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Focal
WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
PROMPT
Users retain nominal ownership of their submitted inputs ('Your Inputs'), but grant Focal a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to process that content for operation and maintenance of the Service. Metadata such as keywords or location data associated with content is also collected. Focal reserves the right to remove, edit, or delete any submitted content at any time without prior notice. No explicit assertion that users retain full exclusive ownership is made.
OUTPUT
Focal claims broad rights over outputs. Users are granted only monitoring rights, not exclusive ownership, over 'Your Outputs.' Focal holds a worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, and irrevocable (for so long as content is stored) license to access, use, reproduce, distribute, publish, modify, and otherwise process both inputs and outputs. A separate perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable license is also granted specifically for model-training and improvement activities. Output ownership in any strong proprietary sense is not affirmed for users.
TRAINING
Training use is explicitly and broadly confirmed across multiple surfaces. The Privacy Policy states personal information may be used to 'train our artificial intelligence models' and that de-identified or anonymized data may be shared with third parties to train proprietary algorithms or machine learning systems. The AI Addendum separately states users acknowledge and agree that Inputs, Outputs, and all interactions with the Service may be used for training, enhancing, and improving machine learning models and algorithms. No opt-out from training use is described in the cited materials.
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use of outputs is restricted by default. Unless a user has subscribed to a plan that expressly permits it, monetizing, commercializing, or using outputs for any commercial purpose is prohibited. Downloaded or shared content is limited to personal, non-commercial use with required attribution. Reproduction, resale, or exploitation of any portion of the Application or Service requires the Owner's express prior written permission.
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SID
WORKFLOW & AUTOMATION
PROMPT
Customer grants SID a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to access, process, host, transmit, display, and use Customer Content solely for: (a) providing, maintaining, and supporting the Service; (b) preventing or addressing service, security, or technical issues; (c) complying with applicable law or valid legal process; and (d) enforcing the Terms. Separately, any Feedback submitted by Customer is subject to a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license granted to SID for any purpose — a notably broader grant with no stated scope limitation.
OUTPUT
As between Customer and SID, Customer owns and retains all right, title, and interest in and to its Inputs and Outputs. Customer must warrant that its use of Outputs complies with applicable law and does not infringe third-party rights. SID retains full ownership of the Service, SID-1 model, model weights, software, documentation, and all related IP, including any improvements or derivative works thereof.
TRAINING
SID explicitly commits not to use Customer Content — including Inputs and Outputs — to develop, train, fine-tune, distill, or otherwise enhance any AI or machine learning models (Section 6.1 Non-Training Commitment). Usage Data (API request records, authentication events, query/response metadata, latency, token-count metrics, etc.) may be collected, retained, and used for lawful business purposes — including operating, securing, monitoring, and improving the Service — but explicitly subject to the same non-training commitment. Conversely, Customers are themselves prohibited from using Inputs, Outputs, or any Service-derived information to train, fine-tune, distill, develop, or improve any AI/ML model or competing product ('Anti-Distillation' clause).
COMMERCIAL
Customers are prohibited from reselling, sublicensing, leasing, renting, or otherwise transferring Service access to any third party, except to Authorized Users acting on the Customer's behalf. The Service is classified as 'commercial computer software' under FAR 12. Data portability rights exist upon express customer request, subject to SID's right to safeguard its commercial and industrial secrets. Disputes are subject to binding individual arbitration under AAA Commercial or Consumer Arbitration Rules. Enterprise customers operate under separate Cloud Service Agreements or Order Forms that control in the event of any conflict with the standard Terms.
152 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
SID has moderate defaults; Focal carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: FOCAL NOT RECOMMENDED · SID ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | FOCAL | SID |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
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📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
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SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
Focal
MEDHIGH
Users retain nominal ownership of their submitted inputs ('Your Inputs'), but grant Focal a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to process that content for operation and maintenance of the Service. Metadata such as keywords or location data associated with content is also collected. Focal reserves the right to remove, edit, or delete any submitted content at any time without prior notice. No explicit assertion that users retain full exclusive ownership is made.
“ All trademarks — nominal or figurative — and all other marks, trade names, service marks, word marks, illustrations, images, or logos appearing in connection with this Application are, and remain, the exclusive property of the Owner or its licensors and are subject to the protec…”
SID
MEDMED
Customer grants SID a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to access, process, host, transmit, display, and use Customer Content solely for: (a) providing, maintaining, and supporting the Service; (b) preventing or addressing service, security, or technical issues; (c) complying with applicable law or valid legal process; and (d) enforcing the Terms. Separately, any Feedback submitted by Customer is subject to a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license granted to SID for any purpose — a notably broader grant with no stated scope limitation.
“ (j) submit Customer Content to which Customer does not have all necessary rights, consents, and authorizations; or”
O
SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Focal
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Focal claims broad rights over outputs. Users are granted only monitoring rights, not exclusive ownership, over 'Your Outputs.' Focal holds a worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, and irrevocable (for so long as content is stored) license to access, use, reproduce, distribute, publish, modify, and otherwise process both inputs and outputs. A separate perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable license is also granted specifically for model-training and improvement activities. Output ownership in any strong proprietary sense is not affirmed for users.
“ Until payment of the total purchase price is received by the Owner, any Products ordered shall not become the User’s property.”
SID
LOWMED
As between Customer and SID, Customer owns and retains all right, title, and interest in and to its Inputs and Outputs. Customer must warrant that its use of Outputs complies with applicable law and does not infringe third-party rights. SID retains full ownership of the Service, SID-1 model, model weights, software, documentation, and all related IP, including any improvements or derivative works thereof.
“ 5.1 Customer Content. “ Customer Content ” means all data, queries, prompts, documents, corpora, embeddings, and other materials that Customer or its Authorized Users submit to or make available through the Service ( “Inputs” ), together with the model responses, rankings, retri…”
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SURFACE 03
Model Training
Focal
MEDHIGH
Training use is explicitly and broadly confirmed across multiple surfaces. The Privacy Policy states personal information may be used to 'train our artificial intelligence models' and that de-identified or anonymized data may be shared with third parties to train proprietary algorithms or machine learning systems. The AI Addendum separately states users acknowledge and agree that Inputs, Outputs, and all interactions with the Service may be used for training, enhancing, and improving machine learning models and algorithms. No opt-out from training use is described in the cited materials.
“ Users acknowledge and accept that by providing their own content on this Application they grant the Owner a non-exclusive, fully paid-up and royalty-free license to process such content solely for the operation and maintenance of this Application as contractually required.”
SID
MED
SID explicitly commits not to use Customer Content — including Inputs and Outputs — to develop, train, fine-tune, distill, or otherwise enhance any AI or machine learning models (Section 6.1 Non-Training Commitment). Usage Data (API request records, authentication events, query/response metadata, latency, token-count metrics, etc.) may be collected, retained, and used for lawful business purposes — including operating, securing, monitoring, and improving the Service — but explicitly subject to the same non-training commitment. Conversely, Customers are themselves prohibited from using Inputs, Outputs, or any Service-derived information to train, fine-tune, distill, develop, or improve any AI/ML model or competing product ('Anti-Distillation' clause).
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C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Focal
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Commercial use of outputs is restricted by default. Unless a user has subscribed to a plan that expressly permits it, monetizing, commercializing, or using outputs for any commercial purpose is prohibited. Downloaded or shared content is limited to personal, non-commercial use with required attribution. Reproduction, resale, or exploitation of any portion of the Application or Service requires the Owner's express prior written permission.
“ Unless you have subscribed to a plan that expressly permits it, you agree not to monetize, commercialize, or otherwise use Your Outputs for any commercial purpose. If you intend to use Your Outputs commercially, you must be on a subscription plan that authorizes such use.”
SID
MED⚠ CAUTIONMED
Customers are prohibited from reselling, sublicensing, leasing, renting, or otherwise transferring Service access to any third party, except to Authorized Users acting on the Customer's behalf. The Service is classified as 'commercial computer software' under FAR 12. Data portability rights exist upon express customer request, subject to SID's right to safeguard its commercial and industrial secrets. Disputes are subject to binding individual arbitration under AAA Commercial or Consumer Arbitration Rules. Enterprise customers operate under separate Cloud Service Agreements or Order Forms that control in the event of any conflict with the standard Terms.
“ (g) resell, sublicense, lease, rent, or otherwise transfer access to the Service to any third party (other than to Authorized Users acting on Customer’s behalf and in accordance with these Terms);”
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
Focal
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a…”
SID
MED⚠ CAUTIONMED
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“ The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a…”
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
Focal
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
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“ The right of withdrawal only applies to European Consumers.”
SID
MEDMED
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“ SID may make pre-release, alpha, beta, evaluation, or experimental features of the Service available to Customer ( “Beta Features” ). Beta Features are provided “AS IS,” may be modified, suspended, or discontinued at any time, and are not subject to any warranties, support commi…”