Governance and control

Italy immediately restricts DeepSeek data processing

Italy's data protection authority urgently restricted DeepSeek's processing of Italian users' data after finding the companies' response about GDPR applicability and data practices wholly insufficient.

CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM45confidence 98/100

Why it moved the index

An immediate national processing restriction imposed a concrete access and compliance control on a rapidly adopted AI service. Its scope was one jurisdiction and focused on privacy rather than broader frontier risk.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 45 · confidence 98

    New January 2025 binding privacy intervention with no durable collision.

    12 Aug 2026