Runway states that you do not own your account or API keys; the company retains all rights to them at all times.
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The agreement states that users hold no property interest in their accounts, meaning Runway retains the right to suspend, terminate, or reclaim accounts without the user having a property-based claim to the account or its contents.
The agreement establishes that users have no ownership rights in their Runway accounts or API keys, which means account suspension or termination by Runway does not constitute deprivation of user property under the agreement's stated terms.
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"Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, you acknowledge and agree that you shall have no ownership or other property interest in your Account or API keys, and you further acknowledge and agree that all rights in and to your Account or API keys are and shall forever be owned by and inure to the benefit of Company.— Excerpt from Runway's Runway Terms of Service
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Account ownership disclaimers in platform terms are common across consumer-facing services. Consumer protection frameworks in the EU, including the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act, impose obligations on platforms regarding account access and portability that may interact with this provision. GDPR rights to data portability (Article 20) apply to personal data within accounts regardless of the account ownership disclaimer. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low. This is a standard provision across platform services. However, for enterprise customers and API developers, account termination without property interest could have operational implications for products and workflows dependent on API key access. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU users retain GDPR data portability rights over personal data stored in their accounts regardless of this ownership disclaimer. California users may have CCPA rights to access and export personal information associated with their accounts. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: API partners and enterprise customers whose products depend on continued API key access should assess business continuity exposure created by Runway's retained right to terminate accounts, and should review whether enterprise agreements provide additional account continuity protections. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should ensure that data export and account closure procedures are documented and tested to ensure users can retrieve personal data from their accounts in compliance with GDPR Article 20 and CCPA data access rights, notwithstanding the account ownership disclaimer.
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The agreement states that users hold no property interest in their accounts, meaning Runway retains the right to suspend, terminate, or reclaim accounts without the user having a property-based claim to the account or its contents.
The agreement establishes that users have no ownership rights in their Runway accounts or API keys, which means account suspension or termination by Runway does not constitute deprivation of user property under the agreement's stated terms.
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