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DeepSeek sent user data to ByteDance, Korean probe finds
Korea’s privacy regulator has temporarily suspended access to the China-based DeepSeek app.
The PIPC said ByteDance, the Beijing-based parent company of TikTok, enacted the suspension voluntarily upon the regulator's request, admitting that it had neglected to adhere to domestic data protection laws during the launch of its global service. The finding was the result of the PIPC's ongoing investigation of DeepSeek's data security policies after a slew of government agencies and private corporations blocked the use of the service on their office devices. The assembly is one of the world’s largest global networks of data protection authorities, counting the United States, the European Union, Japan and Korea as members.
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