Korea is the latest governing body that restricts Chinese companies’ Deepseek based on the company’s data policy.
Korean officials on Saturday announcement Temporary suspension of downloading the DeepSeek app until it complies with local data protection laws under the national Privacy Act.
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After analyzing the app’s policies, the Privacy Commission (PIPC) said, according to a press release translated from Korea to English, “Some shortcomings of communication functions and personal information processing policies and third party service providers and “We have identified the personal information processing policy.” PIPC said Deepseek “meets the requirements of the National Protection Act” and will undownload blocks at local app stores.
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Deepseeks entered the AI scene in January, creating a small portion of the cost of popular models like Openai’s O1. However, its privacy policy collects extensive user data and stores it on servers in China, making it news worthy of the Chinese government accessible according to local methods.
Given China’s status as a nation’s enemy, countries quickly issued warnings about data protection and national security risks. Both Ireland and Italy have sent enquiries requesting more information about Deepseek’s policy, and Italy has since blocked the download. Australia It also recently banned the use of DeepSeek on government devices. Since the arrival of Deepseek, US Federal Law It has been introduced to ban Deepseek on government devices, and New York and Texas are already working to do the same in their respective state laws.
Back in Korea, the announcement states that users who have already downloaded DeepSeek are still open to access, but they have told users to “use the app carefully” and not enter their personal information.
