Recently, a Chinese artificial intelligence, which is called DeepSeek, has caused stir in the tech world by competing with OpenAI, Google’s Gemini, and Twitter’s Grok AI. But it has a privacy policy that’s made a number of people worried about what they do with your personal info.
The company collects a lot of data when you use DeepSeek’s AI assistant chatbot. This means all of your IP address, your keystrokes, and information about your device. All of this data is kept on servers based in China, which could mean danger to your privacy. The Chinese law allows the government to access this information for national security reasons, a point that’s raised worry that your data might be exposed.
So what does DeepSeek gather then? To use the service, it simply wants details about you, including your date of birth, email address, phone number, and password when you sign up. In addition to your chat history, it also collects anything that you type or say, including files that you upload and feedback.
Just fyi, @deepseek_ai collects your IP, keystroke patterns, device info, etc etc, and stores it in China, where all that data is vulnerable. There is no privacy.
— mjs (@manasjsaloi) January 28, 2025
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It also keeps track of something like your device’s model, OS, its system language, and so on. DeepSeek uses these details to inform your behavior and improve security.
Also, DeepSeek device identifies you and provides information about your online activity, like cookies, unique device identifiers used for tracking what you do on other websites and applications.
DeepSeek stores access tokens and other relevant info if you log in using 3rd party services. The company may request for information to verify your identity or of age, if you require customer support.
In addition, DeepSeek may also share your data with advertisers, analytics companies as well as government authorities, if necessary under law.
Furthermore, Privacy experts and officials have sounded the alarm about DeepSeek’s range of data collection and possible sharing, warning users of risks with the service.
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