Austrian Group Sues Chinese Firms for Unlawful Data Transfers
Austrian privacy advocacy group Noyb Thursday sued TikTok, AliExpress, Shein, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi under the General Data Protection Regulation for unlawfully transferring Europeans' personal data to China. Noyb said four of the companies conceded sending the data to China,…
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and two acknowledged sending it to undisclosed third countries. EU law is clear, the group said: Data transfers are allowed only if the destination country doesn't undermine data protection: "Given that China is an authoritarian surveillance state, companies can't realistically shield EU users' data from access by the Chinese Authorities." The emergence of Chinese apps opens a front for EU data protection law, Noyb said.