Germany Asks Apple and Google to Take Down DeepSeek App
Germany's data boss, Meike Kamp, has told Apple and Google to cut the Chinese AI app DeepSeek from their stores in the nation. She acts on fears that the app sends users' own info to China against the law.
Key Claim Illegal Sends of Data to China
Boss Kamp said she had to act as DeepSeek failed to show that German users' data stays safe in China as it does in the EU. Key notes from her talk:
- DeepSeek's rules say it keeps own data, such as AI asks and files, on servers in China.
- China's rules let them get to own data held by Chinese firms.
- This comes after a May talk where they told DeepSeek to meet EU data move rules or pull its app, which it did not do.
Part of a Wider World Watch
Germany's step is part of a big world worry over how DeepSeek handles data safety. Other lands took steps too:
- Italy: Stopped DeepSeek in its stores this year.
- Netherlands: Said no to the app on government tools.
- Belgium: Told its leaders not to use DeepSeek.
- United States: Officials are making a plan to ban using China's AI in U.S. government work.
- United Kingdom: Still lets people choose but keeps an eye on threats.
About DeepSeek
DeepSeek got big notice in January with vows it made an AI that could match U.S. ones like OpenAI but cheaper. Yet, it got much watch over its data moves a recent report said DeepSeek helps China in military and spy jobs.
Also, Italy has removed the DeepSeek AI app as part of an ongoing data privacy investigation.
What Comes Next
Now, Apple and Google need to look at Germany's call and choose to block the app or not. Google has seen the notice and is looking into it. Apple has not said anything yet, and DeepSeek hasn't answered a call for words.
