By Laurel Deppen, Top Class Actions (September 22, 2023)
Dive Brief:
- Fast fashion giant Temu is facing a class action lawsuit that alleges it failed to secure customers’ personal and financial data, according to a legal complaint filed Wednesday.
- Attorneys representing the plaintiffs argued that Temu “grossly failed to comply with security standards and allowed its customers’ financial information to be compromised, all in an effort to save money by cutting corners on security measures that could have prevented or mitigated the Breach.” It further states that Temu didn’t disclose the extent of a data breach and notify customers affected by it in a timely manner.
- Temu is also accused of wiretapping the electronic communications of its website visitors. The complaint states that Temu references its access to users’ cameras and microphones whenever they’re using the app.
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