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Incident #5B1227 · 23 DEC 2025notable
DeepSeek / Privacy Policy EU

DeepSeek EU policy adds voice/photo inputs, sharing warnings, and a right to opt out of training

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The policy now lists voice input and photos as collected content, while promising not to extract voiceprints or facial recognition data from them. It adds a conversation-sharing feature via unique URL with a warning that shared chats may be crawled, and lets users copy as well as delete chat history. It also lists a right to opt out of using personal data for model training or technology optimization.

Taken from you

  • Voice inputs and photos are now explicitly collected as part of your inputs
  • Shared conversation links, if published publicly, may be harvested by web crawlers

Won back

  • Right to opt out of use of personal data for training models or optimizing technologies
  • Commitment not to extract voiceprint or facial recognition data from voice inputs or photos
  • Ability to copy chat history as well as delete it
  • Clearer warnings and precautions about sharing conversations
Evidence · 4 of 4 quotes matched in source
* the right to opt-out of using your Personal Data for training our models or optimizing our technologies.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
we will not extract or mine voiceprint or facial recognition information or other unique biological patterns or characteristics used to identify a specific individual from the voice inputs or photos you provided to us.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
any Dialogues you share with others, if subsequently published on public networks, may be at risk of being obtained by third parties through technical means such as web crawlers.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
we may collect your text input, voice input, prompt, uploaded files, photos, feedback, chat history, or other content that you provide to our model and Services+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
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