In a startling revelation, South Korea's data watchdog has accused Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek of harvesting private information from South Korean citizens and shipping it abroad without permission, dealing a blow to China's repeated claims that it respects data privacy.
The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) announced its findings on Thursday following an investigation into DeepSeek's data handling practices and security protocols. The revelations come after South Korean authorities already forced the removal of DeepSeek's chatbot application from the country's app marketplaces in February on the PIPC's recommendation.
