South Korea’s national data protection authority has temporarily paused the download of DeepSeek from app stores in the country while it investigates how the Chinese company handles user data ...

During DeepSeek's presence in South Korea, it transferred user data to several firms in China and the U.S. without obtaining the necessary consent from users or disclosing the practice, the PIPC said.

South Korea's data protection regulator has found that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek has been sharing user data with ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, through ByteDance's Volcano Engine ...

South Korea's data protection authority said on Thursday that Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek transferred user information and prompts without permission when the service was ...

DeepSeek has defended itself by saying that the data was passed on to improve the user experience, but this explanation is not accepted by South Korea’s data protection authority.

South Korea says DeepSeek transferred user data to China and the U.S. without consent By Dylan Butts, CNBC • Published April 24, 2025 • Updated on April 24, 2025 at 10:36 pm ...