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China accuses Dior’s Shanghai branch of illegal data transfer
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Reuters
Published
September 9, 2025
Dior’s Shanghai branch has been accused by Chinese authorities of illegally transferring customer personal data to its headquarters in France, resulting in a data leak in May, according to a statement from China’s public security authority.
Officials stated that Dior failed to conduct the required data security assessments, did not notify users, and did not encrypt the data before transferring it overseas. The local public security authority imposed an administrative penalty on the firm, according to the statement. The company did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The enforcement comes just months after Dior disclosed a separate data breach in May that compromised customer information in China and South Korea. The breach, which involved unauthorized access to databases, included contact and purchase information—but no financial details were affected, according to Dior’s previous disclosures.
FashionNetwork.com with Reuters
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