Chinese app DeepSeek blocked on Apple and Google app stores in Italy over data privacy concerns

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The Italian regulator, known as the Garante, said on Tuesday it wanted to know what personal data is collected, from which sources, for what purposes, on what legal basis and whether it is stored in China. It gave DeepSeek and its affiliated companies 20 days to respond.