Users get some meaningful privacy rights and a clear deletion/access path, but the service combines broad content licensing, mandatory arbitration, unilateral policy changes, public-by-default sharing, and substantial data sharing/retention.
Midjourney’s legal terms are fairly standard for an AI generation service but are strongly company-protective in several areas. Users retain ownership of their creations to the extent allowed by law, yet Midjourney gets a broad, perpetual license to use inputs and outputs, defaults public sharing/remixing on, and requires binding arbitration in California. The privacy policy is more user-friendly on deletion and access rights, with clear account-based request flows and explicit non-sale language, though it still collects prompts, uploads, usage data, and shares data with advertisers and service providers.
Points of interest
Midjourney can use, modify, sublicense, and distribute your prompts and generated assets forever, even after you leave. That means your content may be reused for service, product, or downstream purposes without additional payment or permission.
""perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, sublicensable no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license""
Content you post is publicly viewable and remixable unless you use the limited Stealth feature. In shared spaces like Discord, other people can still see your creations regardless of Stealth.
""By default, Your Content is publicly viewable and remixable.""
Disputes must go to binding arbitration in Santa Clara County, and you waive the right to a jury trial. This can make it harder and more expensive to bring claims in court.
""the Dispute will be resolved by binding arbitration rather than in court""
Midjourney can update the agreement and keep the service terms changing over time, with continued use treated as acceptance. If you disagree, your only real option is to stop using the service.
""Continued use of the Services constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.""
The company can suspend or ban access at any time and for any reason. That creates a significant account-risk if your work depends on continuous access.
""Midjourney reserves the right to suspend or ban Your access to the Services at any time, and for any reason.""
Midjourney says it uses third-party processors and does not store your credit card information, only confirmation that payment was made. That reduces the amount of sensitive payment data kept directly by Midjourney.
""Midjourney does not store the credit card or payment information you provide""
The service collects prompts, uploaded content, IP address, cookies, usage data, and contact details. For an AI tool, that means the things you type and upload may become part of the service’s retained personal data footprint.
""Prompts that you provide (including text, images...); Your IP address; Usage Data; Tracking Technologies and Cookies""
Personal data is kept as long as needed for the stated purposes, legal compliance, disputes, and enforcement. In practice, that means information may linger well beyond account use if Midjourney decides it is needed for legal or policy reasons.
""retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary""
EEA, UK, Swiss, and California users have access, correction, deletion, portability, and some objection/opt-out rights. The practical upside is a usable account-based path to request account/data deletion.
""You can request access, correction, updates or deletion of your Personal Data.""
The policy gives a concrete path to delete your account and data through the account page, and says survey data can also be accessed and deleted. That makes rights requests more actionable than vague contact-only promises.
""visit www.midjourney.com/account and follow the instructions listed at the bottom of the page to delete your account and data""
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Documents
Terms of Service
source ↗- •Midjourney’s Terms govern your use of its site, Discord servers, and other ways to access the Services and generate Assets.
- •You must accept updates to the Terms by continuing to use the Services, and stop using if you do not agree.
- •The Services and Assets are provided “AS IS” with no warranties, including for title, non-infringement, merchantability, or fitness.
- •Midjourney can suspend or ban your access at any time, including for Community Guidelines violations or other inappropriate use.
- •You must not use the Services to violate others’ intellectual property or rights, and you cannot reverse engineer, resell, or use automation to access or generate.
- •You own Assets you create to the extent allowed by law, but ownership can be limited if you are a larger company needing a Pro/Mega plan, and upscaled third-party images stay with original creators.
- •You give Midjourney a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable copyright license to use your input Content and generated Assets, and this license survives termination.
- •Default sharing means posted Content can be publicly viewable and remixable by others, with Stealth as an optional Pro/Mega feature subject to stated limits.
- •Disputes must be resolved by binding arbitration in Santa Clara County, California, with a 30-day good-faith settlement attempt first, and you waive jury trial.
- •You can cancel your plan anytime, but you are not refunded for the current subscription period; Midjourney may modify or discontinue pricing/features and may rate-limit unlimited plans.
Privacy Policy
source ↗- •Midjourney collects data you provide, including usernames, prompts, uploaded content, contact details, IP address, cookies, usage data, and some data from third parties.
- •It uses your data to run accounts and services, process purchases, communicate with you, market similar services, analyze usage, and improve products.
- •Payment details are handled by third-party processors; Midjourney says it does not store your card information, only payment confirmation.
- •It may share personal data with service providers, analytics and advertising partners, business transfer parties, law enforcement, and others when legally required.
- •Your data may be transferred to other countries, and Midjourney says it uses reasonable safeguards, but cannot guarantee complete security.
- •Midjourney keeps personal data as long as needed for stated purposes, legal compliance, disputes, and enforcement, with usage data usually kept shorter.
- •The service is not for children under 13, and Midjourney says it will remove personal data collected from them without proper parental consent.
- •EEA, UK, and Swiss users can access, correct, delete, restrict, object to processing, request portability, and withdraw consent through account settings.
- •California users can request access, portability, and deletion, and can opt out of certain sharing through advertising cookies using privacy settings.
- •Midjourney may update this policy, posting changes online and giving notice by email or prominent service notice when required.
