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Temu U-turns on terms of cash 'giveaway' offer
Participants can get £50 - but must permanently consent to the retailer using their personal data.
"Temu gathers user information solely for the purpose of delivering our service and to enhance customer experience," the fast growing, Chinese-owned retailer told the BBC in a statement. Jonathan Kirsop, data protection partner at law firm Pinsent Mason, told BBC News it was not a wording he had seen used commonly before and the activity implied may be "problematic". He said this, as well as cash incentives or long, sometimes "indecipherable" privacy policies and terms, can make the decision more difficult and imbalanced when deciding whether or not we as individuals should part with our data to use a service.
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