Second amended complaint filed against Index Exchange over US bulk data transfer rules
( August 20, 2026, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Plaintiff John Baker filed his second amended US complaint accusing Index Exchange of violating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act because of its violation of the Department of Justice's new Bulk Sensitive Data Rule. The complaint alleges that Index Exchange knowingly and systematically transmitted sensitive user data intercepted from US websites to Temu, an e-commerce platform owned and operated by a Chinese-founded parent company with deep ties to China and widely reported links to its intelligence apparatus.See attached file. ...
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