DeepSeek: An AI app is temporarily banned in South Korea

DeepSeek: An AI app is temporarily banned in South Korea. 
According to authorities, DeepSeek, a Chinese AI app, will be temporarily taken down from app stores while it is reviewed. Concerns about the app's gathering and use of private information have been voiced by numerous nations. On the internet An image illustrating the DeepSeek application Despite the brief suspension, current users will still be able to access the app.
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 Promotion On Monday, South Korea announced that the ChineseAI DeepSeek app will not be accessible through regional app stores while the company's customer data handling practices were examined. Authorities will "thoroughly examine" DeepSeek's personal data processing techniques "to ensure compliance" with local legislation, according to Choi Jang-hyuk, vice chairman of Seoul's Personal Information Protection Commission, who spoke to reporters. The app was momentarily suspended. Additionally, the data protection agency  also added in a statement that DeepSeek was cooperating with them and "acknowledged that considerations for domestic privacy laws were somewhat lacking."
Authorities said this will take time which was why they were temporarily suspending the app in the country.
The app was removed from local app stores on Saturday and the South Korean version of the Apple store on Monday. Users who had already downloaded DeepSeek were still able to use the app. 
Seoul asked existing users to use the app with extreme caution until it was made compliant with local laws. 
DeepSeek and data privacy
The Chinese startup has gained a lot of attention in recent weeks due to its ability to match functions of western AI chatbots such as ChatGPT at a fraction of the cost. However, many countries are wary of its storage of personal data from users.
DeepSeek says the data is stored in secure servers located in China.
Earlier this month, many South Korean government ministries and police had banned access to DeepSeek on their devices. Australia has also banned the app from all government devices over concerns that the app was gathering too much sensitive information.
Beijing denies trying to use companies to access private data, and has condemned the "politicisation of economic, trade and technological issues."

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