Privacy advocacy group NOYB filed EU General Data Protection Regulation claims against six Chinese-based companies, including TikTok, concerning unlawful data transfer allegations, Reuters reports. Other companies filed against include AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat and Xiaomi. In a statement, NOYB data protection lawyer Kleanthi Sardeli said it is “crystal clear” China does not have adequate or equivalent data protections standards to the GDPR, and European data transfers to the six companies “must be terminated immediately.”
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