- Company
- DeepSeek
- Regulator or court
- Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali)
- Law
- GDPR (urgent limitation on processing)
- Status
- Order in force; investigation opened (no final outcome found)
What happened
Days after DeepSeek's chatbot went viral, the Garante asked its two Chinese operating companies what data they collected, why, on what legal basis and whether it was stored in China. The companies replied that they did not operate in Italy and that EU law did not apply to them. The Garante found the answer inadequate and ordered an immediate halt to processing Italian users' data.
Sources
Garante press release (Italian)Summary in our own words. General information, not legal advice.