South Korea blocks downloads of DeepSeek from local app stores

South Korean officials on Saturday Temporarily restricted The Chinese AI Lab DEPSEC app is pending an evaluation of how the Chinese company operates user data, starting from the country’s App Store.

The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) The Chinese app will be available for downloading after the Korean Privacy Act and after the required changes are made.

These restrictions will not affect the use of existing apps and web services in the country. However, the data protection authority has said that it suggests the DEPS to “see the view” to avoid entering personal information until the current users’ final decision is made.

After the release of the DIPSEC service in South Korea in late January, PIPC said that it reached the Chinese AI Lab to search and processed how it collected and processed it, and in its evaluation the problems with the third party service and privacy were found in its evaluation.

The PICC confirmed to TechCrunch that the investigation showed that DIPSEC had shifted South Korean users’ data to Biddance, the main body of Tickets.

DIPSEC did not immediately respond to the requests for the comment.

The agency says that DIPSEC recently appointed a local representative in South Korea and acknowledged that it was not familiar with the South Korean Privacy Act when it launched the service. The Chinese company also said Friday that it would closely cooperate with the Korean authorities.

At the beginning of this monthSouth Korea’s Commerce, Industry and Energy Ministry, Police, and a state -run agency Korea Hydro and nuclear power, temporarily blocked access to Chinese AI Startup on government devices.

Is south Korea Not the only country to be careful with the dipcin Given the Chinese source of it. There is Australia Forbidden The use of dipsek on government devices beyond security concerns. Guarant, Italy’s Data Protection AuthorityDIPSEC has directed the country to block its chatboat, while Taiwan has banned the government department of using DEPSC AI.

Hangzhu City-based DEPSEC founded Liang Feng in 2021 and it was published DEPSEC R1In a free, open-source rational AI model that competes in the Chatzipi of Openai.