Subj : US says top Chinese fashion brands Shein and Temu mishandled cust
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Date : Mon Apr 17 2023 12:30:03

US says top Chinese fashion brands Shein and Temu mishandled customer data

Date:
Mon, 17 Apr 2023 11:19:46 +0000

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Shein and Temu asking for data from other apps is a big no-no, US says.

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A top US government body has accused two leading Chinese ecommerce apps of 
failing to properly secure user data and infringing on intellectual property. 

The report from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) 
claims two popular digital platforms - Shein and Temu, pose a risk to US 
customer data. 

Shein comes in for particular criticism, with the report saying it, requests 
that users share their data and activity from other apps, including social 
media, in exchange for discounts and special deals on Shein products. Human 
rights abuse 

Shein has struggled to protect user data, the report added, apparently 
referring to a $1.9 million fine imposed by the New York State on its parent 
company Zoetop in 2022 for failing to secure user credit card data and other 
personal information. 

Data practices aside, the USCC also accuses Shein of failing to prove that 
the clothes it brings in from the Xinjiang region werent a product of forced 
labor, something thats mandatory for businesses in the United States under 
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Shein, on the other hand, claims it never broke any laws. Shein takes 
visibility across our supply chain seriously, a company representative told 
the publication. The firms been behaving lawfully with full respect for the 
communities [it] serves for over a decade, they said. 

For Temu, its business practices are raising red flags at the USCC, the 
report further claims: Temus lack of affiliation with established brands has 
brought concerns of product quality as well as accusations of copyright 
infringement. 

The US-China relations have been in freefall ever since the Trump 
administration, with the banning of ZTE, the calls to eliminate Huawei from 
the development of global 5G infrastructure, and the arrest of Meng Wanzhou, 
chief financial officer of Huawei, who was detained on fraud charges. 

In more recent times, the US government banned its employees from using 
China-made TikTok app on business endpoints , saying the company might share 
personal user data with the Chinese government. ByteDance, the apps creators, 
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Via: South China Morning Post



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https://www.techradar.com/news/us-says-top-chinese-fashion-brands-shein-and-te
mu-mishandled-customer-data


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