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===User Privacy===
===User Privacy===
Using the chatbot from the official website, application or via the official API has raised several privacy concerns as how the company gathers and uses users data. Researches in South Korea found that the data collected is sent to [[ByteDance]]. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250218135802/https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250218005300315</ref>
Using the chatbot from the official website, application or via the official API has raised several privacy concerns as how the company gathers and uses users data. Researches in South Korea found that the data collected is sent to [[ByteDance]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250218005300315|title=DeepSeek sent S. Korean user data to China's ByteDance: regulator|first=Kim|last=Hyun-soo|date=2025-02-18|work=Yonhap News Agency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250218135802/https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250218005300315|archivedate=2025-02-18|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Business Model===
===Business Model===
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===Security breach (Jan. 2025)===
===Security breach (Jan. 2025)===
On January 29 2025, a group of cibersecurity researches discovered over 1 million unencrypted sensitive records were leaked. This affected iOS users and information exposed include device information and conversation history.
On January 29 2025, a group of cibersecurity researches discovered over 1 million unencrypted sensitive records were leaked. This affected iOS users and information exposed include device information and conversation history.
<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2025/02/01/deepseek-data-leak-exposes--1000000-sensitive-records/</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/larsdaniel/2025/02/01/deepseek-data-leak-exposes--1000000-sensitive-records/|title=DeepSeek Data Leak Exposes 1 Million Sensitive Records|first=Lars|last=Daniel|date=2025-02-01|work=Forbes}}</ref>
<ref>https://www.quorumcyber.com/threat-intelligence/deepseek-app-exposes-sensitive-user-and-device-data-due-to-lack-of-encryption/</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.quorumcyber.com/threat-intelligence/deepseek-app-exposes-sensitive-user-and-device-data-due-to-lack-of-encryption/|title=DeepSeek App Exposes Sensitive User and Device Data Due to Lack of Encryption|work=Quorum Cyber|date=2025-02-26}}</ref>


===Mobile application collecting user data (2025)===
===Mobile application collecting user data (2025)===
In 2025, in Italy and Germany the DeepSeek mobile application from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store was banned due to the data management. <ref>https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/deepseek-faces-expulsion-app-stores-germany-2025-06-27/</ref> <ref>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/29/deepseek-blocked-some-app-stores-italy-questions-data-use</ref>
In 2025, in Italy and Germany the DeepSeek mobile application from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store was banned due to the data management.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/deepseek-faces-expulsion-app-stores-germany-2025-06-27/|title=DeepSeek faces ban from Apple, Google app stores in Germany|work=Reuters|date=2025-06-27|first1=Hakan|last1=Ersen|first2=Miranda|last2=Murray}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/29/deepseek-blocked-some-app-stores-italy-questions-data-use|title=DeepSeek blocked from some app stores in Italy amid questions on data use|first1=Robert|last1=Booth|first2=Jakub|last2=Krupa|first3=Angela|last3=Giuffrida|work=TheGuardian|date=2025-01-29}}</ref>