Not everything is positive for Deepseek. Although the AI company is receiving an avalanche of praise for its technological advances, it is also generating restlessness in terms of privacy and safety. In fact, this Thursday we are attending the first tangible consequence of this last scenario: Italy wants to block the Chinese chatbot web version.
The Italian data protection authority has ordered to limit the process The application that has not stopped gaining popularity since its launch.
Deepseek, before the scrutiny of European regulators
The press release of the aforementioned agency, entitled “Artificial Intelligence: the Italian Data Protection Authority Deepseek”, acknowledges that the AI chatbot has been downloaded by millions of people In recent days, and points out that their measure seeks to preserve Italian users from the collection of data by it.
The news comes after guarantor, which is COOM knows the Italian regulator, asked the aforementioned companies withdrawn on the online version of their star product. Specifically, I wanted to know what personal data are collected, from what sources, for what purposes, what is the legal basis of the treatment and if stored on servers located in China.
As we pointed out in some articles published above, Deepseek’s privacy policy accounts for a large data collection, many of which are used for Language models trainingand affirms that they are stored in data centers located in China. Apparently, guarantor sought an official statement in relation to this issue.
It should be noted that the signatures that Deepseek control soon responded, but the information provided was considered “completely insufficient” by the Italian regulator. “Companies declared that they do not operate in Italy and that European legislation is not applied,” said guarantor, that after announcing the ban has initiated a formal research on Deepseek.
At this time it is not clear how the prohibition will materialize. When the Italian regulator decided to veto Chatgpt in 2023, it was Openai herself who withdrew her product until she solves the proposed concerns. Since Depseek has said not to operate in the European country, the company seems unlikely limit your servicewhich is still accessible.
Companies that provide services within the European Union must comply with several rules of the block, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), to avoid sanctions. It is time to wait to know if other members of the European Data Protection Committee will also be pronounced, as the Ireland Data Protection Commission has already done.
Deepseek would also have starred in a security incident. The specialized company WIZ has indicated that the website of the popular Chatbot exhibited, among other things, User conversations. Deepseek also has models that can be executed at home, without internet connection. These, precisely, have received very positive comments for their performance.
Images | Michele Bitetto | Screen capture | Guarantor | Deepseek
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