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RRunway AI, Inc., New York (US)

How safe is Runway for video & film production?

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 the Netherlands or the EU (1). 3 or 4 points is Strong, 2 Good, 1 Limited, 0 Unknown. How we measure for video and film productionLimited

Runway publishes limited privacy safeguards. Ask the provider for clarification before you put confidential video & film production data into it.

Where does Runway stand in Video & Film Production?

Shared spot 9 of 32 options for Video & Film Production (professional tools and general assistants) on the GDPR profile. 7 options, like Runway, have a limited profile. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click for the check.

Strong7
Good1
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Limited7
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Unknown10
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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: raw footage almost always contains personal data: faces and voices of people on screen, and with voice cloning or face manipulation you work with biometric data.

Stronger or equally strong in video & film production

AmberScriptAmberScript (Amsterdam, Netherlands)TrintTrint Limited (London, UK)LimecraftLimecraft, Ghent (BE)APAdobe PremiereAdobe Systems Software Ireland Limited, Dublin (IE); parent company Adobe Inc. (US)ClaudeAnthropic

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 Video & Film Production?
Runway publishes limited privacy safeguards. Ask the provider for clarification before you put confidential video & film production data into it. For limited or partly unknown safeguards, check with 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 video & film production?
Raw footage almost always contains personal data: the faces and voices of people on screen, and with voice cloning or face editing you are working with biometric data. Arrange consent from the people depicted and, for voice cloning or lip-sync, from the actor or speaker. Check per tool what happens to uploads. CapCut may use your input and output for training under its standard terms (not on Enterprise), VEED does so on the free plan, and Descript does so unless you opt out. Runway (Bytedance, Singapore) stores data in Malaysia, Singapore and the US and receives a worldwide, perpetual licence to your content. Adobe, Kapwing, Flawless, Moments Lab and Dubformer state that they do not train on your content, Happy Scribe only with your permission. For unreleased client material, choose a tool with a data processing agreement and, where possible, EU storage or local processing.

Source documents

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