Germany's data protection commissioner has asked Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country due to concerns about data protection, following a similar crackdown elsewhere.

This is not DeepSeek's first run-in with regulators in Europe, following run-ins with Italian and Irish authorities.

Berlin's data protection commissioner, Meike Kamp, argues that the 'transfer of user data by DeepSeek to China is illegal.'