07/02/2025

DeepSeek App Faces Ban in Germany for Illegal Transfer of User Data

It illegally transferred the user data to China

German data protection official Meike Kamp has filed a formal request that Apple and Google remove the DeepSeek app from their respective app stores for the illegal transfer of users' personal data to China, in violation of European Union law.

Kamp, the commissioner for data protection and freedom of information, previously requested in May that DeepSeek voluntarily comply with the legal requirements for data transfer to other countries, stop the transfer of data altogether, or remove their app from the Apple and Google app stores.

Failure to respond to those requests resulted in the official taking the next step of filing a report of illegal content to both Apple and Google who will then examine and decide DeepSeek's future on their platforms.

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