Poland: Office of Data Protection Commissioner adopted guidance cautioning against use of DeepSeek over data protection concerns

On 6 February 2025, the Office of Data Protection Commissioner (UODO) adopted an outline cautioning against the use of DeepSeek over data protection concerns. It was highlighted that the chatbot, developed by Chinese companies Hangzhou DeepSeek AI and Beijing DeepSeek AI, has been downloaded 3.6 million times in two weeks. UODO warned that user data may be stored on servers in China, which lacks an adequacy decision from the European Union (EU). It was also highlighted that Chinese authorities have broad data access without EU-equivalent protections. It was also noted that generative artificial intelligence models process vast amounts of data, potentially using it for unintended purposes such as training or marketing.