Germany has taken steps towards blocking Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from the Apple (AAPL.O), and Google (GOOGL.O) app stores due to concerns about data protection, according to a data protection authority commissioner in a statement on Friday, APA reports citing Reuters.
DeepSeek has been reported to the two U.S. tech giants as illegal content, said commissioner Meike Kamp, and the companies must now review the concerns and decide whether to block the app in Germany.
"DeepSeek has not been able to provide my agency with convincing evidence that German users' data is protected in China to a level equivalent to that in the European Union," she said.
"Chinese authorities have far-reaching access rights to personal data within the sphere of influence of Chinese companies," she added.
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