Is Kling AI safe with your data?

Kling AI

Kuaishou

62/100

Good disclosure · high confidence

Kling AI earns a B (62/100) because it discloses most of its data practices.

Dealbreaker flag

D1.1: non-exclusive, royalty-free right and license... to use the Content, which shall comprise the Input you provide or upload to the Services and Output generated during your use of our Services... create, test, improve, train, or otherwise develop the artificial intelligence or machine learning models
D1.4: We may, at our discretion or by licensing to third parties, use or develop the aforementioned Content (in whole or in part) for the purposes of promotion, product/function upgrades, and to research on new products/functions

#35

of 211 apps ranked

score · Image & video avg 43

+19

vs category average

Grade scaleA · 70–100B · 60–69C · 48–59D · 35–47F · 0–34

Kling AI trains user inputs on models with a revocable opt-out; owns outputs with sublicensable reuse rights; provides standard GDPR-style data rights with vague retention; shares data with affiliates and third parties with generic contractual safeguards; discloses AI interactions and requires output labeling; implements encryption and access controls; and gates access at age 13.

What Kling AI's privacy policy and terms of service say about your data

Input training with opt-out

non-exclusive, royalty-free right and license... to create, test, improve, train, or otherwise develop the artificial intelligence or machine learning models; revocable via email to support@kling.ai

Output ownership & reuse

Kling AI may, at our discretion or by licensing to third parties, use or develop the aforementioned Content (in whole or in part) for purposes of promotion, product/function upgrades, and to research on new products/functions

Data rights provided

Access, deletion, portability, correction, and objection rights available; retention 'for as long as necessary' (vague); data minimization by default

International transfers safeguard

appropriate contractual guarantees which are compliance with applicable laws and regulations (vague; no reference to standard contractual clauses or adequacy decisions)

What the policy is silent or vague on

Not stated: keeping user inputs out of model training
Not stated: whether training use differs by plan
Not stated: your ownership of generated outputs
Not stated: a deletion timeline after closure or request

Kling AI privacy rating

Training-data use1 of 4 disclosed

Keeps user inputs out of model training, or makes training opt-inAdverse

Names a way to opt out of or into trainingDisclosed

Says whether training use differs by plan or tierSilent

Lets the user keep ownership of generated outputsAdverse

Data-subject rights5 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataDisclosed

Grants a right to delete your dataDisclosed

Offers data portability in a usable formatDisclosed

Grants a right to correct your dataDisclosed

Grants a way to object to or opt out of processingDisclosed

Retention and deletion1 of 4 disclosed

States a retention period for your dataPartial

States a deletion timeline after closure or requestSilent

Sets a shorter retention for AI conversation logsSilent

Commits to collecting only the data it needsDisclosed

Third-party sharing2 of 5 disclosed

Lists the categories of third parties it shares withDisclosed

References a sub-processor list or data processing agreementSilent

Does not sell or share data for advertising, or offers opt-outSilent

Names a safeguard for international data transfersPartial

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessDisclosed

Transparency4 of 5 disclosed

Discloses that you are interacting with AIDisclosed

Marks AI-generated or synthetic outputDisclosed

Enumerates the categories of data it collectsDisclosed

Maps processing purposes to legal basesPartial

Is versioned and dated, with change noticeDisclosed

Sensitive data and children2 of 2 disclosed

Discloses automated decisions and a human-review pathNot applicable

Limits the use of special-category dataDisclosed

Governs biometric data specificallyNot applicable

States protections for children's dataDisclosed

Security and accountability1 of 3 disclosed

Describes its security safeguardsDisclosed

Commits to breach notificationPartial

Names a certification or a privacy contactPartial

DisclosedPartialSilentAdverseNot applicable

Details

Category: Image & video
Modalities: image, video
Processes biometrics: No
Policy last updated: 2026-04-21
Region scored: Global / US-default
Last assessed: 2026-07-08

Documents examined

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Each grade reflects our analysis of what an app states in its public privacy policy and terms as of the assessment date. It measures the transparency of those documents, not the company's actual data practices, security, or compliance. Grades are our opinion, offered for general information. Full disclaimer.