The Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) application DeepSeek is set to be removed from app stores in Germany at the behest of the federal data protection officer, Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider, due to violations of European law.
“China does not have a level of data protection that corresponds to our General Data Protection Regulation,” she told the newspapers of the Funke media group. Data transfers to China are “extremely critical,” she said.
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Specht-Riemenschneider said she supports the initiative of the Berlin data protection officer and did not accept criticism that data protection is a hindrance to innovation.
“Data protection is a guarantee of trust. It can even be a competitive advantage,” said Specht-Riemenschneider. “What hinders innovation is legal uncertainty in the market. And this also stems from a proliferation of digital legislation.”
She said that digital legislation in Europe must be better coordinated, with clear rules including for data protection.
Authorities in South Korea, Italy, Taiwan and Australia have already taken action against DeepSeek.
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Finally Germany not pandering to all the Chinese calls. Good that they’re not getting away breaking the European laws this time
Assholes will let US companies rawdog gdpr but god forbid China does it. Corrupt fucks
Since I live in the EU, I’m more concerned with what the EU does with my data than China.
Politicians harp on data protection when it comes to China, but are more than willing to support ChatControl and de-anonymization of users on the internet in the name of “protecting children”.