South Korea says Dibsic has transferred user data to China, the United States without approval

The South Korea Data Protection Authority concluded that Deepseek, the start of the Chinese artificial intelligence, has collected personal information from local users and transported them abroad without their permission.

The Authority issued the Personal Information Protection Committee, its written writing Results On Thursday regarding the DEPSEK privacy and safety review.

The Deepseek removal of the Chatbot app from the South Korean application stores in February is followed in February Picp recommendation. The agency said that Dibsic had committed to cooperation in its concerns.

PIPC said that while Dibsic is in South Korea, user data was transferred to many companies in China and the United States without obtaining the necessary approval from users or revealing this practice.

The agency highlighted a specific situation in which Deepseek transmitted information from written artificial intelligence claims, as well as device, network information and application information to a Chinese cloud service platform called Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co.

While PIPC has identified Beijing Volcano Engine Technology

According to PIPC, Deepseek said she used Beijing Volcano Engine technology to improve security and user experience in its application, but later prevented AI’s information from April 10.

Deepseek and bytedance did not immediately respond to CNBC investigations.

The Hangzhou -based Ai Startup has taken its headquarters to the world in January when it unveiled the thinking model in R1, competing with the performance of Western competitors despite the company’s allegations that it was trained at relatively low costs and with less advanced devices.

However, the high popularity of the application has quickly caused national security security and data concerns outside China due to Beijing’s requirements for local companies to exchange data with PRC. Cyber ​​security experts As a sign has been placed She expressed weaknesses in the application and expressed fears about the company’s privacy policy.

PIPC said on Thursday that it had issued a corrective recommendation for Deepseek, which includes requests to destroy rapid information from artificial intelligence immediately to the Chinese company concerned and to prepare legal protocols to transfer personal information abroad.

When the Data Protection Authority announced the removal of Deepseek from local application stores, he indicated that the application will be available again once the company implement the updates needed to comply with the local data protection policy.

This investigation Follow reports Some South Korea government agencies had it The prohibited employees of using Deepseek on work devices. Other global government departments, including in Taiwanand Australiaand we. And according to what was reported, they created a similar ban.