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Westlaw AI (Thomson Reuters) has moderate defaults; DeepSeek API carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: DEEPSEEK API NOT RECOMMENDED · WESTLAW AI (THOMSON REUTERS) ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE
| RISK SURFACE | DEEPSEEK API | WESTLAW AI (THOMSON REUTERS) |
|---|---|---|
| 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…”
“ Personal information in content and communications uploaded, sent, shared, or inputted through our Services or via our networks and infrastructure, including feedback you provide to us and the content of communications between you and us or sent via our network and Services — in…”
“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.
“ All content provided on this site is owned by or licensed to Thomson Reuters and/or its affiliates (the "Thomson Reuters Content") and protected by United States and international copyright laws. Thomson Reuters and its licensors retain all proprietary rights to the Thomson Reut…”
“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.
“ lending, selling, or sub-licensing the entire or part of the Services.”
“Thomson Reuters grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site, subject to the Terms. This site and any portion hereof may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, downloaded, sold, resold, visited, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose withou…”
Use is restricted to personal, non-commercial purposes only. Any commercial exploitation of site content or outputs requires explicit prior written consent from Thomson Reuters, which may be withheld.
“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.
“Demographic information Age; date of birth; marriage status; gender; physical characteristics; military status; political, religious, or philosophical beliefs; sexual orientation; racial or ethnic origin; and union membershi”
TR collects special categories of personal data under GDPR Article 9 (political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, racial/ethnic origin, union membership), which require explicit legal bases and heightened protections.
“and **Payment Personal Data** are not applicable to DeepSeek App.”