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On Friday, one of the German data protection dogs said that the Deepseek application illegally sends user data to China and asked Google And Apple Consider blocking the artificial intelligence service.
Berlin Data Protection Commissioner Meike Kamp said in a statement that German Deepseek’s German user data transfer was “illegal”.
There is no easily available way to get in touch with Deepseek. CNBC contacted the Deepseek privacy team.
Chinese Deepseek firm Make waves this year When he launched an AI model which, according to him, was created at a fraction of the cost of competitors, using less advanced Nvidia chips.
The company also has its own Global Chatbot AI application, which has been downloaded millions of times, which has a meticulous examination.
If the German affair against Deepseek progresses, this could lead to a ban on the European Union for the application, according to some experts.
“It is certainly possible that this incident can lead to an EU scale prohibition, because the rules apply to Germany are the same elsewhere in the EU and also in the United Kingdom,” said Matt Holman, AI specialist and data lawyer at CRIPPS, at CNBC by e-mail. There are, however, a few steps before it becomes reality.
What is Germany’s problem with Deepseek?
“Deepseek has not been able to convincingly demonstrate to my authority that the data of German users are protected in China at a level equivalent to that of the European Union,” Kamp in Germany said, according to a CNBC translation. “Chinese authorities have important access rights to personal data in the field of influence of Chinese companies.”
Under the General Data Protection of the European Union protection – the enormous law on the protection of block data – companies are prohibited from sending data outside the region, unless specific guarantees are in place in the countries of arrival. These guarantees must meet the RGPD requirements in Europe.
In short, the Berlin data protection commissioner fears that the Chinese authorities can access the data of German users sent by Deepseek in China.
What are the next steps?
On Friday, the Berlin data guard dog said that he had informed Apple and Google of the alleged violations of Deepseek and expects the American technology giants to carry out an “timely exam” on the prohibition of the application or not of their respective application stores.
It is not clear if Google and Apple will comply. CNBC contacted the two companies to comment.
Holman de Cripps said that although the ban and ban on the EU scale are possible, there must first be a consensus among the block regulators that it would be an appropriate step.
If Apple and Google remove Deepseek from their application stores, this would actually be a ban on the EU scale, Holman said.
“The implications for Deepseek could be, without surprise, marked enough. Access to data from German citizens will be reduced. In a short time, this could extend to the rest of the EU if the other national regulators follow the costumes which mean that the EU – and potentially in the United Kingdom – the markets will be reduced if Apple and Google deactivate the application,” said Holman.
This is not the first Deepseek match with regulators in Europe. Italian data protection authorities in February Ordered Deepseek To block its application in the country. Meanwhile, the Irish authorities in January asked Deepseek information about data processing.
