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Time of India
5 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Privacy group files complaint against AliExpress, TikTok and WeChat
Academy Empower your mind, elevate your skills Austrian advocacy group noyb filed data privacy complaints against China's AliExpress, TikTok and WeChat on Thursday, saying they failed to comply with European Union laws on providing users with a full copy of their most tech companies have a tool to fulfil requests for downloading user information, some Chinese companies have made it difficult to access the information, noyb said."TikTok, AliExpress and WeChat love collecting as much data about you as possible but vehemently refuse to give you full access as required by EU law," said Kleanthi Sardeli, data protection lawyer at noyb.A spokesperson for Tencent, owner of WeChat, said the company complies with regulations in the markets it operates and is committed to protecting user privacy and data and AliExpress did not respond to requests for is known for filing complaints against American companies such as Apple, Alphabet and Meta , leading to several investigations and billions of dollars in January noyb filed complaints against six Chinese companies and sought to suspend data transfers to China and called for fines that can reach up to 4% of a company's global revenue.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
Privacy group files complaint against AliExpress, TikTok, WeChat
Austrian advocacy group noyb on Thursday filed data privacy complaints against China's AliExpress, TikTok and WeChat, saying they failed to comply with European Union laws on providing users a full copy of their data. While most tech companies have a tool that allows them to fulfil requests for downloading user information, some Chinese companies have made it difficult to access the information, noyb said. "TikTok, AliExpress and WeChat love collecting as much data about you as possible - but vehemently refuse to give you full access as required by EU law," said Kleanthi Sardeli, data protection lawyer at noyb. Noyb is known for filing complaints against American companies such as Apple, Alphabet, and Meta, leading to several investigations and billions of dollars in fines. In January, noyb filed complaints against six Chinese companies and sought to suspend data transfers to China and called for fines that can reach up to 4% of a firm's global revenue.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Business
- Time of India
AliExpress, TikTok, and WeChat face EU privacy complaints, here's why
European privacy watchdog noyb (None of your Business) has filed complaints against AlixExpress, TikTok and WeChat. The privacy watchdog has accused the Chinese tech giants for violating EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as they have failed to offer full access of their personal data to the users. This move by the European watchdog signals increasing scrutiny over how major tech companies handle user data, particularly concerning personal information. As reported by Reuters, the European Centre for Digital Rights (NOYB), filed complaints to the data protection authorities in Belgium, Greece and the Netherlands alleging that WeChat, TikTok and AliExpress either ignored the user requests or offered incomplete and fragmented data files. Under Article 15 of the GDPR, users have the right to obtain a comprehensive copy of their personal data and details about how it is processed. The report further reveals that allegations against Chinese tech giants. As per the complaints filed TikTok has been charged for supplying raw and unstructured data files there were difficult to interpret. The files shared also failed to disclosed the recipients or data transfer details. On the other hand, AliExpress also provided broken data file which could only be accessed once and it did not respond to follow-up requests. WeChat also took around six months to reply to generic instructions. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 11 Foods That Help In Healing Knee Pain Naturally Undo The legal team at noyb's also argue that failure to comply with these requests violate Articles 12 and 15 of the GDPR, which mandate clear, intelligible, and complete responses to data access requests. The group has asked the regulators to investigate, compel compliance, and consider fines that could reach up to 4% of a company's global revenue. "TikTok, AliExpress and WeChat love collecting as much data about you as possible – but vehemently refuse to give you full access as required by EU law," Kleanthi Sardeli, data protection lawyer at noyb told Reuters. AI Masterclass for Students. Upskill Young Ones Today!– Join Now
Economic Times
5 days ago
- Business
- Economic Times
Privacy group files complaint against AliExpress, TikTok, WeChat
Austrian advocacy group noyb on Thursday filed data privacy complaints against China's AliExpress TikTok and WeChat , saying they failed to comply with European Union laws on providing users a full copy of their most tech companies have a tool that allows them to fulfil requests for downloading user information, some Chinese companies have made it difficult to access the information, noyb said."TikTok, AliExpress and WeChat love collecting as much data about you as possible - but vehemently refuse to give you full access as required by EU law," said Kleanthi Sardeli, data protection lawyer at is known for filing complaints against American companies such as Apple, Alphabet, and Meta, leading to several investigations and billions of dollars in January, noyb filed complaints against six Chinese companies and sought to suspend data transfers to China and called for fines that can reach up to 4% of a firm's global revenue.
Business Recorder
5 days ago
- Business
- Business Recorder
Privacy group files complaint against AliExpress, TikTok, WeChat
STOCKHOLM: Austrian advocacy group noyb on Thursday filed data privacy complaints against China's AliExpress, TikTok and WeChat, saying they failed to comply with European Union laws on providing users a full copy of their data. While most tech companies have a tool that allows them to fulfil requests for downloading user information, some Chinese companies have made it difficult to access the information, noyb said. Canada bans WeChat and Kaspersky on government phones 'TikTok, AliExpress and WeChat love collecting as much data about you as possible – but vehemently refuse to give you full access as required by EU law,' said Kleanthi Sardeli, data protection lawyer at noyb. Noyb is known for filing complaints against American companies such as Apple, Alphabet, and Meta, leading to several investigations and billions of dollars in fines. In January, noyb filed complaints against six Chinese companies and sought to suspend data transfers to China and called for fines that can reach up to 4% of a firm's global revenue.
