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"you need to ensure full compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements when handling personal information...and are willing to assume solely any risks and consequences that may arise from that.Excerpt from DeepSeek's Open Source License
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The clause states: “you need to ensure full compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements when handling personal information...and are willing to assume solely any risks and consequences that may arise from that.”
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