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The DeepSeek consumer app

DeepSeek's privacy policy states that it directly collects, processes and stores personal data in the People's Republic of China. Training and improving its models is a named purpose of processing, with a printed right to opt out. No retention period, deletion window or other number appears anywhere in the policy, and the terms are governed by mainland Chinese law.

The verdict

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Key facts

What the sources say

Record ID
AVD-2026-0020
Kind
Consumer tier
Jurisdiction
China
Last verified
Added
  • The privacy policy states that to provide its services DeepSeek directly collects, processes and stores personal data in the People's Republic of China.
  • The controller is named as a company registered in China, and the terms of use are governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China in the mainland.
  • Training and improving the models is a named processing purpose, and the policy prints a right to opt out of it.
  • Neither the privacy policy nor the terms of use prints a retention period, a deletion window or any other number.

Dimension by dimension

10 dimensions, each one stated, silent or open

Used for training by default, Retention period, Deletion on request, Storage region and residency, Subprocessor list published, Human review of content, Opt out available, DPA available, Persistent memory across sessions, Last change to the terms. Stated means the document you can open below says it; silent means the ledger read the document and it does not.

Used for training by defaultStated
Yes. Improving and developing the services and training and improving the technology, such as the machine learning models, is a named purpose of processing.DeepSeek privacy policy, primary source, 10 February 2026.
Retention periodStated
Purpose bound with no period printed. The policy says only that personal data is retained for as long as necessary to provide the services.DeepSeek privacy policy, primary source, 10 February 2026.
Deletion on requestStated
Deletion is described as a process without a clock, and account deletion is irreversible, with no ability to reactivate or retrieve content.DeepSeek privacy policy, primary source, 10 February 2026.
Storage region and residencyStated
China, stated directly. Personal data is collected, processed and stored in the People's Republic of China, and the terms are governed by mainland Chinese law.DeepSeek privacy policy, primary source, 10 February 2026.
Subprocessor list publishedStated
Categories only, and one of them shares user input outward. Third party search APIs are integrated and the input keywords are shared with them.DeepSeek privacy policy, primary source, 10 February 2026.
Human review of contentSilent
No human review of user content is described. The only human review clause runs the other way, requiring the user to review consequential outputs.DeepSeek terms of use, primary source, 27 March 2026.
Opt out availableStated
Yes, printed as a right. The policy states a right to opt out of using personal data for training the models or optimising the technologies.DeepSeek privacy policy, primary source, 10 February 2026.
DPA availableSilent
No data processing addendum, no standard contractual clauses and no adequacy mechanism is named. The transfer language is conditional on what may be required.DeepSeek privacy policy, primary source, 10 February 2026.
Persistent memory across sessionsStated
No memory product. Chat history is user manageable and can be copied or deleted from settings.DeepSeek privacy policy, primary source, 10 February 2026.
Last change to the termsStated
The privacy policy prints Last Update 10 February 2026 and the terms of use print Last Update 27 March 2026.DeepSeek privacy policy, primary source, 10 February 2026.

What it changes

For a buyer or a workplace AI policy

Do not let a secondary source lend this vendor a retention period it never published. The documents print no number at all, which is the finding, and a risk register that records thirty days here is recording something the vendor does not say. What the vendor does say plainly is where the data lives, which for a European or United Kingdom organisation is the transfer question that has to be answered before any of the rest matters.

Sources

What this record was verified against

  1. DeepSeek privacy policyPrimary · 10 February 2026
  2. DeepSeek terms of usePrimary · 27 March 2026

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In a sentence
According to the GAGE AI Vendor Data Ledger (as of 15 September 2026), the deepseek consumer app.
APA
GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education). (2026). The DeepSeek consumer app. AI Vendor Data Ledger. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://www.gage.academy/tools/ai-vendor-data-ledger/records/AVD-2026-0020-deepseek-consumer-app
MLA
"The DeepSeek consumer app." AI Vendor Data Ledger, GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education), 15 September 2026, https://www.gage.academy/tools/ai-vendor-data-ledger/records/AVD-2026-0020-deepseek-consumer-app.
Chicago
GAGE (Global Academy of Generative-AI Education). "The DeepSeek consumer app." AI Vendor Data Ledger. Last modified 15 September 2026. https://www.gage.academy/tools/ai-vendor-data-ledger/records/AVD-2026-0020-deepseek-consumer-app.
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