FRANKFURT: Germany’s information safety commissioner has requested Apple and Google to take away Chinese language AI startup DeepSeek from their app shops within the nation attributable to issues about information safety.
Commissioner Meike Kamp mentioned in an announcement on Friday (Jun 27) that she had made the request as a result of DeepSeek illegally transfers customers’ private information to China.
The 2 US tech giants should now overview the request promptly and determine whether or not to dam the app in Germany, she added.
DeepSeek didn’t reply to a request for remark. Apple and Google weren’t instantly out there for remark.
In line with its personal privateness coverage, DeepSeek shops quite a few private information, similar to requests to its AI programme or uploaded recordsdata, on computer systems in China.
“DeepSeek has not been capable of present my company with convincing proof that German customers’ information is protected in China to a degree equal to that within the European Union,” Kamp mentioned.
“Chinese language authorities have far-reaching entry rights to private information throughout the sphere of affect of Chinese language firms,” she added.
The commissioner mentioned she took the choice after asking DeepSeek in Might to fulfill the necessities for non-EU information transfers or else voluntarily withdraw its app. DeepSeek didn’t adjust to this request, she added.
