March 20, 2025 | Organisational Information and Performance , Security and Data Protection
Request Number: FOI/13858
Category: Organisational Information & Performance - Internal Information, Security and Data Protection
Subject: Deepseek AI usage
Request and Answer:
Request
Please provide me with the following information on web traffic data to the following domains from devices used by all members of staff within your constabulary.
- chat.deepseek.com
- deepseek.com
Please provide the number of visits to each domain from January 20th, 2025, until February 6th, 2025.
Amendment provided by Requester
Instead of a single figure for the time period, please provide daily figures for web traffic within the date range (20-01-2025 until 06-02-2025).
Answer
Your request for information has now been considered. In respect of Section 1(1)(a) of the Act we can confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) does not hold information in relation to your requests. Enquiries made in relation to your request failed to locate any records or documents relevant to your request based on the information you have provided.
We have found no records of users attempting to access either of the “deepseek” domains, in the time period specified.
Accordingly, we have determined that the Police Service of Northern Ireland does not hold the information to which you seek access.