In a statement on Friday, Germany’s Data Protection Commissioner Meike Kamp asked Apple and Google to carry out a “timely review” about whether to ban the DeepSeek app or not from their respective app stores in the country, due to concerns about data protection.

Alleging that DeepSeek unlawfully transfers German user data to China, Kamp said in a statement that the company had not provided her agency with convincing evidence that German users’ data is protected in China to a level equivalent to that in the European Union.

It is irresponsible for Kamp to speak ill of China when it comes to the operation of a private Chinese company in her country as she has no evidence that DeepSeek transfers its users’ data back to China.

Also on Friday, the Canadian Industry Minister Melanie Joly said that the Canadian government had ordered Chinese surveillance camera manufacturer Hikvision to cease operations in Canada over national security concerns.

The Canadian government has determined that Hikvision Canada Inc’s continued operations would be “injurious” to Canada’s national security, Joly said on X, claiming that the decision was taken after a........

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