Tik-Tok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb which claimed the firms were unlawfully sending EU user data to China.
Vienna-based Noyb (None Of Your Business) has filed six complaints in Greece, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Austria for suspension of data transfers to China and is seeking fines that can reach up to 4% of a firm’s global revenue.
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Noyb said Alibaba’s e-commerce site AliExpress, retailer Shein, TikTok and phone maker Xiaomi admit to sending Europeans’ personal data to China, citing transparency reports and other documents, while retailer Temu and Tencent’s messenger app WeChat transfer data to undisclosed “third countries” likely China.
A Xiaomi spokesperson said the company was examining the allegations. Other firms did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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