Ireland's Data Protection Commission probes Shein for potentially mishandling European users' data transfers to China, as reported by Reuters.
Ireland's Data Protection Commission has launched an inquiry into the Chinese online retailer Shein over the transfer of European users' data to China, reports Reuters.
The regulator stated that it would examine whether Shein's Europe, Middle East, and Africa headquarters in Dublin has complied with obligations under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation.
The GDPR requires that personal data transferred outside the EU must be afforded equivalent protections to those within the bloc, according to the commission.
The DPC has the authority to impose heavy fines. Last year, it fined China's TikTok EUR530 million (US$619 million) over concerns regarding user information and ordered the short video platform to suspend data transfers to China unless its processing was brought into compliance.
