Developer / Coding · fal.aifal.ai
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“We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information directly from you when you create an account on our Services, sign up for marketing communications from us, request customer support, or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information that we collect directly from you include your name, email address, phone…”
Partially verified: Privacy Policy assessed · Terms of Service pending. Everything below comes only from what was read in full.
Watch: Data retention
Start here. These are the highest-risk verified clauses AIRIN found in the platform's own policy text.
The 'as long as necessary for business purposes' standard is vague and does not provide users with a clear expectation of when their data will be deleted. This formulation can justify indefinite retention and may not satisfy GDPR storage limitation principles without more specificity.
The policy permits disclosure based on fal's own belief that disclosure is 'in accordance with' law, not just when legally compelled. This grants fal discretion to disclose beyond strict legal obligation. 'National security' requests may be accompanied by gag orders preventing user notification.
Data sharing during pre-closing M&A negotiations means personal data (including AI usage data) could be disclosed to potential acquirers under NDA but without user consent or notice. The acquiring entity may have materially different privacy practices.
How to read this page: Overall risk rates what fal.ai's own policy terms mean for your prompts, outputs, and data. The benchmark bands below grade those same verified terms relative to peers — a platform in a risky-by-default category can rate HIGH risk and still grade STRONG against its peer set. Both trace to the cited findings.
Policy benchmark
rubric v1.0 — how this is scoredBased on 205 verified, verbatim-cited findings below — read the citations.
Based on 250 verified, verbatim-cited findings below — read the citations.
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Partially verified — Terms of Service — Capture pending; Privacy Policy — Verified (read in full, 89 findings). Findings below are from fully-read, verified documents only; remaining core documents are pending capture.
Held for review
A core policy document failed verification or contains contested evidence that must not be treated as fully verified.
- Terms of ServiceCapture pending
- Privacy PolicyVerified - read in full - 89 citationsrenderedLast captured 2026-08-31
Only citation-backed plan differences are shown here; absent cells mean AIRIN has not verified a tier-specific claim.
Permits fal to process personal data on the basis of legitimate interests to operate its business, provide and improve services, conduct analytics, and communicate with users, establishing a broad legitimate interest processing permission.
" When we have a legitimate interest in processing your personal information to operate our business or protect our interests (e.g., to provide, maintain, and improve our products and services, conduct data analytics, and communicate with yo..."
Defines fal's role as a service provider/processor when handling personal information on behalf of enterprise customers, and explicitly states that such information is not subject to this Privacy Policy — establishing a boundary on the policy's scope and the legal relationship for enterprise engagements.
" fal's primary business offering is an AI-powered generative media platform for developers to integrate into their applications, though we also offer a version of our platform directly to individuals through our Services. If you are an ente..."
Enumerates categories of personal information collected — including identifiers, commercial information, internet activity, professional information, and inferences — alongside their stated use purposes and categories of recipients, constituting a structured disclosure of processing activities as required by the referenced State Privacy Laws.
" Category of Personal Information Use of Personal Information Categories of Recipients Identifiers (such as name, email address, phone number, billing address, IP address, device identifiers, and account credentials); Commercial informati..."
The 'as long as necessary for business purposes' standard is vague and does not provide users with a clear expectation of when their data will be deleted. This formulation can justify indefinite retention and may not satisfy GDPR storage limitation principles without more specificity.
"We retain personal data for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and for other business purposes explained in this Privacy Policy."
Establishes specific retention periods: personal information associated with an active account is retained while the account is active; upon account closure, deletion occurs within 30 days; after two years of inactivity, deletion occurs; other personal information is retained as long as necessary for the stated collection purposes.
" We store personal information associated with your account for as long as your account remains active. If you close your account, we will delete personal information related to your account within 30 days; otherwise, we will delete this in..."
Permits disclosure of personal information to legal, financial, insurance, and other professional advisors for business protection and management purposes, establishing a professional advisor data-sharing permission.
" Professional Advisors . We disclose personal information to our legal, financial, insurance, and other professional advisors where necessary to obtain advice or otherwise protect and manage our business interests."
Data sharing during pre-closing M&A negotiations means personal data (including AI usage data) could be disclosed to potential acquirers under NDA but without user consent or notice. The acquiring entity may have materially different privacy practices.
"Corporate Transactions . We disclose personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, certain corporate transactions, including a merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our busine..."
Establishes that within a Team Account, other members may access billing information, API keys, and AI model requests including input and output data associated with the account, creating an operative intra-account data-sharing rule.
" Other Users of the Services . If you are a member of a Team Account, other members of the Team Account may view billing information, API keys, and AI model requests (including any input and output data) associated with the Team Account."
Evidence appendix
Showing priority citations first. The full appendix is available for audit trails; not every citation is a severe risk.
"We retain personal data for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and for other business purposes explained in this Privacy Policy."
The 'as long as necessary for business purposes' standard is vague and does not provide users with a clear expectation of when their data will be deleted. This formulation can justify indefinite retention and may not satisfy GDPR storage limitation principles without more specificity.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"Law Enforcement Authorities and Individuals Involved in Legal Proceedings . We disclose personal information in response to a request for information if we believe that disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law, regulation, or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements."
The policy permits disclosure based on fal's own belief that disclosure is 'in accordance with' law, not just when legally compelled. This grants fal discretion to disclose beyond strict legal obligation. 'National security' requests may be accompanied by gag orders preventing user notification.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"Corporate Transactions . We disclose personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, certain corporate transactions, including a merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company."
Data sharing during pre-closing M&A negotiations means personal data (including AI usage data) could be disclosed to potential acquirers under NDA but without user consent or notice. The acquiring entity may have materially different privacy practices.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"Vendors and Service Providers . We make personal information available to our vendors, service providers, contractors, and consultants who perform services on our behalf, such as companies that assist us with web hosting, GPU hosting, infrastructure, internal and external communication, payment processing, fraud prevention and security, customer service, analytics, service monitoring, and marketing."
GPU hosting vendors in particular may have access to user prompts and AI outputs. No specific subprocessors are named, limiting transparency and user ability to assess data flows. Under GDPR, controller-to-processor data sharing requires appropriate contractual safeguards.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" We use cookies and similar tracking technologies, as described above . You can usually adjust your browser settings to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that removing or rejecting cookies could affect some of the functionality of our Services."
Grants users the right to adjust browser settings to remove or reject cookies, with a disclaimer that doing so may affect service functionality, providing an opt-out right with a noted limitation.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Additionally, when you create or log into your fal account through a third-party platform (such as GitHub), we will have access to certain information from that platform, such as your name, email address, GitHub account user ID, and any other information the third-party platform discloses about you, in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by such platform."
Discloses that fal receives personal data from third-party platforms (such as GitHub) when users authenticate through those platforms, identifying a data sharing arrangement with third-party identity providers and the categories of information received.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Information Collected by Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies: We use tracking technologies, such as cookies, pixels, and session replay technology to collect information about your interactions with the Services and our marketing communications. These technologies help us improve our Services and marketing communications, personalize your experience, and analyze your interactions with us, including to see which areas and features of our Services are popular and count visits. For more information see the Targeted Advertising and Analytics and the Your Choices sections below."
Discloses the use of cookies, pixels, and session replay technology to collect interaction data for analytics and marketing personalization purposes, fulfilling transparency obligations and cross-referencing user choice mechanisms relevant to targeted advertising.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" We may derive information or draw inferences about you based on the information we collect. For example, we may infer your approximate location based on your IP address."
Discloses that fal may derive inferences about users (such as approximate location from IP address) based on collected data, fulfilling transparency obligations regarding derived data processing activities.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Send you marketing communications such as newsletters, promotional materials, and other information that may interest you (see the Your Choices section below for information about how to opt out of these communications at any time);"
Grants fal permission to use personal data for marketing communications, while noting the user's right to opt out, establishing a permissible processing purpose under the privacy framework.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Detect, investigate, respond to, prosecute, and help protect against security incidents and other malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and help protect the rights and property of fal and others; and"
Grants fal permission to use personal data to detect, investigate, prosecute, and protect against security incidents, fraud, and illegal activity, establishing a security-related processing purpose and enforcement right.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Target advertisements to you on third-party platforms and websites (for more information and to opt out, see the Targeted Advertising and Analytics section below);"
Permits fal to use personal data for targeted advertising on third-party platforms, establishing a permissible processing purpose and referencing opt-out mechanisms.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Transactional Information: When you make a purchase, we collect information about the transaction, such as product details, purchase price, and the date and location of the transaction."
Discloses that transactional information including product details, purchase price, and date/location is automatically collected when a purchase is made, fulfilling transparency obligations regarding data collection practices.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" When we have a legitimate interest in processing your personal information to operate our business or protect our interests (e.g., to provide, maintain, and improve our products and services, conduct data analytics, and communicate with you)."
Permits fal to process personal data on the basis of legitimate interests to operate its business, provide and improve services, conduct analytics, and communicate with users, establishing a broad legitimate interest processing permission.
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" Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our products and services;"
Permits fal to use personal data for internal analytics and trend monitoring in connection with its products and services, establishing a lawful processing purpose.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" We obtain information from other sources. For example, we collect information from our payment processor. This information includes your name, last 4 digits of your credit card or account number, credit card provider or bank name, billing address, and IP address."
Discloses that personal information including name, partial credit card details, billing address, and IP address is obtained from a third-party payment processor, identifying a subprocessor data sharing relationship and the categories of data exchanged.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Device, Usage, and Activity Information: We collect information about how you access our Services, including data about the device and network you use, such as your hardware model, operating system version, mobile network, IP address, unique device identifiers, and browser type. We also collect information about your activity on our Services, such as the route by which you access our Services, access dates and times and, browsing behavior (such as pages viewed and links clicked), and information about your activity on specific pages (such as mouse movements and keystrokes)."
Discloses the collection of device, usage, and activity information including IP address, hardware model, browsing behavior, and keystrokes, fulfilling transparency obligations and indicating the scope of behavioral tracking and data collection.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" We disclose certain categories of personal information to show you targeted ads on third-party properties and expand the reach and effectiveness of our own marketing campaigns. These disclosures may be considered “sales,” “sharing,” or use of personal information for “targeted advertising” under State Privacy Laws, and the table below covers the categories of personal information we disclose for these purposes and the categories of third parties that receive it."
Discloses that certain categories of personal information are shared with third parties for targeted advertising and marketing, and characterizes these disclosures as potentially constituting sales, sharing, or targeted advertising under applicable state laws, establishing the legal framing for the categories listed below.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this policy. If we make material changes, we will provide you with additional notice (such as by adding a statement to the Services or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you."
Establishes the procedure for how fal will notify users of changes to the Privacy Policy, including notification methods for material changes, creating an obligation to provide notice and a right for users to be informed.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
Clause detail — protections, your obligations, and coverage
Every clause below is a verbatim quote from fal.ai's own published policy, read in full and linked to its exact location. Protections and user obligations are reported separately from risk because they are different kinds of clause — an obligation on you is not a risk to your data. Informational only, not legal advice.
✅ Protections found
11 verified clausesClauses in fal.ai's policies that work in your favour — commitments the platform made to you.
- Audit rights, DPA & residency
“fal is based in the United States and we and our service providers process and store personal information on servers located in the United States and other countries. Whenever we make restricted international transfers of personal information, we take steps to…”
For EU/UK/Swiss users, transfers to the US and unspecified other countries require GDPR-compliant transfer mechanisms (e.g., SCCs). The policy acknowledges use of contractual clauses but reserves the right to redact them…
📍 Privacy Policy › “International Transfers”Jump to exact text → - Audit rights, DPA & residency
“fal's primary business offering is an AI-powered generative media platform for developers to integrate into their applications, though we also offer a version of our platform directly to individuals through our Services. If you are an enterprise user of the Se…”
Defines the distinction between enterprise users (where fal acts as a processor/service provider) and individual users, establishing that enterprise customer data is excluded from this Privacy Policy's scope and creating…
📍 Privacy Policy › “Last Updated: April 20th, 2025”Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcementterms can change anytime
“We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this policy. If we make material changes, we will provide you with additional notice (such as by adding a statement to the Services o…”
Establishes the procedure for how fal will notify users of changes to the Privacy Policy, including notification methods for material changes, creating an obligation to provide notice and a right for users to be informed…
- Terms changes: advance notice promised
📍 Privacy Policy › “Last Updated: April 20th, 2025”Jump to exact text → - Privacy & data use
“You have the right to (1) access your personal data, including in a portable format, (2) request erasure of your personal data, and (3) request correction of inaccurate personal data. In addition, you may have the right to object to certain processing or reque…”
Grants data subjects the rights to access, portability, erasure, correction, objection, and restriction of processing under applicable European data protection law, and provides a procedural mechanism to exercise those r…
- Designated security contact: support@fal.ai
📍 Privacy Policy › “Data Subject Requests”Jump to exact text → - Privacy & data use
“If you have a concern about our processing of personal data, we encourage you to contact us in the first instance. However, if we are not able to resolve it, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Authority where you reside. Contact d…”
Grants data subjects the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant Data Protection Authority if fal cannot resolve their concern, establishing a supervisory authority complaint right and providing a procedure for iden…
📍 Privacy Policy › “Data Subject Requests”Jump to exact text → - Privacy & data useads & tracking use
“You can usually adjust your browser settings to remove or reject browser cookies. You may also learn more about interest-based ads, or opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes by companies that participate in the…”
Grants users the right to opt out of behavioral advertising and adjust cookie settings, providing a procedural mechanism for exercising data use preferences.
📍 Privacy Policy › “TARGETED ADVERTISING AND ANALYTICS”Jump to exact text →
+ 5 more verified clauses of this kind on this platform, cited in full in the report.
📋 Rules you must follow
0 verified clausesWhat fal.ai requires of YOU. These are your obligations, not risks to your data or IP, so they are cited here and excluded from this platform's risk rating.
No user-conduct rule has been verified in fal.ai's published policies yet.
What the policies actually cover
5 topics- Product telemetry & usage tracking9 clauses
- Advertising & tracking2 protective6 clauses
- Government & law-enforcement disclosure2 clauses
- Terms can change at any time1 protective1 clause
- Deletion rights & post-termination survival1 clause
70 further verified clauses are cited on this page but not yet assigned a topic.
Cross-clause notes
Verified retention clauses point in different directions: the Privacy Policy, Privacy Policy › “Retention” describes broad or open-ended retention, while the Privacy Policy, Privacy Policy › “DATA RETENTION” describes deletion or erasure. Which clause controls in a given situation is not resolved by the documents' text alone — this is surfaced as an ambiguity, treated as Caution.
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Clause intelligence
Canonical clauses and stance patterns extracted from the same gate-verified citations shown on this page.
The clause allows indefinite, perpetual, or necessity-based retention.
“We retain personal data for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and for other business purposes explained in this Privacy Policy.”Open source citation
The clause allows indefinite, perpetual, or necessity-based retention.
“We retain personal data for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and for other business purposes explained in this Privacy Policy.”Open source citation
The clause allows indefinite, perpetual, or necessity-based retention.
“We retain personal data for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and for other business purposes explained in this Privacy Policy.”Open source citation
The clause allows indefinite, perpetual, or necessity-based retention.
“We store personal information associated with your account for as long as your account remains active. If you close your account, we will delete personal information related to your account within 30 days; otherwise, we will delete this information after two years of account inactivity. We store other personal information for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and f...”Open source citation
The clause allows indefinite, perpetual, or necessity-based retention.
“We store personal information associated with your account for as long as your account remains active. If you close your account, we will delete personal information related to your account within 30 days; otherwise, we will delete this information after two years of account inactivity. We store other personal information for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and f...”Open source citation
Tier matrix
Plan-level conditions detected from citation-backed clauses. Empty tiers mean AIRIN has not captured decisive tier language yet.
| Tier | Surface | Verdict | Risk | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All applicable tiers | governing law disputes | conditional | MEDIUM | 40 |
| Pro / Paid | governing law disputes | conditional | MEDIUM | 1 |
| Team / Business | data retention | conditional | MEDIUM | 9 |
Policy evolution
Open full timelineBefore/after stance changes across captured policy versions. When no material delta exists yet, AIRIN shows the latest citation-backed stance events instead.
legal burden changed from medium/liability limited to medium/indemnity.
“TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, COMPANY AND THE OTHER COMPANY PARTIES WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY—WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, WARRANTY, OR OTHERWISE—FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS, EVEN IF COMPANY OR THE OTHER COMPANY PARTIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.”Before citation
“To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Company and our subsidiaries and affiliates, and each of our respective officers, directors, agents, partners, and employees (individually and collectively, the “ Company Parties ”) from and against any losses, liabilities, claims, demands, damages, expenses, or costs (“ Claims ”) arising out of or related to (a) any claims that Customer Input infringes or violates any third-party right, including intellectual property rights, right to privacy or publicity rights, or data privacy rights or laws; (b) your breach of any of these Terms; (c) your misconduct in connection with the Services; or (d) any End Users or the Client Solution. You will promptly notify Company Parties of any third-party Claims, cooperate with Company Parties in defending such Claims, and pay all fees, costs, and expenses associated with defending such Claims (including attorneys' fees). The Company Parties will have control of the defense or settlement, at Company's sole option, of any third-party Claims. This indemnity is in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other indemnities set forth in a written agreement between you and Company or the other Company Parties.”After citation
Latest stance: indefinite or necessity based on data retention
“We store personal information associated with your account for as long as your account remains active. If you close your account, we will delete personal information related to your account within 30 days; otherwise, we will delete this information after two years of account inactivity. We store other personal information for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and for other business purposes explained in this Privacy Policy.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: deletion or time bound on data retention
“We store personal information associated with your account for as long as your account remains active. If you close your account, we will delete personal information related to your account within 30 days; otherwise, we will delete this information after two years of account inactivity. We store other personal information for as long as necessary to carry out the purposes for which we originally collected it and for other business purposes explained in this Privacy Policy.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on privacy data use
“fal is based in the United States and we and our service providers process and store personal information on servers located in the United States and other countries. When personal information is processed and stored outside the jurisdiction where you reside, it may be subject to laws that have different standards of protection and may allow for foreign law enforcement and governmental access. Whenever we make restricted international transfers of personal information, we take steps to ensure that your personal information receives an adequate level of protection (by putting in place appropriate safeguards, such as contractual clauses) or ensure that we can rely on an appropriate derogation under data protection laws. Where required by law, we will provide more details about the safeguard(s) that we use to transfer your personal information to other jurisdictions.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing on privacy data use
“We disclose certain categories of personal information to show you targeted ads on third-party properties and expand the reach and effectiveness of our own marketing campaigns. These disclosures may be considered “sales,” “sharing,” or use of personal information for “targeted advertising” under State Privacy Laws, and the table below covers the categories of personal information we disclose for these purposes and the categories of third parties that receive it.”Open timeline citation
Capture recency
- Terms of Service:Last captured 2026-08-07· verified 2026-07-20
- Privacy Policy:Last captured 2026-08-31· verified 2026-08-31
Dates state when our pipeline captured and verified each document — not when the vendor last changed it. Documents are re-scanned on a recurring cadence; a document verified once says so until a re-scan confirms it again.
↑ 145 more findings this quarter vs last (362 vs 217). First scan: June 2026.
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