Clipchamp

GDPR overview

GDPR is addressed, though mostly through Microsoft's group-wide framework rather than anything specific to Clipchamp. The education page states that Clipchamp complies with privacy regulations including COPPA and GDPR and that user data is encrypted. Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited is the controller for the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, and a Data Protection Officer is reachable through Microsoft's privacy support page, with a stated response time of no more than 30 days. International transfers rely on standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, and Microsoft Corporation is certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, its UK extension and the Swiss-U.S. framework. A Data Protection Addendum is published for enterprise online services. No Article 27 representative is named, which is consistent: Microsoft is established in the EU.

Who owns the data?

Clipchamp does not publish its own terms: the footer points to the Microsoft Terms of Use and the Microsoft Privacy Statement, last updated in July 2026. Microsoft Corporation is the data controller, with Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited acting as controller for the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Ownership of the footage stays with the user in practice: editing and export run on the local machine, and Clipchamp states that media files are not uploaded to the cloud for those operations. On the personal version, files reach Microsoft servers only if content backup is switched on; on the work version, media and project data are backed up automatically to the organisation's OneDrive or SharePoint account.

Reuse rights

Clipchamp states that videos made with the work version are copyright-free and royalty-free, and that they can be posted to social media and video-sharing platforms without risk of copyright claims. The stock library — video, images, music, sound effects, stickers and GIFs — is royalty-free, with a premium tier of assets reserved for Microsoft 365 subscribers. Exports carry no watermark on any tier and the site advertises an unlimited number of video and audio exports, so finished files can be reused commercially without asking permission. No separate licence request or attribution requirement is mentioned anywhere on the pages reviewed.

Data retention & training

Hosting summary

Clipchamp processes media locally rather than in the cloud: editing and export run on your own machine, with temporary files kept in a local cache that the browser clears automatically a while after you save or refresh. Files only go online through backup — optional on the personal version, automatic to the organisation's OneDrive or SharePoint on the work version, where the project is stored as a .clipchamp file alongside an Assets folder. For account and personal data, Microsoft's privacy statement applies: data may be stored and processed in the user's own region, in the United States, and in any jurisdiction where Microsoft or its service providers operate facilities. Microsoft lists major data centres in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States, with the primary location usually the user's region or the United States and a backup elsewhere. Transfers rely on standard contractual clauses and the EU-U.S., UK and Swiss data privacy frameworks.