Regulation, Law & GovernancePersonal Information Protection Commission

Korea's PIPC issues DeepSeek inspection findings and corrective recommendations

Announced the results of its inspection of DeepSeek and corrective recommendations — corrective recommendations, not a fine. These included immediately destroying prompts transferred overseas and putting in place a lawful basis for overseas transfers

Why it matters

The first case of Korean regulatory enforcement against a foreign AI service

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

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