The Italian privacy regulator Garante has blocked the Chinese AI assistant DeepSeek due to insufficient transparency about its use of personal data. Garante requested detailed information about the data collected, its sources, intended uses, and whether it is stored in China. However, the provided information was deemed inadequate. This blockade follows a trend of severe privacy interventions in Europe, notably similar to the previous restriction on ChatGPT. DeepSeek, which was performing well in downloads, is now unavailable in Italy's app stores while concerns linger globally about its privacy practices.
The Garante stated that the information provided by DeepSeek regarding personal data use was insufficient, leading to its immediate blockade in Italy.
Concerns regarding DeepSeek's privacy standards have been raised globally, reminiscent of previous European privacy actions like the blockade of ChatGPT in Italy.
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