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Republic of Korea: Personal Information Protection Committee investigation into DeepSeek's data processing practices compliance with Personal Information Protection Act

Progress

Current status
under investigation
17 Feb 2025 under investigation
07 Feb 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Republic of Korea
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

17 Feb 2025
under investigation

Personal Information Protection Commission adopted an order temporarily banning DeepSeek over violations of Personal Information Protection Act

On 17 February 2025, South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) adopted an order temporarily suspending DeepSeek from being downloaded. The suspension was effected due to concerns over DeepSeek's compliance with South Korea's Pe…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority
07 Feb 2025
under deliberation

Personal Information Protection Committee opened investigation into DeepSeek’s data processing practices

On 7 February 2025, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) announced an investigation into the data processing practices of DeepSeek. The PIPC requested information from DeepSeek regarding the collection and processing of data, includ…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority

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