When you use certain Runway features to generate video or audio, the service collects your voice recordings and face scan data, which are classified as biometric identifiers under some state laws. Runway states it uses this data only to fulfill the service you requested.
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The clause establishes that biometric data collection occurs only upon user submission for specific product features and defines the scope of permissible use as limited to service delivery. This framing acknowledges that such data may fall under biometric information regulations in certain jurisdictions.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify written consent procedures, retention periods, or destruction timelines for biometric data; whether current practices satisfy BIPA or analogous state statutes depends on implementation details not disclosed in the policy text.
Provision name updated from 'Biometric Data Collection' to 'Biometric Data Collection for AI Features' to clarify the AI context, but the excerpt content remains identical.
View full change record →Users who engage Runway's generative video and audio features submit biometric identifiers including voice data and face scans, which the policy states are used only to provide the requested service; however, the policy does not specify how long this data is retained or when it is destroyed, which matters for users in Illinois, Texas, and other states with biometric privacy statutes.
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"Biometric data, such as voice data and scans of faces that you submit when you use certain product features to create videos and audio using characteristics like voice and face. Such characteristics may be considered biometric identifiers or biometric information under certain laws including applicable privacy laws. When you choose to use these features, we use any biometric data submitted by you only to provide the service requested by you.Excerpt from Runway's Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA, 740 ILCS 14), the Texas Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act (CUBI, Tex.
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The clause establishes that biometric data collection occurs only upon user submission for specific product features and defines the scope of permissible use as limited to service delivery. This framing acknowledges that such data may fall under biometric information regulations in certain jurisdictions.
Users who engage Runway's generative video and audio features submit biometric identifiers including voice data and face scans, which the policy states are used only to provide the requested service; however, the policy does not specify how long this data is retained or when it is destroyed, which matters for users in Illinois, Texas, and other states with biometric privacy …
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