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The policy discloses that SHEIN obtains profiling and enrichment data from commercial data brokers and aggregators for purposes including assessing influencer partnership opportunities, informing marketing strategies, and preventing fraud.
This analysis describes what Shein's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology
This provision establishes that SHEIN procures third-party commercial data broker profiles on individuals, including those not yet in a direct relationship with SHEIN, which creates compliance obligations under state privacy statutes requiring disclosure of third-party data sources and honoring deletion and opt-out requests for broker-sourced data.
Previously, Shein asked users to explicitly agree or disagree with account persistence for future logins. The updated terms remove this choice entirely. Instead of a consent decision, users now see a promotional discount offer in that location. This means users lose direct control over whether Shein maintains their login session across device visits, which affects convenience and privacy preferences around authentication persistence.
View change record →New explicit disclosure that Shein purchases and uses third-party enrichment data from commercial data brokers to profile users and influencers.
View full change record →Under this provision, individuals identified as potential influencer or partnership candidates may have profiling data collected about them from commercial data brokers without direct interaction with SHEIN's services. The agreement states this data is retained for the period necessary to evaluate partnership opportunities or potential future opportunities.
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"Profiles or Enrichment Data from Commercial Data Brokers, such as profiling information regarding influencers and similar persons obtained from commercial data brokers and aggregators to supplement the information we collect, in order to assess partnership opportunities, inform marketing strategies, as well as information that assists us in preventing fraud or other illegal activities.Excerpt from Shein's Terms and Conditions
1. REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the California Consumer Privacy Act and California Privacy Rights Act, which require businesses to disclose third-party data sources and honor consumer deletion requests for broker-sourced data. The FTC Act Section 5 is relevant to the accuracy and fairness of data broker-derived profiling. State AG offices in California, Texas, Colorado, and Virginia hold enforcement authority over data broker disclosure obligations. 2. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The procurement of commercial data broker profiles for individuals not in a direct customer relationship with SHEIN may require expanded data mapping and source disclosure procedures. The policy does not specify whether individuals whose broker-sourced profiles are collected are separately notified or provided opt-out mechanisms, which may create exposure under state laws requiring notice to data subjects regardless of collection source. 3. JURISDICTION FLAGS: California's CPRA and the California Delete Act create heightened obligations regarding data broker-sourced personal information, including registration requirements for data brokers themselves. Texas, Colorado, and Virginia privacy statutes also address third-party data source disclosure. Individuals located in these states who have not interacted with SHEIN directly may still have rights regarding broker-sourced profiles. 4. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement of data from commercial brokers triggers vendor due diligence requirements, including assessment of whether brokers hold appropriate consent from data subjects for onward sale. Data protection agreements with brokers should be reviewed to confirm scope limitations and subject rights pass-through obligations. 5. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should audit whether data mapping documentation covers broker-sourced data categories and retention timelines, verify that deletion request fulfillment workflows address broker-sourced profiles, and confirm that privacy notices adequately describe the commercial data broker source category in a manner that satisfies each applicable state statute's disclosure specificity requirements.
This provision establishes that SHEIN procures third-party commercial data broker profiles on individuals, including those not yet in a direct relationship with SHEIN, which creates compliance obligations under state privacy statutes requiring disclosure of third-party data sources and honoring deletion and opt-out requests for broker-sourced data.
Under this provision, individuals identified as potential influencer or partnership candidates may have profiling data collected about them from commercial data brokers without direct interaction with SHEIN's services. The agreement states this data is retained for the period necessary to evaluate partnership opportunities or potential future opportunities.
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