- Deployment
- hosted
- Hq Country
- China
- Hq City
- Hangzhou
- Ownership
- private
- Founded
- 2023
- Training Default
- opt-out-buried
- Residency Options
- PRC only
- Gov Access Exposure
- prc-nil
- Eu Ai Act Role
- gpai
- Self Host Option
- Yes
- Retention Default
- 'as long as necessary' (indefinite)
- Retention Exceptions
- Policy permits sharing within corporate group and with advertising partners.
- Subprocessors
- undisclosed
- Transfer Mechanism
- none-stated
- Eu Procurement Ready
- fail
- Eu Procurement Reason
- Garante definitive limitation on processing Italian users' data (2025-01-30); Berlin DPA app-store removal demand (2025-06); PRC storage with no GDPR transfer mechanism.
- Last Policy Change
- 2025-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Change Summary
- Garante imposed definitive processing limitation; app pulled from Italian stores.
- Prior Value
- Unrestricted EU availability.
- Training Evidence Url
- https://chat.deepseek.com/downloads/DeepSeek%20Privacy%20Policy.html
- Training Claim Basis
- stated
- Training Confidence
- high
- Residency Evidence Url
- https://chat.deepseek.com/downloads/DeepSeek%20Privacy%20Policy.html
- Residency Claim Basis
- stated
- Residency Confidence
- high
- Retention Evidence Url
- https://chat.deepseek.com/downloads/DeepSeek%20Privacy%20Policy.html
- Retention Claim Basis
- stated
- Retention Confidence
- high
- Subprocessors Claim Basis
- inferred
- Subprocessors Confidence
- low
