DeepSeek
GDPR Compliance
Data Handling
All API data processed and stored in the People's Republic of China. No non-China infrastructure option exists.
Not publicly disclosed for API customers. Consumer privacy policy indicates PRC server storage with broad data use for service improvement.
Subject to PRC laws including PIPL, DSL, and NSL, which create government access rights structurally incompatible with GDPR Article 44+ transfer requirements.
Certifications & EU AI Act
No certifications disclosed.
No public statement. Open-weight model variants re-hosted by EU/US providers (Azure, Bedrock, Groq, Scaleway, etc.) have their own separate compliance posture under those providers.
Verification
HIGH GDPR RISK. Operated by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd. (PRC). All data processed in China. No adequacy decision, no SCCs, no BCRs, no DPA. Italy's Garante issued a provisional access restriction in 2025. PRC security laws (PIPL/DSL/NSL) create an irreconcilable conflict with GDPR Chapter V transfer rules. EU organisations should use DeepSeek models via re-hosting providers (Azure, Bedrock, Groq, Scaleway, etc.) rather than the direct DeepSeek API.
Models (11)
| Model | Modality | Context | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 deepseek/deepseek-chat | text | 164K | $0.320 | $0.890 |
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3 0324 deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3-0324 | text | 164K | $0.200 | $0.770 |
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1 | text | 33K | $0.150 | $0.750 |
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus deepseek/deepseek-v3.1-terminus | text | 164K | $0.210 | $0.790 |
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 | text | 164K | $0.260 | $0.380 |
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Exp deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-exp | text | 164K | $0.270 | $0.410 |
DeepSeek: DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale deepseek/deepseek-v3.2-speciale | text | 164K | $0.400 | $1.20 |
DeepSeek: R1 deepseek/deepseek-r1 | text | 64K | $0.700 | $2.50 |
DeepSeek: R1 0528 deepseek/deepseek-r1-0528 | text | 164K | $0.450 | $2.15 |
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Llama 70B deepseek/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | text | 131K | $0.700 | $0.800 |
DeepSeek: R1 Distill Qwen 32B deepseek/deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b | text | 33K | $0.290 | $0.290 |