South Korea Deepseek with Apps stores for fears on data safety

Seoul The South Korean authorities announced on Monday that they withdrew the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) Deepseek of the local application stores, while reviewing their user data management, which caused a reaction from the Chinese government.

The Chinese platform was removed until they are examined in depth the Depseek data processing practices to verify compliance From local laws, Choi Jang-Hyuk, vice president of the South Korean personal information protection commission indicated at a press conference.

The Chinese emerging company launched its chatbot R1 and assured that it had the same capacity as US systems of AI due to a cost fraction.

But South Korea, like other countries, questions Deepseek’s practices about data management.

At the end of January, the South Korean regulator announced that he had asked Deepseek explanations about his information treatment provided by users.

Since then, the Chinese company He recognized some deficiencies In relation to respect for privacy, the commission said on Monday.

The latter acknowledged that rectifying the situation would inevitably take some time and that is why they decided to remove the platform from the application store.

Depseek was not available on Monday in the South Korean version of the Apple Application store, although it could be used by the users who already downloaded it.

China, on the other hand, said that their companies respect local laws and norms and asked that technological issues not be politicized.

Beijing demands Chinese companies abroad to respect strictly laws and local regulationssaid Monday during a regular press conference, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guo Jiakun.

We hope that concerned countries avoid taking measures that exceed the concept of security and politicizing commercial and technological issuesGuo added.