DeepSeek’s Data Use Raises Regulatory Concerns

There have been numerous scandals surrounding this artificial intelligence company which had astonished the world by seemingly rivaling the successful chatbot ChatGPT at a fraction of the cost. However, now, regulators and privacy advocates have raised questions about the safety of users’ data after the company launched its service. 

A government probe into what data the company collects and how it is stored has resulted in regulators in Italy blocking the app from both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as they investigate how they collect that data. As a result of DeepSeek’s failure to address the regulator’s concerns regarding its privacy policy, the Italian data protection authority, the Garante, ordered that it block its chatbot within its borders on Thursday. 

The DeepSeek company was founded in Hangzhou, China, and it has grown quickly since then.

Liang Feng started the company in 2023. In 2016 he founded the $7 billion hedge fund group High-Flyer with two other business classmates who attended the same university.

As a result, DeepSeek was investigated by the China-based watchdog Xinhua this week about how their data is used. They were looking for information on what personal data is collected, from what sources, for what purpose, and under what legal basis. 

A business intelligence startup based in China, DeepSeek, has rec

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