DeepSeek Privacy Policy

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Policy last updated February 10, 2026

This saved policy states that its last update was February 10, 2026.

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Last Update: Feb 10, 2026

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Scope: DeepSeek services, with a downstream-app exclusion

The policy covers personal data processed for DeepSeek apps, websites, software and related services that link to or reference it, including chatbot interactions. It excludes end-user processing in downstream applications built by developers using DeepSeek’s open platform; the developer is responsible for disclosing its own policy. A linked model-mechanism document is separate and is not supplied here.

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This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to the Personal Data (or other similar terms as defined by applicable data protection law) relating to you (“Personal Data”) that DeepSeek processes in connection with DeepSeek apps, websites, software, and related services (the “Services”), that link to or reference this Privacy Policy. The Services enable you to create and interact with chatbots.

Please be informed that the processing rules for Personal Data collected from end users when accessing downstream systems or applications developed by developers using our open platform services are not covered by this privacy policy. The developer operating the application, as the controller of the Personal Data processing activity, should disclose the relevant Personal Data protection policies to the end users. If you would like to learn more about our model mechanism or training methods, please refer to the Model Mechanism and Training Methods of DeepSeek.

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• The linked Model Mechanism and Training Methods of DeepSeek text is not supplied here; this card does not describe its training disclosures.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

The data controller is based in China

Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd., with its registered address in China, provides and controls the services. Privacy questions can go to privacy@deepseek.com or the website’s Contact us column.

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Data Controller: The Services are provided and controlled by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd., with its registered address in China (“we” or “us”). If you have any questions about how we use your Personal Data, please contact privacy@deepseek.com or click the “Contact us” column on the website.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Third-party content is outside DeepSeek’s control

The services may link to third-party policies, features or content that DeepSeek does not control. DeepSeek disclaims responsibility and representations about those materials and third-party practices or operations.

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Third-party content. The Services may contain links to policies, functionality, or content maintained by third parties not controlled by us. We are not responsible for, and make no representations regarding, such policies, functionality, or content or any other practices or operations of such third parties.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Updates may be announced by a revised date or posted policy

DeepSeek may update the policy from time to time as required by law. Notice can take the form of a changed last-updated date, posting a new policy, or another notice required by applicable law. It recommends checking the policy whenever using the service; the clause does not promise an individual email for every change.

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We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as required by law. When we update the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of the new Privacy Policy, posting the new Privacy Policy, or by providing any other notice required by applicable law. We recommend that you review the Privacy Policy each time you access our Services to stay informed of our privacy practices.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Additional European rules map purposes to legal bases

For people using the services in the EEA, Switzerland or UK, additional terms apply. DeepSeek says it uses personal data only as law permits and identifies purposes, categories and legal bases in a table. You may decline some data fields, but doing so may affect the services available to you. These are region-specific additional rules, not universal rights for all users.

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If you are using the Services in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK (the “European Region”), the following additional terms apply:

We use your Personal Data only as permitted by law. Our legal bases for processing your Personal Data described in this Privacy Policy are described in the table below.

Please be aware that we collect your Personal Data for the purposes set out in the table above. You may choose not to provide some of the Personal Data fields, but this may affect the Services you are able to use from us.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

European operations rely on contract, requested consent or a limited minor-related basis

In the EEA, Switzerland and UK, the service-operation and enforcement row covers account data, inputs, contacts with DeepSeek, device/network data, logs, location and cookies; the general policy excludes its cookie provision from the App. Listed bases are performance of the service contract or requested pre-signup steps, and consent when requested for a specific account-creation purpose. For ages 14–17 with limited contracting ability, when contractual necessity is unavailable, DeepSeek relies on legitimate interests to enable access and use. This describes a processing basis, not a general declaration of age eligibility.

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If you are using the Services in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK (the “European Region”), the following additional terms apply:

To provide, administer and maintain the Services and to enforce our terms, conditions and policies. Such as creating the accounts, deliver a fast and convenient logging-in experience, enabling you to chat with DeepSeek and provide user support.

Account Personal Data User Input Personal Data When You Contact Us Device and Network Personal Data Log Personal Data Location Personal Data Cookies

Performance of a contract with you when we provide and maintain our services. To take steps that you request prior to signing up for an account to use the Platform.

Your consent when we ask for it to process your Personal Data for a specific purpose to help you create accounts.

Legitimate interests. If you are 14 or older but under the age of 18, with a limited ability to enter into an enforceable contract only, where we may be unable to process your Personal Data on the grounds of contractual necessity, we rely on legitimate interests and use the Personal Data we collect to allow you to access and use the Platform.

To avoid any doubt, Cookies & Similar Technologies and Payment Personal Data are not applicable to DeepSeek App.

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• contrast (model-proposed): Child-data reports trigger investigation and qualified deletion — contrast: The general policy says the services are not aimed at children, while the European table supplies a processing basis for some users aged 14–17 with limited contracting ability. The regional basis is not itself an age-eligibility grant or proof of a contradiction.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

European legal and public-interest processing has specified grounds

In the EEA, Switzerland and UK, the legal-obligation, public-interest and vital-interest row covers account data, inputs, contacts, device/network data, logs, location and cookies, subject to the App cookie exclusion. It lists compliance duties, valid legal requests and protection of rights, safety and property, plus legitimate interests in protecting the business, employees and users and sharing with regulators or government entities. Emergency health or life disclosures remain subject to the general legal-due-process wording. The regional objection right for legitimate-interest processing applies unless overriding compelling grounds are shown.

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If you are using the Services in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK (the “European Region”), the following additional terms apply:

To comply with our legal obligations, or as necessary to perform tasks in the public interest, or to protect the vital interests of our users and other people. This could include providing law enforcement agencies or emergency services with Personal Data in urgent situations to protect health or life.

Account Personal Data User Input Personal Data When You Contact Us Device and Network Personal Data Log Personal Data Location Personal Data Cookies

Compliance with our legal obligations. This includes situations where we have obligations to take measures to ensure the safety of our users or comply with a valid legal request such as an order from law enforcement agencies or courts; and where we have obligations to comply with applicable law or when we protect our or our affiliates’, users’, or third parties’ rights, safety, and property.

Our legitimate interests to protect our business, employees and users from illegal activities, inappropriate behavior or violations of terms that would be detrimental, and to disclose and share Personal Data with regulators or other government entities.

To avoid any doubt, Cookies & Similar Technologies and Payment Personal Data are not applicable to DeepSeek App.

in the public interest, or to protect the vital interests of our users and other people. This could include providing law enforcement agencies or emergency services with Personal Data in urgent situations to protect health or life, in accordance with the due process prescribed by law.

The right to object to processing if we are processing your Personal

Data on the basis of our legitimate interest unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds which may override your right. If you object to such processing, we ask you to state the grounds of your objection in order for us to examine the processing of your Personal Data and to balance our legitimate interest in processing and your objection to this processing;

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

European users can complain to their local data authority

The European supplement gives EEA, Swiss and UK users the right to lodge complaints before their local data-protection authority.

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European Economic Area (“EEA”), Switzerland, and UK

The right to lodge complaints before your local data protection

authority.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

Legal duties and urgent health or life protection are processing purposes

DeepSeek uses personal data to comply with legal obligations, perform necessary public-interest tasks or protect people’s vital interests. This may include providing data to law enforcement or emergency services in urgent health or life situations, in accordance with legally prescribed due process.

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To comply with our legal obligations, or as necessary to perform tasks

in the public interest, or to protect the vital interests of our users and other people. This could include providing law enforcement agencies or emergency services with Personal Data in urgent situations to protect health or life, in accordance with the due process prescribed by law.