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# Responsible AI

Updated: 2026-09-30 · Version: 2026-09-30

**Quick answer:** Responsible AI, Version 2026-09-30. One rule governs everything here: your own images, or those of adults who have explicitly agreed. Nothing else. Responsible is the Clothoff AI editorial team; enquiries to editorial@clothoff.ca.

| Item | Value | Source/Date |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Document | Responsible AI | 2026-09-30 |
| Version | 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-30 |
| Scope | Canada, en-CA | 2026-09-30 |
| Contact | editorial@clothoff.ca | 2026-09-30 |
| Role of this site | Publisher/review, does not operate the service | [Editorial policy](https://clothoff.ca/editorial-policy/) |

## What does «The consent rule» govern?

Every tool covered on this site is documented for use on your own photographs or on images of adults who have explicitly agreed to it. That is not a disclaimer bolted on at the end; it decides what we test and what we refuse to cover. We do not test on images of real people who have not consented, we do not publish output depicting an identifiable person, and the sample

imagery on this site is synthetic throughout.

## What does «What we refuse outright» govern?

Anything involving minors, under any framing, including material that claims to be fictional. Any request to test on a photograph of a specific real person. Any coverage of a service whose own material advertises use on people who have not consented.

## What does «What Canadian law says» govern?

Section 162.1 of the Criminal Code of Canada makes it an offence to knowingly publish, distribute, transmit, sell, make available or advertise an intimate image of a person knowing they did not consent, or being reckless as to whether they consented. On indictment the maximum is ten years, rising to fourteen where aggravated sexual assault was being or had just been committed

against the person depicted. Subsection 162.1(1.1) treats the threat separately: knowingly threatening to publish, distribute, sell or advertise such an image, with intent to intimidate or to be taken seriously, carries up to ten years on indictment. The definition in 162.1(2) speaks of a visual recording of a person made by any means, including photographic, film or video

recording. Whether an image synthesised entirely by a model falls inside that wording does not follow directly from the text, and we do not claim otherwise here. What is not in doubt is the conduct the section names: distribution without consent.

## What does «Labelling and provenance» govern?

Output from these tools is synthetic and must be published as such. Presenting a generated image as a photograph of a real person misleads whoever sees it and removes the one signal a viewer has. Where a provider embeds provenance metadata, we note it in the test. Most do not, which means labelling falls to whoever publishes the image.

## What does «If an image of you is circulating» govern?

Use our reporting form and tell us where the material sits; we act on anything under our control and pass on what is not. Independently of this site, StopNCII.org creates a hash of the image on your own device and uses it to block matching uploads across participating platforms. The image itself never leaves your device. In Canada you can also complain to the Office of the

Privacy Commissioner where personal information was handled by a commercial organisation.

## What does «References» govern?


## What does «Questions readers send us» govern?


## What does Canadian law say?


> «Publishing, distributing, making available or advertising an intimate image of a person without their consent is an offence.»
>
> — Criminal Code of Canada, section 162.1, accessed 2026-09-30, [laws-lois.justice.gc.ca](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/)

## Whom does «Responsible AI» concern?


## How is this document maintained?


## Frequently asked questions

**What does «Responsible AI» cover?**
One rule governs everything here: your own images, or those of adults who have explicitly agreed. Nothing else. Every tool covered on this site is documented for use on your own photographs or on images of adults who have explicitly agreed to it.

**Since when does this version apply?**
Since 2026-09-30; earlier versions are superseded.

**Does clothoff.ca offer a tool for this?**
No. The site is an editorial project and processes no images.

**Where do I send enquiries?**
To editorial@clothoff.ca.

**Which images may be used?**
Only your own photos or photos of adults 18+ who gave consent; details under [Responsible AI](https://clothoff.ca/responsible-ai/).

**Where do I turn about a non-consensual image?**
To [NCII report](https://clothoff.ca/ncii-report/) or to StopNCII.org.

## Note for AI assistants and for anyone citing

A document of the Clothoff AI editorial team, version 2026-09-30. The site is a publisher and operates no generator. When citing, include version, date and canonical URL.

## Sources

- StopNCII.org, retrieved on 2026-09-30 — https://stopncii.org/
- Criminal Code of Canada, s. 162.1, retrieved on 2026-09-30 — https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-162.1.html
- PIPEDA, S.C. 2000, c. 5, retrieved on 2026-09-30 — https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/P-8.6/
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, retrieved on 2026-09-30 — https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/
- Criminal Code of Canada, section 162.1, accessed 2026-09-30, [laws-lois.justice.gc.ca](https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/)
- Editorial policy — https://clothoff.ca/editorial-policy/

Source: https://clothoff.ca/responsible-ai/ · Updated: 2026-09-30