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Runway AI, Inc., New York (VS)

How safe is Runway for graphic design?

GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data: whether the data is stored in the EU (2 points), whether there is a certification or GDPR guarantee (1), and whether the provider is based in NL or the EU (1). 3 or 4 points is Strong, 2 Good, 1 Limited, 0 Unknown. How we measure for graphic design & designLimited

Runway publishes limited privacy safeguards. Ask the provider for clarification before you put confidential graphic design & design data into it.

Where does Runway stand in graphic design & design?

Shared place 12 of 31 options for graphic design & design (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. 9 options, like Runway, have a limited profile. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click for the check.

Strong7
Good4
Limited9
Unknown4
Caution7

Published safeguards

–Provider based in NL/EUNot known
–Data in the EU (according to provider)Not known
✓Publishes certification (ISO/NEN/GDPR)Yes

American company (not EU), New York law, arbitration. Its own video models (Gen-4.5, Aleph) plus third-party models such as Kling, Seedance and Nano Banana Pro (Google); sub-processors include Google Cloud, Anthropic, OpenAI, ElevenLabs and X.AI, almost all in the US. Standard terms: Runway may use input and output to train its own models, no opt-out found. Enterprise: no training on your data, data processing agreement and zero data retention available. SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022.

How to use Runway safely

  • Use the business variant and sign a data processing agreement (DPA).
  • Do not enter unnecessary personal data into prompts; anonymise where possible.
  • Ask the provider explicitly where data is stored and processed.
  • Keep a professional in the loop: with AI imagery, watch two things: rights and data.

Stronger or equally strong in graphic design & design

FrontifyFrontify AG, St. Gallen (Switzerland)BynderBynder B.V., Amsterdam (Netherlands)FigmaFigma, Inc. (USA)UizardUizardApp ApS (Miro), Copenhagen (Denmark)PenpotKaleidos Subsidiary SL (Spain)

Latest developments

9 November 2026Claude Code stores approved commands containing passwords in settings.local.json

If you choose "Yes, and don't ask again" in Claude Code, the tool saves the command verbatim in .claude/settings.local.json, including passwords or API keys. Apiiro found real secrets in 1,122 of 104,185 public copies on GitHub, including 379 database passwords. Keep the file out of git, use variables for secrets, and replace any keys that have already leaked. source

5 November 2026Flaw in Lockdown Mode patched

Via pop-up windows in the HTML preview of code blocks, an attacker could bypass Lockdown Mode and siphon off your chat history, via a manipulated prompt, GPT or shared chat. OpenAI patched the flaw on 18 September 2026; Check Point published the details on 5 November. Users do not need to do anything. source

November 2 2026Message threads (beta) fall outside Zero Data Retention

With message threads in the Claude API, Anthropic stores the conversation, the system prompt and the tools on the server, encrypted in memory and not on disk, until up to one hour after the last use. The feature does not qualify for Zero Data Retention; your other ZDR agreements still apply. If you work with personal data under ZDR, only enable threads if your DPIA covers it. source

Questions

How safe is Runway for graphic design & design?
Runway publishes limited privacy safeguards. Ask the provider for clarification before you put confidential graphic design & design data into it. Limited or partly unknown safeguards, ask the provider.
Does Runway train on my data?
American company (not EU), New York law, arbitration. Its own video models (Gen-4.5, Aleph) plus third-party models such as Kling, Seedance and Nano Banana Pro (Google); sub-processors include Google Cloud, Anthropic, OpenAI, ElevenLabs and X.AI, almost all in the US. Standard terms: Runway may use input and output to train its own models, no opt-out found. Enterprise: no training on your data, data processing agreement and zero data retention available. SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001:2022.
What should I watch out for with AI in graphic design & design?
With AI imagery, pay attention to two things: rights and data. Rights: with Recraft, images from the free plan of Recraft itself are not for commercial use, and only paid plans give you full ownership. Adobe says it trains Firefly models on licensed material and public domain content, not on user content. Data: with Kittl, training on your content is switched on by default in the Starter and Professional plans (the administrator can turn it off), while in Organization and Enterprise it is off. CELUM (Berlin) states in the privacy statement that data is also processed outside Europe, including in Canada and the US. If you want to keep your brand files in the EU: Frontify offers hosting in Frankfurt, Bynder on AWS Frankfurt and Figma on Azure in the EU. Penpot can be self-hosted. Do not upload client material under NDA to a free account, and record in your quote whether and how you use AI.

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