Liechtenstein: Data Protection Office guidance on the use of the DeepSeek AI platform

Progress

Current status

adopted

13 Feb 2025 adopted

Scope

Implementers

Liechtenstein

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

13 Feb 2025

adopted

Data Protection Office issued guidance on the use of the DeepSeek AI platform

On 13 February 2025, the Data Protection Office of Liechtenstein issued guidance on the use of the DeepSeek AI platform. The Office noted that the use of DeepSeek R1 AI was not specifically designed for European users and is associated with consider…

Source

Event type outline

Action type adoption

Government branch executive

Government body data protection authority

Progress

Scope

Timeline of events

Data Protection Office issued guidance on the use of the DeepSeek AI platform

Related changes

Germany: State Commissioner for Data Protection of Lower Saxony (LfD Lower Saxony) recommendation on Deepseek use

European Union: EU task force on DeepSeek

Lithuania: State Data Protection Inspectorate assessment of DeepSeek's data processing practices

Poland: Office of the Data Protection Commissioner guidance including recommendations against use of DeepSeek due to data protection concerns

Luxembourg: National Commission for Data Protection guidelines on use of DeepSeek

Netherlands: Dutch Data Protection Authority investigation into DeepSeek's cross-border data transfers compliance with General Data Protection Regulation

Germany: State data protection authorities investigation into DeepSeek to assess compliance with representative designation under General Data Protection Regulation