Authorities accuse the fast-fashion retailer of placing cookies on users’ computers even when they opt out
The Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), a government body charged with enforcing consumer data protection, said Shein’s website failed to comply with regulations in collecting consumers’ data without consent.
When users browsing Shein’s French site opted out of cookies – small files that allow websites and advertisers to identify individual users and track their browsing habits – some were still found to be placed on the user’s computer regardless, the commission said in a statement detailing a test it conducted on the site in August 2023.
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