Overview

• Privacy advocacy group NOYB has filed GDPR complaints against TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi, AliExpress, Temu, and WeChat in five European countries.
• The complaints allege unlawful data transfers of European user information to China, citing violations of GDPR rules on data protection and transparency.
• NOYB seeks fines of up to 4% of the companies' global revenue and an immediate suspension of data transfers to China.
• The organization highlights China's status as an 'authoritarian surveillance state' and the lack of equivalent data protection standards compared to the EU.
• This marks NOYB's first legal action against Chinese firms, following its history of targeting U.S. tech giants for similar privacy concerns.