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DeepSeek stores user data in China, which may have different data protection laws. The service warns against providing sensitive personal data, as it is not designed to process it. Additionally, the AI-generated outputs might not be factually accurate, and users are responsible for the content they share, as it could become publicly accessible.
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Your personal data will be collected, processed, and stored in the People's Republic of China.
Why it matters: Your personal data, including inputs and account information, will be transferred to and stored in China, which may have different data protection laws than your home country.
To provide you with our services, we directly collect, process and store your Personal Data in People's Republic of China.
You should not provide sensitive personal data to the Services, whether about yourself or other individuals, as the Services are not designed or intended to process such data.
Why it matters: Providing sensitive personal data could lead to unexpected handling or disclosure of this information, as the service is not designed to protect it.
**We do not ask for, and you should not provide sensitive Personal Data to the Services,****whether about yourself or other individuals****.**
The service generates responses by predicting words most likely to appear next, which may not always be factually accurate. You should not rely on the factual accuracy of the output.
Why it matters: Information received from the service may be factually incorrect and should not be relied upon without independent verification.
For this reason, you should not rely on the factual accuracy of Output from our models. If you notice that Output contains factually inaccurate Personal Data about you and you would like to request a correction or removal of the Personal Data, you can submit these requests through [privacy@deepseek.com](mailto:privacy@deepseek.com) and we will consider your request based on applicable law and the technical capabilities of our models.
If you share "Dialogues" (Inputs and Outputs) by generating a unique URL and they are published on public networks, they may be obtained by third parties through technical means such as web crawlers.
Why it matters: Any conversations or content you share will be vulnerable to public access and collection by third parties if published on public networks.
Specifically, you may share the Inputs and Outputs information (together referred to as "Dialogues") by generating a unique URL. When using such feature, any Dialogues you share with others, if subsequently published on public networks, may be at risk of being obtained by third parties through technical means such as web crawlers.
These findings are user-impacting terms that are broad, inconvenient, or one-sided but common and usually reversible with effort: need context rather than alarm. Examples: Automatic renewal disclosed with a workable cancel path; Broad but bounded data sharing with partners for service operation.
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No data-use concerns flaggedThese findings are user-impacting terms that are broad, inconvenient, or one-sided but common and usually reversible with effort: need context rather than alarm. Examples: Automatic renewal disclosed with a workable cancel path; Broad but bounded data sharing with partners for service operation.
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No billing surprises spottedThese findings are routine disclosed practices, standard account rules, or low-impact clauses that are expected and easily understood. Examples: Service emails and transactional notices; Basic cookies needed for login or preferences.
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No hidden gotchasThis section is for explicit, source-backed consumer benefits only.
Our Services are not aimed at children, and we do not knowingly process Personal Data from children. If we find that we have collected Personal Data from a child, we will investigate and, where appropriate, delete it to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Why it helps: This commitment helps protect the privacy of children by stating that the service does not deliberately collect their personal data and will delete it upon discovery. This aligns with child privacy regulations and best practices.
Our Services are not aimed at children, and we do not knowingly process Personal Data from children. If we notice or receive feedback that we have collected any of their Personal Data from a child, we will investigate, and where appropriate, delete the Personal Data to the extent permitted by applicable law.
The service does not engage in profiling or automated processing of Personal Data to make decisions that could have legal or similarly significant impacts on you.
Why it helps: This commitment protects individuals from potentially harmful decisions made solely by automated systems based on their personal data, ensuring human oversight for significant impacts.
PLEASE NOTE: We do not engage in “profiling” or otherwise engage in automated processing of Personal Data to make decisions that could have legal or similarly significant impact on you or others.
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