TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other companies are also named in a recently filed data protection complaint, in which Austria’s noyb (None Of Your Business) claims that the companies are illegally transferring user data from the European Union to China. led by the Austrian activist Max Schrems, noyb is one of the most decisive EU legal organizations, which has been active since 2018, when the regulations contained in the landmark GDPR became mandatory. The group’s legal proceedings against several technology companies, including Alphabet and Meta, have in many cases ended with actions by regulatory authorities.
However, it is the first time that the group has filed a complaint against Chinese companies, which it has done in four countries in order to suspend data transmission, and it is also requesting the imposition of fines from the relevant authorities, which can reach up to 4 percent of the annual global revenue of the companies concerned.
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According to noyb, Alibaba-owned AliExpress, Shein, TikTok and Xiaomi have previously admitted to transferring personal data to China, while Temu and Tencent-owned messaging app WeChat are transferring data to publicly unnamed “third countries,” likely It means China. According to noyb’s privacy lawyer, because China is an authoritarian surveillance state, it does not offer the same level of data protection as the European Union, and companies could potentially be in violation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Uncertainty towards Chinese companies in Europe is growing after the deadline in the United States is approaching, when the service must be blacked out if there is no change in the matter by then. The European Commission already too targeted the Chinese video app in late December for alleged violations of the Digital Services Act (DSA) related to the service’s obligation to properly assess and mitigate systemic risks related to the integrity of elections, particularly with the recent Romanian presidential election on November 24 in context.
Source: www.hwsw.hu
