TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN & Co surrender Europeans’ data to authoritarian China
Six complaints filed in five European countries allege TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi unlawfully transfer EU users’ personal data to China, which lacks an EU adequacy decision. Four of the six openly admit transfers to China in their privacy policies; two only reference undisclosed ‘third countries.’ None adequately answered users’ Article 15 access requests.
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noyb filed six GDPR complaints on 16 January 2025 with data protection authorities in Austria, Belgium, Greece, Italy and the Netherlands against TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi. The complaints allege unlawful transfers of Europeans’ personal data to China in violation of GDPR Articles 44 and 46 (international transfer rules) and inadequate responses to Article 15 access requests. noyb is asking the authorities to order an immediate suspension of the transfers, force compliance, and impose fines of up to 4% of global revenue.
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