DeepSeek Quizzed by Irish Watchdog Over China Data Fears
- Irish DPC has written to AI firm over data privacy issues
- The DPC is the leading data protection regulator in the EU
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is responsible for checking that some of the world’s largest tech platforms.
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Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek is being quizzed by Ireland’s privacy watchdog amid concerns over the way it’s processing data related to citizens in the nation.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said it’s written to the company to flag its worries over potential breaches of European Union privacy law. The watchdog is the main regulator for tech firms in the bloc because many have their local base in the country.