PIPL compliance for an AI image generator
Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China. This page applies it to one kind of product (AI image generator), so you get the obligations that are actually yours instead of a summary of the whole statute.
Does it apply to you?
Processing personal information in China, or outside China to offer products or services to people in China. Separate consent is required per purpose.
What an AI image generator typically processes
- uploaded images and prompts sent to a model provider
- generated output stored and served publicly
- content moderation of inputs and outputs
Each of these is processing you have to disclose. Adding an SDK later adds to this list — which is why a policy written once goes stale.
Documents you need
The intersection of what PIPL requires and what an AI image generator actually does:
- Privacy policy
Rights you must honour
PIPL gives people in China the right to:
- Access a copy of their data
- Correct inaccurate data
- Have their data deleted
- Receive their data in a portable format
- Withdraw consent at any time
- Ask for human review of an automated decision
Cookies and trackers
Nothing non-essential may load before the visitor agrees. Analytics and marketing scripts must be blocked until then — a banner that only informs is not enough.
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Primary sources
- PIPL — Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China · official text
- Art. 13 — Lawful bases for handling personal information
- Art. 14 — Consent must be voluntary, explicit and fully informed
- Art. 17 — Information to give before handling data
- Art. 38–39 — Conditions for transfers outside China
- Art. 44–50 — Rights of the individual
PIPL for other kinds of product
Other frameworks for an AI image generator
This page is an engineering summary of publicly available regulatory requirements, generated from LexVibe's framework registry — not legal advice. Every framework links to its official text so you can check it yourself. For decisions about your own compliance posture, consult the primary sources and a lawyer qualified in the relevant jurisdiction.