Irish data regulator requests information from DeepSeek on data processing
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 29, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 29, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Ireland's Data Protection Commission is seeking information from DeepSeek regarding its data processing practices for Irish users, amid privacy concerns.
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's Data Protection Commission has requested information from Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek about data processing conducted in relation to Irish users, it said on Wednesday.
While the Data Protection Commission is the lead EU regulator for most of the top U.S. internet firms due to the location of their European Union operations in Ireland, DeepSeek has not designated Ireland as its EU headquarters.
"The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has written to DeepSeek requesting information on the data processing conducted in relation to data subjects in Ireland," a statement from the Irish regulator said.
(Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)
The Data Protection Commission has requested information from DeepSeek regarding data processing conducted in relation to data subjects in Ireland.
The Data Protection Commission is the lead EU regulator for many top U.S. internet firms due to their European operations being based in Ireland.
No, DeepSeek has not designated Ireland as a location for its data processing activities.
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