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Germany Moves to Remove DeepSeek AI From App Stores for Illicit Data Transfers

The Berlin data protection authority has invoked EU privacy rules to demand Apple and Google suspend the Chinese AI app after it failed to curb transfers of German user data to China.

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Overview

  • Berlin’s data protection commissioner filed a formal request on June 27 under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and Digital Services Act to have Apple and Google remove DeepSeek from their German stores.
  • The authority alleges DeepSeek unlawfully routes German user data to servers in China without EU-equivalent safeguards and exposes information to Chinese government access.
  • DeepSeek’s parent company, Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence, has no EU branch and ignored a May directive to stop data transfers or withdraw its app voluntarily.
  • Apple and Google are now reviewing the non-compliance report and will decide whether to block DeepSeek AI in Germany.
  • Regulatory officials warn that other EU member states could adopt similar enforcement measures if DeepSeek does not revise its data-handling policies.