Germany Urges Apple and Google to Ban Chinese AI App DeepSeek Over Privacy Concerns

Berlin’s data protection commissioner, Meike Kamp, has raised serious alarms over the Chinese AI application DeepSeek, accusing the company of unlawfully transferring personal data of German users to China in violation of the European Union’s stringent General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In a statement released on Friday, Kamp highlighted that DeepSeek has failed to demonstrate that the data of German users is protected in China at a level comparable to EU standards.

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Under GDPR, companies are barred from transferring personal data outside the EU unless the receiving country ensures equivalent safeguards, a criterion that Kamp argues is not met due to the extensive access rights Chinese authorities have over data within the jurisdiction of Chinese firms.

According to the Report, this concern stems from the potential risk of German user data being accessed by Chinese authorities, posing a significant threat to user ...