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"answer_text": "the business", "status": "stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "quote": "The Customer maintains ownership of and responsibility for the following while using the Service", "text_sha256": "30736015aa9a34f58d7bb74668d3de326b4ce41616349ee26a50e770dd3e845d" }, { "subject": "Onshape", "url": "https://www.onshape.com/en/legal/terms-of-use", "document": "Onshape Terms of Use", "question": "aggregated_use", "answer": "not-stated", "answer_text": "not stated", "status": "not-stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "quote": "Nothing on this document answers it (83,526 characters of document text, read 2026-10-08).", "text_sha256": "30736015aa9a34f58d7bb74668d3de326b4ce41616349ee26a50e770dd3e845d" }, { "subject": "Onshape", "url": "https://www.onshape.com/en/legal/terms-of-use", "document": "Onshape Terms of Use", "question": "ai_training", "answer": "not-stated", "answer_text": "not stated", "status": "not-stated", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08", "quote": "Nothing on this document 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"class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "COMSOL's privacy policy for personal information; nothing on a customer's models or results" }, { "url": "https://legal.luminarycloud.com/privacy.html", "label": "Luminary Cloud, Luminary - Privacy Policy (27 April 2026)", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "Luminary's privacy policy for personal information; the customer-data clauses are in its Master License and Services Agreement" }, { "url": "https://legal.luminarycloud.com/terms.html", "label": "Luminary Cloud, Luminary Master License and Services Agreement", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://rescale.com/?p=232", "label": "Rescale, Customer Agreement - Rescale", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://rescale.com/lp/rescale-service-specific-terms/", "label": "Rescale, Rescale Service Specific Terms - Rescale", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://simscale.com/data-privacy/", "label": "SimScale, SimScale GmbH | Data Privacy Statement | SimScale", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "SimScale's privacy statement for personal information; nothing on a customer's simulation content" }, { "url": "https://simscale.com/terms-and-conditions/", "label": "SimScale, Cloud-Based CAE Platform Terms & Conditions | SimScale", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://support.sw.siemens.com/en-US/okba/KB000049954_EN_US/How-long-does-Simcenter-Cloud-HPC-store-my-data/index.html", "label": "Siemens Simcenter, Knowledge Base Article: How long does Simcenter X store my data?", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.autodesk.com/company/terms-of-use/en/general-terms", "label": "Autodesk, Autodesk | 3D Design, Engineering & Construction Software", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.comsol.com/sla", "label": "COMSOL, COMSOL Software License Agreement", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "COMSOL's index of licence agreement versions, with no terms in its own text" }, { "url": "https://www.mathworks.com/company/aboutus/policies_statements.html", "label": "MathWorks, MathWorks Privacy Policy - MATLAB & Simulink", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "MathWorks' privacy policy for personal information; it says nothing about a customer's models, simulation results or files" }, { "url": "https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab-copilot/faq.html", "label": "MathWorks, MATLAB Copilot FAQs - MATLAB & Simulink", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "MATLAB Copilot FAQ: the question on training is listed but its answer is not in the stored text" }, { "url": "https://www.monolithai.com/fair-usage-policy", "label": "Monolith AI, Read Our Fair Usage Policy | Monolith", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "Monolith's fair usage policy on compute and storage limits; the data clauses are in its Master License Agreement, not published" }, { "url": "https://www.neuralconcept.com/privacy-policy", "label": "Neural Concept, Privacy Policy | Neural Concept", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "Neural Concept's privacy policy for personal information; nothing on a customer's engineering data" }, { "url": "https://www.ntop.com/privacy-policy/", "label": "nTop, Privacy Policy • nTop", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "nTop's privacy policy for personal information; nothing on a customer's designs or results" }, { "url": "https://www.onshape.com/en/legal/terms-of-use", "label": "Onshape, Terms of Use", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.siemens.com/de-ch/company/customer-partner-terms/sw-terms/ai/", "label": "Siemens Simcenter, Artificial Intelligence Terms | Siemens", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.simscale.com/technology/cloud-infrastructure/", "label": "SimScale, Cloud Simulation Infrastructure | SimScale Simulation at Scale", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "read" }, { "url": "https://www.ansys.com/content/dam/legal/ansys-simai-ansys-cloud-platform-modular-contract-clickwrap.pdf", "label": "Ansys (Synopsys), ansys-simai-ansys-cloud-platform-modular-contract-clickwrap.pdf", "license": "the vendor's published terms, cited for reporting", "class": "primary-provider-own-site", "status": "not-terms", "why": "the SimAI clickwrap carries the same SimAI data 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3 of 8 simulation software vendors whose terms we read reserve the right to use their customers' data in aggregated or anonymised form, read 27 October 2026.
Simulation software data terms, sellsimulationdatatoai.com
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