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Orchids has moderate defaults; DeepSeek API carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: DEEPSEEK API NOT RECOMMENDED · ORCHIDS ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE
| RISK SURFACE | DEEPSEEK API | ORCHIDS |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
“ 4.1 You are responsible for all Inputs you submit to our Services and corresponding Outputs. By submitting Inputs to our Services, you represent and warrant that you have all rights, licenses, and permissions that are necessary for us to process the Inputs under our Terms. Y…”
“ We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the Services, Content, and Marks. ”
“Specifically, within DeepSeek's product services, these models, based on user input information (referred to as "Inputs"), compute and infer to output corresponding content as a response (referred to as "Outputs" ), including text, tables, and code. U”
The document is truncated and may contain an output-ownership clause later. Absence of an explicit grant to users of output ownership is a risk.
“ 8. USER GENERATED CONTRIBUTIONS ”
“To improve and develop the Services and to train and improve our technology, such as our machine learning models and algorithms. Including by monitoring interactions and usage across your devices, analyzing how people are using it, and training and improving our technology.”
User inputs, outputs, and behavioral data are explicitly used to train and improve AI models with no opt-out mechanism described in this section.
“ By submitting suggestions or other feedback regarding the Services, you agree that we can use and share such feedback for any purpose without compensation to you. ”
“ lending, selling, or sub-licensing the entire or part of the Services.”
“ You may not access or use the Services for any purpose other than that for which we make the Services available. The Services may not be used in connection with any commercial endeavors except those that are specifically endorsed or approved by us. ”
“the right to delete Personal Data you’ve provided to us, or that we’ve obtained about you;”
The policy references a deletion right but provides no detail on actual retention periods, deletion timelines, or what happens to data already used in model training upon deletion request.
“We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months: Category Examples Collected A. Identifiers Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online…”
The platform collects biometric information (fingerprints and voiceprints), protected-class characteristics (race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, age), financial information, and behavioral inferences. This is an unusually broad and sensitive data collection profile for an AI platform.
“and **Payment Personal Data** are not applicable to DeepSeek App.”
“ We reserve the right to refuse any order placed through the Services. We may, in our sole discretion, limit or cancel quantities purchased per person, per household, or per order. These restrictions may include orders placed by or under the same customer account, the same paymen…”