The Data Protection Office of Liechtenstein has issued guidance on the use of the DeepSeek AI platform. The Office noted that (1) the use of DeepSeek was not specifically designed for European users and is associated with considerable data protection risks; (2) the use of DeepSeek involves data collection and processing without specified protection guarantees, allowing user-entered prompts to be recorded, transferred, stored, or analyzed without defined limitations; and (3) the lack of a legal representative from the platform based in the EU would make it difficult for citizens to seek redress or exercise data access, rectification, and erasure rights set out in the GDPR. The Office has advised users to avoid entering personal or confidential data into DeepSeek, to raise awareness of the risks of using the platform, and to instead use AI tools in compliance with the European regulatory framework, including the GDPR and EU AI Act.
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