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Synthesia has moderate defaults; Microsoft Designer carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: MICROSOFT DESIGNER NOT RECOMMENDED · SYNTHESIA ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE
| RISK SURFACE | MICROSOFT DESIGNER | SYNTHESIA |
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| PPrompt Ownership | ||
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| TModel Training | ||
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“As part of building the Xbox Services community, you grant to Microsoft, its affiliates and sublicensees a free and worldwide right to use, modify, reproduce, distribute, broadcast, share and display Your Content or your name, gamertag, motto, or avatar that you posted for any Xb…”
Broad, royalty-free, worldwide license granted to Microsoft and sublicensees to use, modify, reproduce, distribute, broadcast, and display user-submitted content with no time limit stated.
“ This Privacy Policy governs and explains how we collect and process your personal information when you (“ you ” or “ User ”) use our website, located at synthesia.io (“ Site ”), services and products accessible through the Site (“ Services ”), and the associated web-based softwa…”
“players, and third-party material available on Bing and MSN, including through Microsoft bots, applications and programs, are for your noncommercial, personal use only. Other uses, including downloading, copying, or redistributing these materials, or using these materials or prod…”
Outputs/materials from Bing, MSN, and Microsoft bots are restricted to noncommercial personal use only. Using them to build your own products is prohibited unless specifically authorized. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
“As part of our efforts to improve and develop our products, we may use your data to develop and train our AI models. Learn more here .”
Microsoft explicitly reserves the right to use user data to train AI models. This appears twice in the document, suggesting it is a firm policy across products. No opt-out mechanism is described in this excerpt.
“Fine-tuning the AI model to enable it to generate new videos with your Avatar based on the Sample performing a user-provided input;”
User's biometric data (Sample) is explicitly used to fine-tune Synthesia's AI models, meaning the user's likeness directly contributes to model training.
“The articles, text, photos, maps, videos, video players, and third-party material available on Bing and MSN, including through Microsoft bots, applications and programs, are for your noncommercial, personal use only. Other uses, including downloading, copying, or redistributing t…”
Bing and MSN content (including content delivered via Microsoft bots/AI applications) is explicitly limited to noncommercial personal use. Using such content to build products or for commercial purposes requires separate authorization.
“ In addition to our third-party vendors acting on our behalf, we will only disclose, redisclose or otherwise disseminate Biometric Data in the following circumstances: As instructed by the Customer as a data controller; As required by applicable State or federal law or municip…”
“If you cancel, your access to the Services ends at the end of your current Service period or, if we bill your account on a periodic basis, at the end of the period in which you canceled. If you initiate a chargeback or reversal with your bank for your payment of Services, we will…”
Upon cancellation (or chargeback), content access and data may be immediately or imminently terminated. No grace period for data export is specified in this passage.
“Avatar creation features require processing of the facial geometry and/or voiceprint from each of the Sample and Verification Recording. Certain steps in creating an Avatar involve the processing of data considered “ biometric data ”, “ biometric information ”, “ biometric identi…”
Synthesia collects and processes highly sensitive biometric data (facial geometry, voiceprints) which is subject to stringent regulation in multiple jurisdictions. Users should be aware of the elevated risk associated with providing such data.
“ iii. Certain restrictions and limitations apply to earning, redeeming, and other uses of Points in the Rewards Program. For more information see the Rewards section at https://support.microsoft.com (" FAQ ").”