Kentucky Sues Temu Over Massive Data Collection

Cybersecurity laws grant Beijing ‘unfettered access’ to data belonging to Chinese companies, the complaint says.
Kentucky Sues Temu Over Massive Data Collection
The Temu logo is displayed on a laptop in San Anselmo, Calif., on Feb. 26, 2024. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Kentucky’s attorney general, Russell Coleman, said on July 17 that the state has filed a lawsuit against Temu, alleging that the Chinese e-commerce platform secretly collects massive amounts of American users’ personal data.

The complaint, filed in Woodford County Circuit Court, also alleges that Temu infringes upon the intellectual property rights of U.S. companies.