A top regulator in Germany asked Google and Apple on Friday to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in their country due to data privacy concerns.

Germany’s data protection official has formally requested that Apple and Google remove the DeepSeek app from their app stores due to illegal data transfers of German users’ personal ...

Berlin's data protection commissioner, Meike Kamp, says the app’s user privacy rules violate Germany's data protection laws. "The transfer of user data by DeepSeek to China is illegal," she says.

Germany just became the latest country to move against DeepSeek over mounting data privacy concerns. Here’s why this keeps happening. As you probably guessed, it’s a China thing ...

Germany’s data protection commissioner, Meike Kamp, announced Friday that the country has requested Apple and Google to remove DeepSeek, an AI chatbot developed by Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial ...

On June 27, Meike Kamp, Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, announced in a press release that her office is calling on Google and Apple to remove the DeepSeek app ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany's data protection commissioner has asked Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country due to concerns about data ...

In February 2025, security firm NowSecure claimed to have proof that DeepSeek's iOS app was sending data to Chinese-owned services. It noted that the Android version was even less secure.

One of Germany's data protection watchdogs on Friday said DeepSeek's app illegally sends user data to China and asked Google and Apple to consider blocking the artificial intelligence service ...

Germany has told Apple and Google to block the Chinese AI app DeepSeek from their app stores due to concerns about data privacy and security.