Source assessmentCore
The PIPC Announces Status Examination Results of DeepSeek Service
DeepSeek status examination and recommendationsRegulatory/legal
Assessment outcome
total 4/4 (actionability 2 + authority 2); currency unscored, so pro-rated to 6.0/6
Total4/6
Actionability2/2
Authority2/2
Currency—
Authorship & scope
Attribution (G4 evidence)
No evidence recorded for this source.
Issuer authority (evidence)
No evidence recorded for this source.
Issuers, who it governs, legal force and content are on the full record.
Eligibility gates
G1 · Retrievablepass
Passed in screening.
G2 · AI nexuspass
Passed in screening.
G3 · Governance nexuspass
Passed in screening.
G4 · Attributablepass
Passed in screening.
G5 · In forcepass
Passed in screening.
Scored criteria
Actionability
2/2No rationale recorded.
The PIPC decided to issue recommendations for correction on DeepSeek to enhance transparency in providing services on an ongoing basis as follows: ● Having robust legal bases for cross-border data transfer; ● Destructing user-entered data transferred to Volcano’s server immediately, and ● Disclosing its privacy policy in Korean.
Authority
2/2No rationale recorded.
The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) held its ninth plenary meeting of 2025 and concluded deliberations on status examination results of Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd. (DeepSeek) on April 23, 2025.
Currency
—No rationale recorded.
Classification
Coverage topicDeepSeek status examination and recommendations
PerspectiveRegulatory/legal
Lifecycle stageN/A cross-cutting
Layermodel
GranularityNot recorded