Before filing a claim against GitGuardian, you agree to try to resolve the dispute informally by sending us a written notice of dispute at legal@gitguardian.com that includes your name, a detailed description of the dispute, and the relief you seek. GitGuardian will try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting you via email. If a dispute is not resolved within 60 days after submission, you or GitGuardian may bring a formal proceeding.
If you are domiciled in the United States, Canada, Mexico, or a country in Central or South America or the Caribbean ("Americas"), this Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, as if performed wholly within the state and without giving effect to the principles of conflict of law. Any legal action or proceeding arising under this Agreement will be brought exclusively in the federal or state courts located in the State of New York, and the parties hereby consent to personal jurisdiction and venue therein.
If your principal office is outside the Americas, this Agreement will be governed by the laws of France, and any legal action or proceeding arising under this Agreement will be brought exclusively in the courts located in Paris, and the parties hereby consent to personal jurisdiction and venue therein.
12.2 Changes to this Agreement
GitGuardian is constantly trying to improve the Services, therefore GitGuardian reserves the right to update or modify this Agreement at any time, by amending this page.
GitGuardian shall notify you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of this Agreement and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change. It is your responsibility to periodically review this Agreement to stay informed of any update.
You expressly agree that the most current version of this Agreement will govern your relationship with GitGuardian.
If you don’t agree with the updated Agreement, then you are expressly prohibited from using the Services and you must discontinue use immediately. If you continue to use the Services in any way after a change to the Agreement is effective, that means you agree to be legally bound by the new Agreement.
12.3 Independant contractors
The parties agree that GitGuardian is an independent contractor and, as such, GitGuardian is not your partner, agent, employee, or principal. GitGuardian will not act for you or in your place for your relations with third parties. GitGuardian, not you, shall be responsible for withholding or deducting from the compensation of GitGuardian's employees, agents, and subcontractors, any sums for federal or state income taxes, social security, unemployment compensation, medical, dental, workers' compensation, or disability insurance coverage, and the like.
12.4 Force Majeure
GitGuardian shall have no liability to you under this Agreement if it is prevented from or delayed in performing its obligations under this Agreement, or from carrying on its business, by acts, events, omissions or accidents beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, strikes, lock-outs or other industrial disputes (whether involving the workforce of GitGuardian or any other party), epidemic, pandemic, failure of a utility service or transport or telecommunications network, act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, malicious damage, compliance with any law or governmental order, rule, regulation or direction, accident, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or default of suppliers or sub-contractors, provided that you are notified of such an event and its expected duration.
12.5 Export regulations
You represent that you are not named on any United States, European Union, or local government denied-party list. You will not use the Services in a United States or European Union embargoed country or in violation of any United States or European Union export law or regulation.
12.6 United States Government use
The Services are deemed to be “commercial computer software” and “commercial computer software documentation” pursuant to FAR 12.212 and DFARS 227.7202. All United States Government users acquire the Services with only those rights set forth in this Agreement. Any provisions that are inconsistent with federal procurement regulations are not enforceable against the United States Government.
12.7 Severability and Waiver
If any provision of this Agreement is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law, and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
Except as provided herein, the failure to exercise a right or to require the performance of an obligation under this Agreement shall not affect a party's ability to exercise such right or require such performance at any time thereafter, nor shall the waiver of a breach constitute a waiver of any subsequent breach.
12.8 Assignability
GitGuardian may assign or delegate this Agreement, in whole or in part, to any person or entity at any time with or without your consent, including the license granted herein. You may not assign or delegate any rights or obligations under this Agreement without GitGuardian’s prior written consent, and any unauthorized assignment and delegation by you is void.
12.9 Partial invalidity
The annulment of either of the clauses of this Agreement may not entail the annulment of the same in their entirety, provided, however, that the balance and the general economy of this Agreement can be safeguarded.
12.10 Notice and Contact
Any notice required to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and sent by email to legal@gitguardian.com. A notice sent by email shall be deemed to have been received once acknowledgment of receipt has been sent.
If you have any further questions or inquiry, please contact GitGuardian at legal@gitguardian.com or by using the contact form on GitGuardian’s website.
12.11 Last Update
This Agreement has been last updated on July 16, 2025.
Schedule 1: Definitions
“Affiliate(s)” means any entity, whether incorporated or not, that is controlled by or under common control with a party and its successors, and "control" (or variants of it) shall mean the ability whether directly or indirectly to direct the affairs of another by means of ownership, contract or otherwise.
“GitGuardian Materials” means the Services, Documentation, and any other information, data, documents, materials, works, and other content, devices, methods, processes, hardware, software, and other technologies and inventions, including any deliverables, technical or functional descriptions, requirements, plans, or reports, that are provided or used by GitGuardian in connection with the Services or otherwise comprise or relate to the Services. For the avoidance of doubt, GitGuardian Materials include Performance Data and any information, data, or other content derived from GitGuardian’s monitoring or support of your access to or use of the Services.
“Performance Data” means usage data and information compiled by GitGuardian on your use of the Services, including statistical and performance information related to the provision and operation of the Services. Performance Data includes information concerning your and Users’ use of the various features and functionality of the Services and analytics and statistical data derived therefrom, and aggregated and anonymized data derived from User Data so that such data does not identify a person.
“Service Data” means the information and data made available to you by GitGuardian in connection with the Services, including issues and remediations.
“User” means an individual person, or your employee, agent or contractor, using the Services.
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