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Kentucky AG Sues Temu for “Stealing Kentuckians’ Data”

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Following in the footsteps of almost two dozen attorneys general in other states, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed a lawsuit on July 17, 2025, against Chinese online shopping platform Temu, alleging that it...more

Cozen O'Connor

No Buyer’s Remorse for Nebraska AG Over Temu Data Use Lawsuit

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Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers sued PDD Holdings Inc. and WhaleCo Inc., d/b/a Temu, alleging that Temu’s shopping app operates as malware designed to gain unauthorized access to users’ data in violation of state consumer protection...more

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After Supreme Court Upholds Ban, Trump Issues EO Giving TikTok an Extension

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Despite bipartisan support for banning TikTok – essentially spyware presenting a national security threat from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) – in the United States (as done by India) and the Supreme Court’s upholding...more

Fisher Phillips

The Clock is Ticking on TikTok – How Employers Can Prepare for TikTok Ban

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Employers and businesses are in limbo on how to prepare for a post-TikTok world after Congress passed legislation giving the social media app’s Chinese owner nine months to either sell the company or be banned throughout the...more

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Growing Calls to Ban Chinese Owned TikTok App and Other Software Apps Considered to be National Security Threats

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Chinese company ByteDance faces growing concerns from governments and regulators that its user data from its popular short video-sharing app TikTok could be handed over to the Chinese government. The concern is based on...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

China Blocks Didi from Chinese App Stores over Cybersecurity Concerns

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On July 4, 2021, less than a week after ride-hailing giant Didi’s U.S. IPO, Chinese regulators ordered Didi removed from app stores in the country. The purported reason—China’s Cyberspace Administration’s concerns over the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Biden Signs Executive Order to Protect Personal Data from Foreign Adversaries

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The U.S. government's efforts to secure sensitive personal data against foreign adversaries, primarily with an eye toward China, continue. On June 9, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on Protecting...more

Perkins Coie

TikTok and WeChat—New Developments Delay Prohibitions

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Sunday, September 20, 2020, was intended to be the day on which prohibitions would go into effect on ByteDance Ltd. (ByteDance) and Tencent Holdings Ltd. (Tencent) and their subsidiaries—makers of the TikTok and WeChat apps,...more

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Resolving TikTok’s Data Issues Country by Country

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India’s Reliance Industries is considering acquiring TikTok’s business in India from ByteDance. We recently discussed the growing distrust by companies and countries of TikTok because of the perceived vulnerability of user...more

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Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - January 2020

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In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the EU advocate general's decision in Schrems II, a federal court's ruling that an insurer owed coverage for a social engineering loss, the Chinese...more

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