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# Are my data and credentials safe?

- Traffic is always initiated by the Agent to Datadog. No sessions are ever initiated from Datadog back to the Agent.
- All traffic is sent over SSL.
- All communication to Datadog is through HTTPS.
- [The full license agreement](https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/blob/master/LICENSE).
- [The Datadog Agent source code](https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent) under an open source software license.
- The installation process for the Datadog Agent and other components may prompt you for your administrative or root credentials. The password is only used to complete the installation process; Datadog does not retain these credentials. If you prefer to see the installation process, step-by-step instructions can be found on the [Agent installation page](https://app.datadoghq.com/account/settings/agent/latest).