In a media briefing that was held on Monday, the South Korean Commission for personal information protection indicated that the new downloads had paused in the country of the Chinese AI Startup Deepseek's mobile app. The limitation came into force on Saturday and has no influence on South Korean users who have already installed the app on their devices. The Deepseek -Service also remains accessible in South Korea via the internet.
PIPC explained per Reuters that representatives of Deepseek acknowledged that the company had partially neglected some of its obligations under the data protection of South Korea “, who offer South Koreans some of the strictest privacy protections worldwide.
Director PIPC Investigation Division Nam Seok is quoted by the Associated Press as saying that Deepseek “had no transparency about data transfer from third parties and possibly collected excessive personal information.” Deepseek is said to have sent a representative to Zuid -Korea to go through problems and bring the app into compliance.
It is unclear how long the app will not remain available in South Korea, where PIPC only says that the privacy problems it identified with the app can cost “a considerable amount of time” to resolve.
Western Infosec sources have also expressed dissatisfaction with aspects of Deepseek's safety. Mobile Security Company Nowsecure reported two weeks ago that the app sends information that is not encrypted to servers in China and checked by Tiktok owner bytedance; The week before, another security company found an open, web-accessible database filled with Deepseek chat history of the customer and other sensitive data.
Ars tried to ask the Deepseek's Deepthink (R1) model about the Tiananmen Square massacre or his favorite movie “Winnie the Pooh”, but the LLM did not comment.
