The Chinese startup specialized in artificial intelligence (AI) Deepseeek recognized South Korean authorities that have transmitted data from its users to a Chinese company without their consent, said the Seoul regulatory authority on Thursday.
South Korea is one of the countries that have expressed concern about the protection of privacy or its national security since the launch of the thunder at the beginning of the year of this “chatbot” developed at low cost and less delicious in resources.
Confirmed suspicions
The South Korean commission responsible for the protection of personal data had retired in mid -February, Elsek from local application stores, the time to study the way the company manages user data.
“At first, Depseek transferred personal data to companies located in China and the United States without obtaining the consent of the users or indicating it in their privacy policy,” said Nam Seok, an official of this agency, making the point before the press about the current procedure.
“In particular, it has been confirmed that Depseek transferred information about not only devices, networks and applications, but also the information entered by users in their requests AI to the volcano engine,” he added.
Volcano Engine is a “cloud” company based in Beijing and owned by Bytedonce, the Matrix of Tiktok.
The commission has now sent a list of measures to take Depseek, which will determine a possible uprising of the current blockade.
Data security
Contacted by AFP, Depseek had not commented on this information immediately.
When asked about the subject on Thursday during a regular press conference, Guo Jiakun, spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that “he was not aware of this specific case.”
“But I can emphasize that the Chinese government gives great importance to confidentiality and data security and protects them according to the law,” he said. “He never demanded and will never require a business or an individual who collects or stores illegally.”
The South Korean regulator said Depseek explained these transfers due to the need to respond to “security vulnerabilities” and “improve the user interface.”
A general concern about Deepseek
The R1 model of the Chinese conversational robot has been surprised by its ability to match its US competitors, although it has developed at low cost and operates with less resources, questioning the economic model of the sector.
But many countries are concerned, while the general conditions of Deepseek contain a section on the transmission of personal data to third parties.
If this mention is very similar to that of Chatgpt, the conversational robot of its American rival OpenAi, experts have expressed concern about the risk that these data will fall into the hands of the Chinese authorities.
Source: BFM TV
