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Runway
· Runway Terms of Service
Your Runway subscription automatically renews at the end of each billing period at the price Runway is charging at that time, and your payment method is charged automatically unless you cancel beforehand....
Why it matters: The renewal occurs at Runway's then-current pricing, meaning the amount charged at renewal may differ from the original subscription price without separate advance notice, subject to any applicable state auto-renewal disclosure laws....
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Runway
· Runway Terms of Service
You do not own your Runway account or your API keys; Runway retains all rights to them and can reclaim or terminate them without transferring any property interest to you....
Why it matters: This provision means that Runway can terminate or reclaim your account and API keys without any obligation to compensate you for the loss of access to content, integrations, or services built on those credentials....
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Runway
· Runway Terms of Service
When you upload or create content on Runway, you grant the company a permanent, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, modify, display, and sublicense that content to operate the platform and deliver it to other users....
Why it matters: The license includes moral rights, is irrevocable and perpetual, and is sublicensable, meaning Runway can pass rights over your content to third parties as part of operating the service, and this cannot be retracted even if you delete the content....
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Runway
· Runway Terms of Service
Runway can change its terms at any time by posting updated terms on its website, and continuing to use the service after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the new terms....
Why it matters: The agreement uses continued service use rather than affirmative consent as the mechanism for accepting material changes, which may conflict with requirements in certain jurisdictions for explicit consent to material modifications of consumer agreements....
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Runway
· Runway Terms of Service
Runway permits users as young as 13 to register if they have parental permission, but the service requires users to be at least 13 years old to create an account....
Why it matters: The minimum age of 13 engages COPPA obligations for users under 13 and creates parental consent requirements for users between 13 and 18, but the document does not specify the mechanism by which parental consent is verified for minors seeking to use generative AI tools....
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Monitoring
These provisions have changed before.
Monitor includes same-day alerts, structured change summaries, and monitoring for up to 25 platforms.
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Runway
· Runway Terms of Service
You are prohibited from using Runway's AI-generated outputs or any part of the service to build, train, or improve AI tools or products that compete with Runway....
Why it matters: This restriction limits the commercial use of Runway's Outputs beyond the platform's own services and could affect developers, researchers, or businesses who use Runway-generated content in the development of other AI systems or media tools....
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Runway
· Runway Terms of Service
Runway can remove your content or terminate your account immediately and without prior notice if it believes you have violated the terms, and it retains full discretion over what constitutes a violation....
Why it matters: The right to terminate without prior notice and without an appeals process described in this excerpt means users may lose access to their accounts and associated content with no advance warning, which may have significant implications for users who rely on the platform for professional or commercial purposes....
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23andMe
· 23andMe Terms of Service
23andMe can change the rules of the agreement at any time, and if you keep using the service after being notified, you are treated as having agreed to the new rules....
Why it matters: This clause means users are bound by updated terms simply by continuing to use the service, which may include changes to arbitration, data use, or liability provisions without requiring affirmative re-consent....
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23andMe
· 23andMe Terms of Service
If your DNA sample fails processing twice, you get a full refund minus shipping costs, but you are barred from resubmitting a new sample through a future purchase of the service....
Why it matters: This provision both limits the financial remedy for a persistent processing failure and restricts the user from ever repurchasing the service to try again, which is an operationally distinct restriction not commonly observed in standard consumer product return policies....
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23andMe
· 23andMe Terms of Service
Insurance companies and employers are prohibited from using 23andMe's services, and the service cannot be used for forensic genealogy investigations....
Why it matters: This restriction is intended to prevent genetic data derived from 23andMe's services from being used to make insurance or employment decisions, which aligns with the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act's protections, though enforcement of this contractual restriction depends on user representation at account creation....
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23andMe
· 23andMe Terms of Service
23andMe's genetic testing results are for informational purposes only and should not be used to make medical decisions about diagnosis, medication, or treatment....
Why it matters: This provision disclaims medical applicability of the genetic results, which limits the company's liability for health decisions made on the basis of its reports while also communicating a genuine limitation of the scientific scope of consumer genetic testing....
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23andMe
· 23andMe Terms of Service
You must be at least 18 years old to create an account, though parents or legal guardians may submit samples on behalf of minors....
Why it matters: This provision establishes 18 as the minimum age for account creation while creating a parental consent pathway for minors, which has implications for how genetic data of children is collected and processed under applicable privacy laws....
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23andMe
· 23andMe Terms of Service
23andMe generally does not issue refunds for payments made, except where law requires it or under the specific sample failure protocol described in the Terms....
Why it matters: The no-refund policy means users who are dissatisfied with their results, change their minds after purchase, or encounter service issues outside the specific sample failure protocol have no contractual right to a refund under these Terms....
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Runway
· Runway Privacy Policy
Runway shares your personal information with advertising and analytics companies in ways that some state laws treat as a 'sale,' even though Runway does not sell data in a traditional commercial sense. You can opt out using the 'Your Privacy Choices' link in the website footer or by enabling Global Privacy Control in your browser....
Why it matters: This provision acknowledges that Runway's advertising data sharing practices may trigger opt-out rights under the CCPA and over a dozen other state privacy laws, and it discloses that cookie-blocking tools may prevent the opt-out mechanism from displaying, which is an operationally significant limitation for users who rely on privacy tools....
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Runway
· Runway Privacy Policy
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....
Why it matters: 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....
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Runway
· Runway Privacy Policy
If you use Runway through your employer's or organization's account, your employer's administrator may have access to and control over your Runway account. Runway may also share your email address with your employer if you registered using a work email....
Why it matters: This provision states that employer or organization administrators can access and control individual user accounts in enterprise settings, and that Runway may share user email addresses with employers without explicit individual consent beyond the original account creation, which has implications for employee privacy expectations in workplace contexts....
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Runway
· Runway Privacy Policy
Your personal data, including biometric data and user-generated content, may be shared with potential investors, buyers, or acquirers if Runway undergoes a merger, acquisition, investment round, or bankruptcy proceeding. This sharing can occur even before any transaction is finalized....
Why it matters: The policy authorizes disclosure of user personal data, which includes biometric identifiers, prompts, and generated content, to prospective counterparties in business transactions before any deal is complete, meaning users' data may be reviewed by unaffiliated third parties without individual notification....
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Runway
· Runway Privacy Policy
Users in over twenty US states, as well as the EU, UK, and Japan, have rights under local law to access, delete, correct, or port their personal data, object to certain processing, and opt out of direct marketing. These rights can be exercised by emailing privacy@runwayml.com....
Why it matters: The policy identifies a broad set of jurisdictions where users have statutory data rights and provides a single email address as the submission mechanism, which means users in these states can formally request access to or deletion of the data Runway holds about them....
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Runway
· Runway Privacy Policy
For EU and UK users, Runway identifies itself as the data controller under GDPR and states it processes personal data on the legal bases of contract, consent, legitimate interests, and legal compliance. Legitimate interests is cited as the basis for a broad range of purposes including business analysis and service improvement....
Why it matters: GDPR's legitimate interests basis requires that processing does not override the rights of individuals; the breadth of purposes Runway attributes to legitimate interests, including analyzing and improving the business and AI service improvement, may require evaluation against GDPR balancing test requirements, particularly for the processing of biometric data and generative AI outputs....
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Canva
· Canva Terms of Use
Canva can suspend or cancel your account at any time, for any reason, with or without telling you in advance, and your access to your designs and content will immediately stop....
Why it matters: The agreement permits immediate account termination without notice, which could result in loss of access to designs, projects, and stored content, including for users who have paid for a subscription....
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Canva
· Canva Terms of Use
When you use Canva's AI tools, the results you get may not be unique to you and could be generated for other users too; Canva does not guarantee AI outputs are accurate or suitable for your needs....
Why it matters: The non-uniqueness disclosure for AI-generated outputs means that designs or content created using Canva's AI features may be substantially identical to content generated for other users, which may create intellectual property or brand differentiation concerns for commercial users....
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Canva
· Canva Terms of Use
Canva's services are not available to users under 13. Users aged 13 to 18 need a parent or guardian's permission and oversight to use Canva....
Why it matters: The agreement places responsibility on users to self-certify their age and on parents to supervise minor users, rather than implementing verified age-gating mechanisms; this structure may not satisfy COPPA's verifiable parental consent requirements if Canva knowingly collects personal information from children under 13....
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Canva
· Canva Terms of Use
Any legal disputes about Canva's Terms will be decided under Australian law and in Australian courts, regardless of where you are located....
Why it matters: Choosing New South Wales, Australia as the governing jurisdiction means that users outside Australia who wish to pursue legal claims may face practical and financial barriers to accessing the designated courts....
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Canva
· Canva Terms of Use
Canva can use anonymized or grouped data from your activity and content for any lawful purpose, including improving its products and developing new features, without any limits....
Why it matters: The agreement authorizes use of de-identified data derived from user content without restriction, which may include data derived from proprietary designs or business content uploaded to the platform; the effectiveness of de-identification and the risk of re-identification are not addressed in the document....
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Canva
· Canva Privacy Policy
Canva states it shares device identifiers, usage data, and inferred interest information with advertising and analytics companies to serve targeted ads and measure platform performance....
Why it matters: This provision authorizes sharing of behavioral and device data with third-party ad and analytics networks, which has implications for CCPA opt-out rights and GDPR consent requirements for tracking-based advertising....
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Canva
· Canva Privacy Policy
Because Canva operates globally, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your home country, with Canva using Standard Contractual Clauses as the primary legal mechanism for EU data transfers....
Why it matters: Cross-border data transfers involving EU personal data require legally adequate safeguards under GDPR. Canva's reliance on Standard Contractual Clauses is a recognized mechanism but requires accompanying Transfer Impact Assessments under post-Schrems II obligations, and compliance with these requirements cannot be verified from policy text alone....
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Canva
· Canva Privacy Policy
Canva states that depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or export your personal data, and to object to certain uses, with requests submitted through Canva's privacy settings or request form....
Why it matters: This provision describes the mechanism through which users can exercise data rights under GDPR, CCPA, and equivalent frameworks. The conditional framing ('depending on where you live') means that the availability of specific rights varies by jurisdiction, and users outside covered jurisdictions may have fewer or no enforceable rights under this policy....
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Canva
· Canva Privacy Policy
Canva uses cookies for both essential platform functions and optional purposes including advertising targeting and analytics. Non-essential cookies can be managed through a cookie settings tool....
Why it matters: The policy distinguishes between essential and optional cookies, and the availability of a cookie settings tool is relevant to GDPR and ePrivacy consent obligations for EU users. The practical adequacy of consent obtained through the cookie banner cannot be assessed from policy text alone....
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Canva
· Canva Privacy Policy
If Canva is sold or merges with another company, your personal data may be transferred to the new owner, with notification provided by email or site notice before any change in privacy policy applies....
Why it matters: This provision authorizes transfer of user personal data to third parties in the context of a corporate transaction. The notice commitment provides some protection, but the practical ability of users to withdraw consent or delete data prior to a transfer depends on response timelines and how notice is delivered....
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Waze
· Waze Privacy Policy
Waze shares your data with outside advertising and analytics companies who may also track your activity across other apps and websites using cookies and similar tracking tools....
Why it matters: This provision authorizes the disclosure of user data, including potentially location and behavioral data, to third-party advertising and analytics partners who may independently track users across digital environments beyond the Waze app....
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Waze
· Waze Privacy Policy
If you use the Waze Carpooling feature, the app may access your phone's contact list and collect detailed trip information including your exact pick-up and drop-off locations and any messages exchanged between you and your driver or rider....
Why it matters: This provision authorizes access to contact lists and collection of communications content as a condition of using the Carpooling feature, extending data collection beyond navigation use to include third-party personal data (your contacts) and interpersonal communications....
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Waze
· Waze Privacy Policy
Waze states the app is not for children and does not intentionally collect data from users under 13 (or 16 in certain EU countries); if Waze discovers it has collected such data, it states it will delete it....
Why it matters: This provision establishes minimum age thresholds that vary by jurisdiction and commits Waze to a deletion process if underage data is identified, but does not describe any age verification mechanism, which is an operationally significant gap....
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Waze
· Waze Privacy Policy
Waze states that once your data is combined with others and stripped of identifying details, it is no longer considered personal information under this policy and can be shared with any party for any purpose without restriction....
Why it matters: This provision asserts a broad carve-out from the policy's privacy protections for aggregated or de-identified data, and does not specify a standard for what constitutes adequate de-identification or describe safeguards against re-identification....
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Waze
· Waze Privacy Policy
Users in the EU, EEA, or UK can request access to, correction, or deletion of their personal data, ask Waze to stop processing it in certain circumstances, and complain to their national data protection regulator....
Why it matters: This provision formally acknowledges the GDPR and UK GDPR rights framework for European and UK users, establishing an avenue for data subjects to exercise statutory rights directly against Waze....
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Waze
· Waze Privacy Policy
California residents can ask Waze what data it has collected about them, request that it be deleted, opt out of Waze sharing their data for advertising purposes, and cannot be penalized for exercising any of these rights....
Why it matters: This provision establishes California-specific statutory rights under CCPA and CPRA, including the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, which is particularly significant given Waze's third-party advertising data sharing practices....
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Amazon
· Amazon Conditions of Use
When you post a review, photo, or other content on Amazon, you give Amazon a permanent, free, worldwide license to use, modify, and share that content in any medium, including allowing Amazon to sublicense it to others....
Why it matters: The license is perpetual and irrevocable, meaning Amazon retains rights to submitted content even if a user deletes their account or removes the content from the platform....
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Amazon
· Amazon Conditions of Use
Amazon disclaims all warranties about its products, services, and information, meaning it makes no legal guarantees about their fitness, reliability, or accuracy....
Why it matters: This disclaimer removes implied warranty protections that would otherwise apply under the UCC and state law, potentially limiting legal recourse for defective digital services or inaccurate information....
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Amazon
· Amazon Conditions of Use
All legal disputes with Amazon are governed by Washington State law and U.S. federal law, regardless of where you live....
Why it matters: The governing law clause means that U.S. law and Washington State law apply to all disputes, which may conflict with mandatory consumer protection laws in other countries and could limit available legal remedies for non-U.S. users....
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Amazon
· Amazon Conditions of Use
Amazon prohibits automated scraping, crawling, or copying of its website content and requires written permission for any automated or manual monitoring of site materials....
Why it matters: This provision establishes conduct restrictions that apply to all users, including developers and researchers, and violations may result in account termination or legal action under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act....
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Amazon
· Amazon Conditions of Use
Amazon's services are not directed at children under 13, and Amazon states it will not knowingly collect personal information from users in that age group....
Why it matters: This provision invokes COPPA compliance obligations and establishes Amazon's stated policy on data collection from minors under 13, which is relevant for parents and for compliance teams evaluating COPPA exposure....
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Runway
· Runway Usage Policy
You cannot take videos, images, or other content created by Runway's AI and use them to build or improve a competing AI product, unless Runway gives you written permission first....
Why it matters: This clause asserts a contractual restriction on what users may do with AI-generated outputs after creation, which is particularly significant for developers, researchers, and businesses that might otherwise incorporate generated content into their own AI training datasets....
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Runway
· Runway Usage Policy
Runway can suspend or permanently close your account if it decides you have broken the rules in this policy or the main terms of service, and this decision is made at Runway's sole discretion....
Why it matters: The sole discretion standard means Runway is not contractually required to provide advance notice, a hearing, or a defined appeals process before suspending or terminating an account, which creates operational risk for users and businesses that depend on platform access....
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Runway
· Runway Usage Policy
You cannot use bots or automated programs to bulk-collect content from Runway, and you cannot try to figure out how Runway's AI models work by reverse-engineering them....
Why it matters: This provision restricts technical access methods that could be used to extract proprietary model information or platform data at scale, and is particularly relevant to developers, researchers, and competitors who might otherwise attempt to analyze Runway's underlying systems....
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Runway
· Runway Usage Policy
You cannot use Runway to make content that supports, celebrates, or helps plan acts of terrorism, mass violence, or genocide....
Why it matters: This provision establishes that Runway's tools may not be used for content that provides material support to violent extremism, a prohibition that aligns with federal counterterrorism statutes and international law....
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Runway
· Runway Usage Policy
You cannot use Runway's AI tools to help build surveillance systems that track people without their knowledge or consent, or that target protected groups....
Why it matters: This provision is operationally significant for enterprise users who might otherwise seek to integrate AI-generated visual or analytical content into surveillance, security, or monitoring systems, and engages multiple regulatory frameworks governing biometric and location data....
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Threads
· Threads Privacy Policy
Meta uses the data it collects from your Threads activity to show you personalized ads and content across its family of apps, including Facebook and Instagram, not just within Threads itself....
Why it matters: The policy states that Threads data contributes to Meta's cross-platform advertising and personalization systems, meaning activity on Threads may inform what ads and content you see on Facebook, Instagram, and other Meta services....
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Threads
· Threads Privacy Policy
Threads requires an Instagram account to use, and your Threads profile is automatically linked to and partially populated from your Instagram account information....
Why it matters: The structural linkage between Threads and Instagram means that data from both platforms is associated and that users cannot create a Threads presence that is separate from their Instagram identity....
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Threads
· Threads Privacy Policy
Threads collects everything you post, your profile information, and detailed data about how you use the app, including what you view, who you interact with, and how long you spend on the platform....
Why it matters: The policy authorizes collection of both explicit content, such as posts and profile data, and behavioral data, such as viewing patterns, interaction history, and usage duration, which together can be used to build detailed profiles for advertising and personalization....