South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission suspended the DeepSeek app for breaching local privacy laws. The app was withdrawn after concerns over the collection and sharing of personal information with advertisers and the use of all user inputs for training models. The app already faced backlash for suggesting that Kimchi has Chinese origins. A domestic representative of DeepSeek has shown willingness to engage in discussions for compliance. While the investigation proceeds, users are advised to be cautious, as other nations have also limited DeepSeek's access on governmental devices.
South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission has suspended local availability of DeepSeek's apps due to privacy law violations and concerns over data collection.
DeepSeek's operations are under scrutiny following warnings about personal information collection and sharing user data with advertisers.
Collection
[
|
...
]