South Korea stated on Monday that the Chinese Deepsek app would not be available from the local app store, which reviews the handling of the company’s user data.
Choi Jung-Huk, Vice Chairperson of Seoul’s Personal Information Protection Commission, told reporters that the authorities would thoroughly investigate “Dipsek’s personal data processing practice” to ensure compliance with the local law.
Temporarily suspended app
The data protection agency add a statement because the Deepsek was collaborating with him and “it was accepted that the idea for domestic privacy laws was somewhat lacking.”
Officials said that it would take time to temporarily suspend the app in the country.
The app was removed from the local app store on Saturday and the South Korean version of the Apple Store on Saturday. Users who had already downloaded the lampsakes were still capable of the app.
Seoul used existing use with extreme caution until it was made to suit local law.
Deepsek and data secrecy
The Chinese startup has attracted a lot of attention due to the ability to match Western AI chatbots’ functions in recent weeks, which discovers a part of the cost as a chat. However, many countries areware of their storage of personal data from users.
Deepsek says that the data is stored in a safe server located in China.
Earlier this month, several South Korean government ministries and police banned their equipment from reaching the lampsake. Therefore, Australia has banned concerns from all government equipment that the app was collecting a lot of sensitive information.
Beijing refuses to try to use the company to access private data, and has promoted “politicization of economic, trade and technical issues”.
Edited by: Keran Burke
