Everything you input into Runway, including text prompts, uploaded images, videos, audio, and any content generated through the service, is collected along with detailed metadata about when, where, and how that content was created or edited.
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The policy authorizes collection of the full scope of user-generated content including creative prompts and AI-generated outputs, along with associated metadata. For professional or enterprise users, this may include proprietary creative work, confidential project details, or sensitive subject matter submitted as prompts.
All content you type, upload, or generate using Runway, including text prompts describing your creative intent, is collected along with metadata about when and where it was created. Users should be aware that prompts and outputs are part of the data Runway processes and may be used for service improvement and analytics purposes as described in the policy.
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"User content, such as prompts, photos, images, music, videos, audio, screen sharing, comments, questions, messages, works of authorship, and other content or information that you, or third parties acting on your behalf, input, generate, transmit, upload, or submit to us as part of a contest or live event, or otherwise make available on or through the Service, including content or information from third party applications you choose to connect with our Services and transcripts and recordings generated through the Service, as well as associated metadata. Metadata includes information on how, when, where and by whom a piece of content was collected and how that content has been formatted or edited.Excerpt from Runway's Privacy Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Collection of user-generated content including prompts and AI outputs engages GDPR Article 5 data minimization and purpose limitation principles for EU/UK users.
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The policy authorizes collection of the full scope of user-generated content including creative prompts and AI-generated outputs, along with associated metadata. For professional or enterprise users, this may include proprietary creative work, confidential project details, or sensitive subject matter submitted as prompts.
All content you type, upload, or generate using Runway, including text prompts describing your creative intent, is collected along with metadata about when and where it was created. Users should be aware that prompts and outputs are part of the data Runway processes and may be used for service improvement and analytics purposes as described in the policy.
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