Italy’s Data Protection Agency, which briefly blocked ChatGPT in 2023, has raised questions about the use of personal data by the AI chatbot of Chinese startup DeepSeek.

“The authority, considering the potential high risk for the data of millions of people in Italy, has asked… what personal data is collected, from which sources, for which purposes,” the GPDP said in a statement Tuesday.

It has also asked “what is the legal basis of the processing (of the data), and whether it is stored on servers located in China”.

The authority has also asked what kind of information was used to train DeepSeek’s AI system and, if the data was scraped from the internet, to clarify how users of the service are informed about the processing of their data.

The GPDP has addressed its concerns to Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence and Beijing DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence, and given them 20 days to respond.

Source: FORTUNE