BlockBeats News, February 1st, the Italian Data Protection Authority launched an investigation into the Chinese startup DeepSeek's AI chatbot and stated that it has banned the company from processing data from Italian users.
The Italian Data Protection Authority stated that after inquiring about the company's use of personal data, the response it received was "completely insufficient," leading to the decision to take action.
The agency said in a statement that it has ordered the "urgent and immediate limitation of the Hangzhou DeepSeek AI and Beijing DeepSeek AI from processing data of Italian users, which are Chinese companies that provide the DeepSeek chatbot service." The statement also noted that the authority has launched an investigation concurrently.
BlockBeats previously reported that on January 29th, the DeepSeek app was no longer available in the Apple and Google app stores in Italy.
