Online retail giant Temu has quickly gained popularity since launching in Australia a year ago – but along with the hype comes huge concerns for customers’ data.
More than one million Aussies are using a popular foreign retailer each month, which is under increased scrutiny over handling of user data .
“I think every time you use online purchases or online shopping, there is a risk and we’ve seen that with other platforms being hacked over the years and people’s credit card data being stolen,” Ms McLean said, appearing on“We know that Temu, for example, is collecting a lot of data — it’s not hard to find that out.
“You don’t really know if the link is legitimate and you don’t know what’s going to happen if you click on it,” she said. “And we always say if you’re going to purchase a particular product, the best place to purchase that from is the website of the brand itself or a platform like Amazon, something that is a legitimate platform where you’re highly unlikely to be hacked or scammed.”
Research company Roy Morgan says 1.26 million Australians are shopping each month on Temu, putting it on track to clock $1.3 billion in annual sales – “thanks to a mix of ultra-cheap prices, free delivery and aggressive marketing and media spend.”“When we were first thinking about whether we measured them , I actually thought they’d be too small to pick up,” she told ABC.A Current Affair
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