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A Chinese AI app, DeepSeek, has been taken down from South Korean app stores pending an investigation into its handling of user data. According to AFP, Choi Jang-hyuk, vice chairperson of Seoul’s Personal Information Protection Commission, stated that DeepSeek has been removed from local app stores while authorities conduct a thorough examination of its personal data processing practices to ensure compliance with local laws.
The app’s R1 chatbot gained popularity since its launch last month, but concerns have been raised in several countries about how DeepSeek stores user data, which the company claims is kept on “secure servers located in China.”
In a press release, South Korea’s data protection agency said DeepSeek had “acknowledged that considerations for domestic privacy laws were somewhat lacking”. The agency assessed that bringing the app into line with local privacy laws “would inevitably take a significant amount of time”, it added.
“To prevent further concerns from spreading, the commission recommended that DeepSeek temporarily suspend its service while making the necessary improvements,” it said. DeepSeek has “accepted” the proposal, the agency added.
DeepSeek is no longer available on Apple App Store and Google Play Store in South Korea.
This month, several South Korean government ministries and police blocked DeepSeek on their computers. Italy has launched its own investigation and blocked DeepSeek from processing data for Italian users. Australia has banned it from government devices, and US lawmakers have proposed a bill to block it over concerns about data security.
Back in India, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has launched a thorough inquiry into potential harm to Indian citizens using DeepSeek on their devices.
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