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DeepSeek lists model training among its uses of personal data

DeepSeek services and Open Platform. Each line below quotes DeepSeek’s own pages as kept on 3 Nov 2026.

DeepSeek’s questionnaire: nine buyer questions, each answered from these pages.

DeepSeek’s record as an AI bill of materials: CycloneDX · SPDX. Not signed.

DeepSeek’s status history: every incident on its status page, kept from its own feed.

What the pages say

each value, then the words it is read from
Training on business and API data
Not stated in the pages kept
Searched: DeepSeek Privacy Policy; DeepSeek Open Platform Terms of Service; Rate Limit & Isolation.
Training on free and consumer use
Listed as a use of personal data

To improve and develop the Services and to train and improve our technology, such as our machine learning models and algorithms.

DeepSeek Privacy Policy, kept 24 Oct 2026 · sha256 339984e36a79

How long API data is kept
As long as necessary; inputs are kept for as long as you have an account

we keep this Personal Data for as long as you have an account. This Personal Data includes your account Personal Data, input and payment Personal Data.

Under “How Long Do We Keep Your Personal Data”, given as an example of the general rule: “We retain Personal Data for as long as necessary to provide our Services and for the other purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.” The Privacy Policy does not cover end users of apps built on the Open Platform. DeepSeek Privacy Policy, kept 24 Oct 2026 · sha256 339984e36a79

Option to keep no data
Not stated in the pages kept
Searched: DeepSeek Privacy Policy; DeepSeek Open Platform Terms of Service; Rate Limit & Isolation.
Where data is processed and stored
Personal data collected, processed and stored in the People’s Republic of China

To provide you with our services, we directly collect, process and store your Personal Data in People's Republic of China.

DeepSeek Privacy Policy, kept 24 Oct 2026 · sha256 339984e36a79

Sub-processors
Service providers by category; no list in the kept pages

We engage service providers that help us provide, support, and develop the Services and understand how they are used.

DeepSeek Privacy Policy, kept 24 Oct 2026 · sha256 339984e36a79

Certifications and audits
Not stated in the pages kept
Searched: DeepSeek Privacy Policy; DeepSeek Open Platform Terms of Service; Rate Limit & Isolation.
Data processing agreement
Not stated in the pages kept
Searched: DeepSeek Privacy Policy; DeepSeek Open Platform Terms of Service; Rate Limit & Isolation.
Published usage limits
Concurrency limits per model, per account

For each account, the concurrency limits for different DeepSeek API models are shown in the table below.

The page says: “If you need higher concurrency, you can submit a capacity expansion request.” Rate Limit & Isolation, kept 3 Nov 2026 · sha256 f8fa23628232

Pages kept

each copy is held with the sha256 of its bytes as served
Page The page’s date Newest copy Checks
DeepSeek Privacy PolicyUse and retention of personal data Last Update: Feb 10, 2026 24 Oct 2026, 48 KBsha256 339984e36a795843ee2b5b917797072ec249f3c0e9ff7cbbfe754c01caa4f069
  • 24 Oct 2026: kept
  • 26 Oct 2026: same text as 24 Oct 2026
DeepSeek Open Platform Terms of ServiceThe contract for API developers Release date: April 22, 2026 24 Oct 2026, 33 KBsha256 2b433c53cbac75491959025eba5a27908f9f1886352dce0a05f3d5a936d87790
  • 24 Oct 2026: kept
  • 26 Oct 2026: same text as 24 Oct 2026
Rate Limit & IsolationConcurrency limits on the API none printed 3 Nov 2026, 39 KBsha256 f8fa23628232d781347701b85a5a486685a7fb481300971fbb467e82c0d480e2
  • 3 Nov 2026: kept

No kept page of DeepSeek has changed

first kept on 24 Oct 2026

Sources

vendors.csv Every dataset → Status → Glossary →