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User Content and Metadata Collection (Including AI Prompts and Outputs)

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What it is

Runway collects everything you submit through the service including your text prompts, uploaded images, videos, audio, messages, and AI-generated outputs, along with detailed metadata about when, where, and how that content was created or edited. This includes content pulled in from third-party apps you connect to Runway.

This analysis describes what Runway's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The policy states that prompts, generated outputs, and associated metadata including geographic and temporal information are collected as user content, which has implications for users who input sensitive, proprietary, or third-party-owned material into Runway's generative tools.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users who input proprietary business content, personally sensitive material, or third-party copyrighted content as prompts or uploads into Runway's tools should be aware that the policy states this content, together with geographic metadata and editing history, is collected by Runway; enterprise users and professional creators handling sensitive client material should evaluate this against their own confidentiality obligations.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Delete Your Data
    Email privacy@runwayml.com to submit a request for deletion of user content, prompts, and associated metadata Runway holds about you. Identify yourself and specify the content categories you want deleted. Runway states it verifies identity before processing deletion requests.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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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. Metadata also includes information that users can add or can have added to their content, such as keywords, geographical or location information, and other similar data.

— Excerpt from Runway's Runway Privacy Policy

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates the GDPR and UK GDPR regarding the lawful basis for processing personal data contained in user-generated content and prompts; if prompts or outputs contain personal data of third parties, controllers must establish a legal basis for that processing. The FTC retains authority over unfair or deceptive data practices. Depending on the content of prompts, additional frameworks such as HIPAA (if health information is submitted) or FERPA (if student data is submitted) may be engaged, though this depends on the nature of the content submitted and the applicable regulatory context. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The policy's collection of prompts, AI outputs, and metadata is a significant data category for enterprise customers whose employees use Runway for professional work involving client data, proprietary creative content, or regulated information. The policy does not specify how prompt and output data is used beyond service delivery and improvement, or whether it contributes to AI model training in ways that may concern enterprise data governance teams. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU and UK users face heightened exposure under GDPR if their prompts or outputs contain personal data of identifiable individuals, as Runway's collection and use of such data requires a documented legal basis. California users may have rights to request access to or deletion of their prompts and outputs as personal information under CCPA. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise procurement teams should seek contractual clarification on whether user-submitted prompts, outputs, and metadata are used for AI model training, and if so under what conditions. Data processing agreements should address the scope of data collection from user content and whether enterprise data can be excluded from training datasets. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams at organizations deploying Runway for professional or enterprise use should assess whether employees are inputting regulated data (health information, financial data, personal data of third parties) into Runway's tools and whether existing data handling policies address this. A review of Runway's terms of service in conjunction with this policy is recommended to determine what rights Runway asserts over submitted content.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has authority over unfair or deceptive data practices relating to how user-submitted content and prompts are collected and used.
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Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
California AB 2013 AI Training Data Transparency
US-CA
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US

Provision details

Document information
Document
Runway Privacy Policy
Entity
Runway
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 11, 2026
Last verified
May 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-010822
Document ID
CA-D-00446
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
fd5c88ad3035cc2b52a74f3cf6974633e71a5294fef0db1c6f6100d4a0921b17
Analysis generated
May 11, 2026 23:25 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Runway
Document: Runway Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-010822
Captured: 2026-05-11 23:25:40 UTC
SHA-256: fd5c88ad3035cc2b…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/runway/runway-privacy-policy/user-content-and-metadata-collection-including-ai-prompts-and-outputs/
Accessed: May 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Runway's User Content and Metadata Collection (Including AI Prompts and Outputs) clause do?

The policy states that prompts, generated outputs, and associated metadata including geographic and temporal information are collected as user content, which has implications for users who input sensitive, proprietary, or third-party-owned material into Runway's generative tools.

How does this clause affect you?

Users who input proprietary business content, personally sensitive material, or third-party copyrighted content as prompts or uploads into Runway's tools should be aware that the policy states this content, together with geographic metadata and editing history, is collected by Runway; enterprise users and professional creators handling sensitive client material should evaluate this against their own confidentiality obligations.

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No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Runway.