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title: "How can I tell whether a third-party DeepSeek endpoint retains my prompts?"  
description: "How can I tell whether a third-party DeepSeek endpoint retains my prompts?"  
author: "Otto Lehtonen"  
published: 2026-10-22  
updated: 2026-10-22  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162775/how-can-i-tell-whether-a-third-party-deepseek-endpoint-retains-my-prompts  
category: "DeepSeek Hosting"  
tags: ["DeepSeek", "data privacy", "Inference APIs", "AI hosting"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How can I tell whether a third-party DeepSeek endpoint retains my prompts?

I’m considering using DeepSeek through an inference service rather than calling a provider directly. Before sending any work-related text, I want to understand what happens to prompts and outputs after a request finishes.

What should I look for in a provider’s **prompt retention policy**—for example, logging periods, use for model improvement, or access by support staff? If you’ve evaluated a hosted endpoint, what details did you verify before trusting it with non-public data?


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Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/162775/how-can-i-tell-whether-a-third-party-deepseek-endpoint-retains-my-prompts

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