NEW DOWNLOADS OF DEEPSEEK SUSPENDED IN SOUTH KOREA – DeepSeek admitted to overlooking certain agency rules on data protection
South Korea’s data protection authority said new downloads of the Chinese AI app DeepSeek had been suspended in the country after DeepSeek acknowledged failing to take into account some of the agency’s rules on protecting personal data.
The service of the app will resume once improvements are made in accordance with the country’s privacy law, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said in a media briefing.
The measure that came into force on Saturday (February 15) aims to block new downloads of the app, the agency said, though DeepSeek’s web service remains accessible in the country.
The Chinese startup appointed legal representatives last week in South Korea and had acknowledged partially neglecting considerations of the country’s data protection law, the PIPC said.
