TikTok, AliExpress, Temu and more hit with GDPR complaints over unlawful data transfers to China

Austria-based data protection and privacy advocating NGO noyb (none of your business) has filed a series of complaints against AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, TikTok, WeChat, and Xiaomi for violating European general data protection regulation (GDPR). The six firms stand accused of unlawfully transferring user data to China. In its complaints, noyb says that “given that China is an authoritarian surveillance state, companies can’t realistically shield EU users’ data from access by the Chinese government”. See also: European Union law surrounding data transfers states that data may only be moved out of the EU providing that “the destination country doesn’t undermine the… [Continue Reading]