This is a relatively new thing. Apple only recently started listening to EU about banning stuff from app stores on the request of EU states.
AFAIK Italy banning Deepseek in January 2025 was the first and only time which Apple blanket banned a service from app stores under GDPR (as opposed to DSA).
silvanocerza•2h ago
Italy banned ChatGPT too when it came out for the same reason, then they agreed to add a disclaimer and call it a day.
sunaookami•4h ago
So when will US companies be banned for the illegal transfer of data? Especially Microsoft in the government and schools which was already ruled illegal but Office, Teams, etc. are still used.
madduci•4h ago
Exactly my thought. What about all the social media apps then? Meta as #1 enemy in this case
thowerjro32432•4h ago
Wait, if the inference server-farm is in China, then obv. the data will go to China, no ?
Jon_Lowtek•3h ago
Transferring data to non-eu countries is not by itself a violation, if there are provisions in place to ensure that the basic human rights concerning data privacy of european citizens are respected. The actual problem is that those are missing.
vachina•2h ago
There are probably other more valuable avenues for siphoning training data, EU users is not one.
eviks•1h ago
Could the bureaucrats be satiated with a 20-page risk warning signed with user's digital finger blood instead?
dmix•5h ago
AFAIK Italy banning Deepseek in January 2025 was the first and only time which Apple blanket banned a service from app stores under GDPR (as opposed to DSA).
silvanocerza•2h ago