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Midjourney

Vannus has not established which model this vendor runs, and does not infer one. Every finding below is quoted to the vendor’s own document, or marked not disclosed where the vendor publishes nothing.

Determination
Contracts with Midjourney, Inc. (United States) โ€” within reach of US legal process.
docs.midjourney.com · read 2026-08-08
read from terms of service ยท inferred from the address, not the heading

Leading AI image generation via Discord prompts for art, concept, and creative work

design, generative, images
What the vendor's own documentation says
V7 omni-reference is available to use while we finish training the improved version for V8
updates.midjourney.com ↗ Vendor-sourcedQuote re-checked 14 Sep 2026
Who controls it
US corporate controlYes โ€” a US parent or US contracting entity is on the public record
Contracting entityMidjourney, Inc. (address given in the agreement: 611 Gateway Blvd. Ste 120, South San Francisco, CA, 94080-7066, US)
Governing lawLaws of the State of California, USA (without reference to conflict of law rules). Disputes resolved by binding arbitration before the American Arbitration Association's International Centre for Dispute Resolution under its Expedited Commercial Rules, single arbitrator, conducted in English in Santa Clara County, California, USA.
Trains on your dataYes, by default โ€” on the vendor's default plan
On a paid or enterprise planNo separate paid-plan commitment published

Applies to: Pro, Mega (Stealth Mode). Training posture: no plan split.

From the help-centre doc (Stealth Mode) + Terms of Service: “Stealth mode is available only to Pro and Mega Plan members.” docs.midjourney.com ↗

Training and retention posture varies by plan. The default-plan row above describes the vendor’s free or standard tier; the paid-plan row is quoted from the document linked beside it. A negotiated contract can override either. Check your own agreement before relying on this.

This is a separate question from the grade above. The grade measures resilience — whether the tool endures and whether you could leave it. This describes who controls the vendor. A tool can score modestly on one and strongly on the other, and many do.

On U.S. CLOUD Act reach specifically: the statute reaches a provider subject to U.S. jurisdiction over data in its possession, custody or control. Corporate control is a strong indicator of that and it is what we can evidence from published documents — but it is not the whole test. A company founded outside the U.S. can still contract through a U.S. entity or run substantial U.S. operations. Treat this as a starting point for your own review, not a legal determination, and take advice on anything that matters.

Compliance the vendor states
GDPR

Taken from the vendor’s own published material. Vannus does not hold these reports and has not reviewed their scope or dates — ask the vendor for the current report before relying on any of them.

How this grade is set

Vannus publishes a nine-dimension trust framework — data sovereignty, training privacy, compliance posture, operational resilience, exit portability, and more. The heaviest criterion asks whether the tool builds its own AI or resells someone else's model; where the vendor discloses it, the grade cites the vendor's own documentation. No paid placements — scoring is walled off from affiliate revenue. See the methodology →

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