## Configuring {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} settings on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}

Once you have an active {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} trial or subscription, you can adjust {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} settings for your personal account on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} in the [{% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} settings](https://github.com/settings/copilot). The settings apply anywhere that you use {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %}. You can configure the suggestions that {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} offers and how {% data variables.product.company_short %} uses your telemetry data.

### Enabling or disabling duplication detection

{% data reusables.user-settings.access_settings %}
{% data reusables.user-settings.copilot-settings %}
1. Under **Suggestions matching public code**, select the dropdown menu, then click **Allow** to allow suggestions matching public code, or **Block** to block suggestions matching public code.
  ![Screenshot of duplication detection option](/assets/images/help/copilot/duplication-detection.png)
{% data reusables.copilot.save-settings %}

### Enabling or disabling telemetry

You can configure how {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} uses your data. For more information about data that {% data variables.product.prodname_copilot %} may collect depending on your telemetry settings, see "[{% data variables.product.company_short %} Terms for Additional Products and Features](/free-pro-team@latest/site-policy/github-terms/github-terms-for-additional-products-and-features#github-copilot)."

{% data reusables.user-settings.access_settings %}
{% data reusables.user-settings.copilot-settings %}
1. To allow or prevent {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} using your telemetry data, select or deselect **Allow {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} to use my code snippets for product improvements**.
  ![Screenshot of telemetry option](/assets/images/help/copilot/telemetry-option.png)
{% data reusables.copilot.save-settings %}