Data Report Card · DeepSeek
DeepSeek Data Report Card
AI assistant · Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.
Data
Practices
Practices
1Access0Portability1Friction1Deletion2Sells0Trains AI
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D
5/12
Agent
Readiness
Readiness
1Access
0Portability
0API access
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D
1/6
Agent Readiness is a derived signal — a synthesis of two existing cells (Access, Portability) plus one sourced factor (API access), not an independently measured grade. API access scale: Best (2) consumer-grantable API · Moderate (1) partial / encumbered · Restrictive (0) manual export only. What is Agent Readiness?
Reviewed Jun 2026 · some cells re-verified Aug 2026 · policies are checked weekly for changes · stated — every cell is read from DeepSeek's published policy; none has been tested (run by us) yet.
1Accessstated
The policy says you “may have certain rights” “depending on where you live”, including access; you can view certain account information by logging in, but the documented path for an access request is emailing privacy@deepseek.com — no portal, and no stated scope or timeline.
DeepSeek Privacy Policy — Your Rights · accessed Aug 2026 ↗0Portabilitystated
No export feature is documented on any DeepSeek surface. The policy names data portability only inside the EEA/UK/Switzerland supplemental terms (“structured, commonly used and machine-readable format”); the US-facing text states no export right or tool.
DeepSeek Privacy Policy — Supplemental Terms · accessed Aug 2026 ↗1Frictionstated
Chat history can be deleted self-serve via settings, but every other right runs through a privacy email answered “consistent with applicable law and subject to proper verification” — no stated response timeline.
DeepSeek Privacy Policy — Your Choices / Your Rights · accessed Aug 2026 ↗1Deletionstated
Self-serve chat-history deletion and permanent account deletion exist (“you will not be able to reactivate your account”), but no post-deletion purge timeline is stated — retention runs “as long as necessary” and “as long as you have an account”.
DeepSeek Privacy Policy — retention · accessed Aug 2026 ↗2Sells / sharesstated
The policy states in capitals that DeepSeek does “NOT ENGAGE IN TARGETED ADVERTISING, ‘SELL’ PERSONAL DATA” — the plain no-sell shape. It shares data with service providers and its corporate group for operations, not for advertising.
DeepSeek Privacy Policy — How We Share Your Information · accessed Aug 2026 ↗0Trains AIstated
DeepSeek uses your content for “training and improving our technology, such as our machine learning models and algorithms” by default. The only training opt-out sits in the EEA/UK/Switzerland supplemental terms — a US user has no stated opt-out at all.
DeepSeek Privacy Policy — How We Use Your Information / Supplemental Terms · accessed Aug 2026 ↗0API access — feeds Agent Readiness, not the /12stated
DeepSeek’s platform API serves model inference; there is no consumer-grantable OAuth API for an agent to fetch your own account data — the self-data path is an email request to privacy@deepseek.com.
DeepSeek API Docs (developer-facing) · accessed Aug 2026 ↗Graded 2026-08-30 against the DeepSeek Privacy Policy (Last Update: Feb 10, 2026) and the Open Platform Terms of Service (effective Apr 29, 2026). Consumer surface = the DeepSeek app and chat.deepseek.com. The policy states personal data is directly collected, processed and stored in the People's Republic of China. The API terms are silent on provider-side training and retention, so training facts cite the privacy policy (calibration C4). History: the Feb 14, 2025 revision — during the Garante-scrutiny window — removed “keystroke patterns or rhythms” and both-direction advertising-partner data flows from the Dec 5, 2024 text; the Sells cell grades the current statement. This company also publishes its models as open weights. Running them yourself, or through another host, is not governed by this policy — this grade describes DeepSeek's own service. All cells stated, not tested.
Events
Breaches, policy changes, and export-format changes we’ve recorded at DeepSeek — other parties’ actions, alongside the enforcement record above. An event never changes a grade by itself. All events →
No events on record for DeepSeek.
Grade history
Every change to this company’s grade since it was first published, and why. All grade changes →
No changes since this grade was first published in Jun 2026.
How to request your data from DeepSeek
- Go to https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-privacy-policy.html — DeepSeek's data-request entry point.
- In-app: settings for chat-history and account deletion; all other rights via privacy@deepseek.com — no portal, no export tool.
- Expected wait: email requests "consistent with applicable law and subject to proper verification"; no stated response timeline — DeepSeek's stated turnaround (we haven't independently timed a request yet).
- No self-serve option, or want a formal request? Contact DeepSeek — Privacy: mailto:privacy@deepseek.com.
These steps reflect DeepSeek's documented process as of Jun 2026. The wait time is the company's stated figure, not yet independently measured by us.