Austria -based privacy group Noyb (None of Your Business) has filed complaints against three Chinese tech companies – Aliexpress, Tiktok and WeChat in the European Union. The group allegedly claims that these companies do not give the users full access to their private data under GDPR, which violates European rules. Complaints were made on July 17 this year and the main allegation is that the data access request is made complicated or limited, so that users are unable to get rights under Article 15 of GDPR.

Reuters’ UnderNOYB’s lawyer Kleanthi Sardeli said that these companies have collected a large amount of data of EU users but have kept restriction in providing it. Tiktok, Aliexpress and WeChat are said to collect data who collect data but are failing in transparency. It became clear from this complaint that EU’s data security system is keeping a serious watch on the privacy practices of China -based companies.

This is not the first time Noyb has taken such a step against Chinese companies. Euronews of Report It is said that the group also filed six GDPR complaints against companies like Tiktok, Shein, Temu, Xiaomi, in which issues were raised on data transfer and compliance. The current complaints have been lodged in the EU in five countries – Austria, Belgium, Greece, Italy and Netherlands.

EU’s concerns about Tiktok are already beginning. Earlier this year, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fined Tiktok by € 530 million as it stated that some EU user data was stored in China, while the company had previously denied it. Tiktok later stated that the data was bringing the local data to the Center in the EU, but by that time the Alam was that the regulators had to take action.

Latest complaints states that EU users are unable to ask for copy or information of their personal data, which is a fundamental right of GDPR. NOYB has requested that data transfer be stopped immediately to China and companies should be fined up to 4% of global revenue if they find violation of rules.