Deepseek’s emblem on Jan. 29, 2025.
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South Korea’s knowledge safety authority on Monday mentioned new downloads of the Chinese language AI app DeepSeek had been suspended within the nation after DeepSeek acknowledged failing to consider a few of the company’s guidelines on defending private knowledge.
The service of the app might be resumed as soon as enhancements are made in accordance with the nation’s privateness legislation, the Private Info Safety Fee (PIPC) mentioned in a media briefing.
The measure that got here into drive on Saturday goals to dam new downloads of the app, the company mentioned, although DeepSeek’s net service stays accessible within the nation.
The Chinese language startup appointed authorized representatives final week in South Korea and had acknowledged partially neglecting concerns of the nation’s knowledge safety legislation, the PIPC mentioned.
Italy’s knowledge safety authority, the Garante, mentioned final month it had ordered DeepSeek to dam its chatbot within the nation after failing to deal with the regulator’s issues over its privateness coverage.
DeepSeek didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
When requested about earlier strikes by South Korean authorities departments to dam DeepSeek, a Chinese language international ministry spokesperson instructed a briefing on February 6 that the Chinese language authorities connected nice significance to knowledge privateness and safety and guarded it in accordance with the legislation.
The spokesperson additionally mentioned Beijing would by no means ask any firm or particular person to gather or retailer knowledge in breach of legal guidelines.
