Recently, competition authorities around the world have started to look more closely at the Chinese company’s operating methods, advertising and use of user data.
The attorney general of the US state of Arkansas has filed a lawsuit against the Chinese online store Temu.
According to the Ministry of Justice, the company is only pretending to be an online store. In reality, the Chinese company’s goal is to steal user data.
– Temu is not an online store like Amazon or Walmart. Its goal is to get hold of the user’s data. The company is only using the sale of the goods as a way to access this information, the Arkansas attorney general said Tim Griffin said on Fox News this week.
Temu denies the allegations.
According to the company, claims about data theft are baseless and based on false information spreading online.
Prosecutor: Temun wants the user’s phone to collect data
The Arkansas lawsuit targets Temu’s parent company, PDD Holdings.
The Arkansas Attorney General alleges that Temu uses malware and spyware to obtain information about users.
Temu’s spokesman said for Fox Business, that the company was surprised and disappointed by the lawsuit. The company accused the Arkansas Department of Justice of filing the lawsuit without independent factual information.
Illinois, California, Massachusetts and Virginia have also filed a class action lawsuit against Temu.
of CBS states accuse Temu of violating data laws and violating user privacy.
According to the lawsuit, the online store “collects personal data using fraudulent and unscrupulous methods.”
Recently, competition authorities in the United States, Europe and other parts of the world have begun to look into the Chinese company’s operating methods, advertising and use of user data.
The rise of the Chinese e-commerce giant in Europe and the United States has been in the news, for example Politico.
News agency AFP reports that the South Korean competition authority started an investigation in April, in which Temu is suspected of false advertising and unfair competition.
In May, the umbrella organization of EU consumer organizations, BEUC informed the EU Commission I think it violates the EU digital services law.
Among the organizations is the Finnish Consumers’ Association, which has complained about Temu to the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom.
Also 17 EU countries, such as Sweden, France, Italy and the Netherlands made complaints about Temu to national authorities.
In Germany, the federal government the government demandsthat Temu’s consumer-manipulating purchase incentives will be investigated in court.
This year, Temu became Finland’s most popular foreign marketplace in terms of visitor numbers.