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Chinese Apps are even worse than US Providers. Most major tech companies have by now implemented some sort of automation tool that allows them to fulfil GDPR access requests on a mass scale, usually via a “download your information” tool. Theoretically, this would make it extremely easy for them to comply with EU law. In reality, however, both TikTok and AliExpress haven’t bothered to give the data subjects access to all of their data as required under Article 15 GDPR. TikTok only provided part of the complainant’s data in an unstructured form that was impossible to understand. AliExpress provided a broken file that could be opened only once. WeChat, on the other hand, just completely ignored the complainant’s request.
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China not in the EU
Yes, China isn’t in the EU. Neither are USA-based tech gigants like meta and even those twats atleast try to look like they’re following regulations.
For your information, if a non-EU company offers goods or services to individuals in the EU they must comply with EU regulations, and that ofc includes GDPR.
Only to the extent of the EU appetite to punish offenders. With trade problems with orange Cheeto they aren’t gonna risk pissing off China. China has always operated this way since the beginning it’s not going to change. They will take and take until there’s nothing left to take because they know that can.