TikTok, five other Chinese companies hit by EU privacy complaints

TikTok, Shein, Xiaomi and three other Chinese companies were named in a privacy complaint filed on Thursday by Austrian advocacy group Noyb, which alleged the firms were unlawfully sending European Union user data to China.

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.

Vienna-based Noyb (None Of Your Business) said this was its first complaint against Chinese firms.