Korea accuses Depseek to share data from its users with the Chinese giant Bytedance, owner of Tiktok

The data protection authorities of South Korea say that Depseek, the company behind the Chinese AI that has put the entire industry in check, You are sharing data from its users with the Chinese giant Bytedance, Owner of a multitude of companies, with products in its catalog such as Tiktok, Capcut or Pico.

The authorities of the Asian country have confirmed that there is communication between both companies with data transfer, although they still have no information on what concrete data they are sending to Bytedance. Not only the South Korean government has made these accusations: the cybersecurity firm SecuuTyscorecard also denounced the integration of several bya services in the Deepseek code, with different parts focused on Send the data to companies controlled by the Chinese government.

Bytedance is sadly popular for its controversies in terms of the violation of the privacy of its users. The Chinese giant has seen how several Western governments applied measures against own products such as Tiktok.

Hence the concern of the South Korean data protection agencies with which Depseek is sharing the data collected from users who use their artificial intelligence with Bytedance.

Deepseek representatives will have to appear before the Korean authorities to respond to these concerns about user privacy.