Midjourney may use the text prompts you type and the images the AI generates for you to train and improve its AI models.
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Your creative input and outputs become training data for Midjourney's AI, which means content you generate could influence future model behavior, and you may not be able to fully remove that contribution once it is incorporated.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify the legal basis for AI training data use under GDPR, and the scope of any opt-out mechanism for this processing is not clearly described in the available document text.
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Prompts you enter and images generated from them may be used to train Midjourney's AI models, meaning your creative and potentially personal content contributes to the development of a commercial product beyond your immediate use of the service.
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We may use the content you provide to us, including prompts and generated images, to train and improve our AI models and services.
(ix) engage in any of the foregoing in connection with the use, creation, development, modification, prompting, fine-tuning, training, testing, benchmarking or validation of any machine learning tool, model, system, algorithm, product or other technology.
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"We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our Services, including to train and improve our AI models. This includes using your prompts, generated images, and other interactions with the Services.— Excerpt from Midjourney's Midjourney Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Articles 6 and 13 regarding lawful basis and transparency for processing personal data for AI training purposes, as well as CCPA provisions on the use of personal information beyond the context of collection. The FTC has indicated interest in AI training data practices under its unfair or deceptive practices authority. The policy does not specify the legal basis relied upon for this processing under GDPR, which may create exposure with EU supervisory authorities. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High. The use of user-generated content including prompts that may contain personal information about the user or third parties for AI training is a high-sensitivity processing activity. Prompts may contain names, locations, personal circumstances, or other identifiable information, and the policy does not clearly describe an opt-out mechanism for this specific use. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU and UK users face heightened exposure because GDPR requires a clear and documented legal basis for processing personal data for AI training, and consent must be freely given, specific, and withdrawable. California residents may have rights to opt out of uses of personal information that extend beyond the primary service transaction. Illinois users should note that prompts referencing biometric identifiers could implicate BIPA considerations, though this is speculative without more specific document language. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Organizations deploying Midjourney for enterprise or business use should assess whether employee-generated prompts constitute organizational data and whether the AI training use is compatible with their data processing agreements or internal data governance policies. This clause may create tension with vendor contracts that restrict secondary use of proprietary or confidential information entered into third-party platforms. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should assess whether Midjourney provides a meaningful opt-out mechanism for AI training data use and document that assessment. Legal teams advising EU or UK clients should evaluate whether the absence of a specified legal basis for this processing warrants a formal inquiry or adjustment to usage policies. Data mapping exercises should capture prompts and generated images as a data category with AI training as a secondary use.
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Your creative input and outputs become training data for Midjourney's AI, which means content you generate could influence future model behavior, and you may not be able to fully remove that contribution once it is incorporated.
Prompts you enter and images generated from them may be used to train Midjourney's AI models, meaning your creative and potentially personal content contributes to the development of a commercial product beyond your immediate use of the service.
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