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German data protection official wants Apple, Google to remove DeepSeek from the country’s app stores
Germany has told Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI app DeepSeek from their app stores, saying the company transfers users' data to China illegally.
Kamp said that her office had asked DeepSeek to comply with EU laws for transferring data outside the bloc or pull its app from the country, but the Chinese company did not do so. Italy earlier this year banned DeepSeek from app stores in the country, citing similar data protection concerns. Notably, two key details about DeepSeek that consumer privacy advocate groups in the EU highlighted are that the service is made in and operates out of China.
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