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DeepSeek API carries highly permissive license terms; Sprout Social AI carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: DEEPSEEK API NOT RECOMMENDED · SPROUT SOCIAL AI NOT RECOMMENDED
| RISK SURFACE | DEEPSEEK API | SPROUT SOCIAL AI |
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| 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…”
“**1.10.**“ **Content**” all information, data, content, messages and other materials that you or your Authorized Users post or otherwise transmit via the Applications.”
“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.
“**1.14.**“ **Feedback**” means any suggestions, enhancement requests, recommendations or other feedback you provide to Sprout Social regarding the Services.”
“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.
“08. **3.7. Data Use**. You acknowledge and authorize Sprout Social’s and its Affiliates’ access and use of de-identified or de-identified and aggregated data for its business purposes: (a) to compile usage and performance information related to the Services; (b) to operate, impro…”
“ lending, selling, or sub-licensing the entire or part of the Services.”
“04. **13.4. Federal Government End Use Provisions.** If you are a U.S. federal government end user, the Services are a “Commercial Item” as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. §2.101, consisting of “Commercial Computer Software” and “Commercial Computer Software Documentation”, as…”
“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.
“As indicated above, vendors may act as our service providers, or in certain contexts, independently decide how to process your information. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with and consult their privacy policies and terms of use.”
Some vendors are acknowledged to act as independent data controllers, not merely processors, meaning Sprout Social has no control over how they use the user's data and accepts no responsibility for it.
“and **Payment Personal Data** are not applicable to DeepSeek App.”
“**1.19.**“ **Plan**” means the specific services and product features available to you based upon your subscription. Plan details may be outlined within the Application or on a Service Order.”