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Content Monitoring and No Privacy Expectation

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What it is

Runway can monitor everything you send through its platform — including your chat messages and voice communications — and you agree upfront that you have no privacy expectation in any of it.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users irrevocably consent to monitoring of all their communications on Runway — including chat and voice — and explicitly waive any privacy expectation, which significantly expands Runway's surveillance rights over user behavior.

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

This clause broadly waives your privacy expectations in all communications on the platform, including private chats and voice interactions, which goes beyond what many users would reasonably expect.

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You acknowledge that Company has no obligation to pre-screen Content (including, but not limited to, User Content), although Company reserves the right in its sole discretion to pre-screen, refuse or remove any Content. By entering into the Agreement, you hereby provide your irrevocable consent to such monitoring. You acknowledge and agree that you have no expectation of privacy concerning the transmission of Your Content, including without limitation chat, text, or voice communications.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates GDPR Arts. 5(1)(c) (data minimization), 6(1) (lawful basis for monitoring), and 13 (transparency) for EU users, enforced by national data protection authorities. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA, 18 U.S.C. §2510 et seq.) governs interception of electronic communications in the US. California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA, Cal. Penal Code §630 et seq.) requires all-party consent for monitoring of communications. FTC Act Section 5 applies to deceptive surveillance disclosures. The irrevocable nature of the consent and the explicit waiver of privacy expectations is unusually aggressive language.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    FTC Act Section 5 applies to surveillance and monitoring disclosures that may be unfair or deceptive to consumers in digital service agreements.
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  • State AG
    California AG enforces CIPA (Cal. Penal Code §630) regarding all-party consent requirements for monitoring of user communications.
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Provision details

Document information
Document
Runway Terms of Service
Entity
Runway
Document last updated
April 29, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 30, 2026
Last verified
April 30, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-004091
Document ID
CA-D-00447
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Entity: Runway | Document: Runway Terms of Service | Record: CA-P-004091
Captured: 2026-04-30 06:00:11 UTC | SHA-256: d5dce5af50cf7ab3…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/runway/runway-terms-of-service/content-monitoring-and-no-privacy-expectation/
Accessed: May 2, 2026
Classification
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