DOSSIER · SHEIN

SHEIN

ABOUIT · SHEIN1/7

In 5 Sekunden

SHEIN

Kann Zugriff auf deine genauer Standort, ungefährer Standort, Kalender verlangen
5 Arten von Daten, die mit dir verknüpft sind
Bis zu $329.41 für einen einzigen In-App-Kauf
1 Arten von Daten, die zum Tracking über andere Apps genutzt werden

ABOUIT · SHEIN2/7

In der App

Dinge über dich und um dich herum, die die App vom Telefon anfordern kann

genauer Standortungefährer StandortKalender

WAS ES BEDEUTETDie Datei der App listet diese auf. Dein Smartphone fragt dich vor den sensiblen.

WAS DU TUN KANNSTTelefoneinstellungen → Apps → Berechtigungen: schalte aus, was sie nicht braucht.

Android app 15.3.8 · εxodus Privacy, 2026-09-22

ABOUIT · SHEIN3/7

Sie geben an

Arten von Daten, die mit dir verknüpft sind

diese App · 5

typisch für die 19 geprüften Apps · 9

WAS ES BEDEUTETMit deiner Identität verknüpft, nicht anonym. Das Unternehmen hat dieses Label selbst ausgefüllt.

WAS DU TUN KANNSTIn der EU und im UK kannst du eine Kopie deiner Daten anfordern.

App Store label, declared by the developer

ABOUIT · SHEIN4/7

Sie geben an

Arten von Daten, die zum Tracking über andere Apps genutzt werden

diese App · 1

typisch für die 16 geprüften Apps · 2

WAS ES BEDEUTETKann genutzt werden, um dich über Apps und Websites anderer Firmen hinweg zu verfolgen.

WAS DU TUN KANNSTiPhone: Einstellungen → Datenschutz & Sicherheit → Tracking → aus.

App Store label, declared by the developer

ABOUIT · SHEIN5/7

Sie geben an

$329.41

Höchstpreis eines einzelnen In-App-Kaufs

WAS ES BEDEUTETDer Höchstpreis für einen einzelnen In-App-Kauf laut Store-Eintrag.

WAS DU TUN KANNSTRichte in deinen Store-Einstellungen ein Kaufpasswort ein.

Google Play listing, declared by the developer

ABOUIT · SHEIN6/7

Folge dem Geld · Lobbying

€300K+

a year on lobbying the EU, as the company declares

WOHER ES STAMMTSHEIN Group declares spending between €300,000 and €399,999 in a year on lobbying the EU institutions (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025). The company's own figure, not audited.

EU Transparency Register · entry 020464949374-38 · last updated by the company on 2026-09-03

ABOUIT · SHEIN7/7

Das Ende

Das ist alles.

KEIN FEEDKein endloser Feed hier. Du hast alles gesehen, was wir zu dieser App haben.

Video · calm Video · pulse Video · bright Video · lofi Video · drive Mein Telefon prüfen

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Wie tief wir geschaut haben2 von 5

Ihre eigenen WorteStore-LabelsIn der AppOffizielle QuellenGeschworenen-Belege

In der App

things about you and around you the app can ask the phone for

precise locationapproximate locationcalendar

Android app 15.3.8 · εxodus Privacy, 2026-09-22

Inside the app

permissions the Android app declares

this app · 30

typical of the 19 apps we read · 33

Android app 15.3.8 · εxodus Privacy, 2026-09-22

Inside the app

tracker SDKs found in the app file

this app · 5

typical of the 19 apps we read · 7

Android app 15.3.8 · εxodus Privacy, 2026-09-22

They declare

kinds of data linked to you

this app · 5

typical of the 19 apps we read · 9

App Store label, declared by the developer

They declare

kinds of data used to track you across other companies' apps

this app · 1

typical of the 16 apps we read · 2

App Store label, declared by the developer

We counted

1 min

to read the privacy policy (50 words)

counted at 250 words a minute

They declare

$329.41

top price of a single in-app purchase

Google Play listing, declared by the developer

unsere Geschworenen haben es geprüftsie geben es anin der App gefunden oder gemessen

ABOUIT · DER BELEG

SHEIN

geprüft am 2026-11-12

5kinds of data linked to you

App Store label, declared by the developer

👁️ kind of data used to track you1App Store label, declared by the developer📤 data types it may share with third parties6Google Play listing, declared by the developer🛰️ other domains contacted before any choice3our first look, 2026-11-09⏱️ to read the privacy policy (50 words)1 mincounted at 250 words a minute💸 per in-app purchase$5.88 - $329.41Google Play listing, declared by the developer

INSIDE THE APP

🧩 tracker SDKs found in the Android app file5εxodus Privacy report, Android version 15.3.8, 2026-09-22🔑 permissions the Android app declares30εxodus Privacy report, Android version 15.3.8, 2026-09-22🎙️ of them: precise location, approximate location, calendar3εxodus Privacy report, Android version 15.3.8, 2026-09-22

MY MIND

📢 contains no adsNo adsGoogle Play listing, declared by the developer▶️ no video started by itself on the homepageNo autoplayour first look, 2026-11-09🧒 store content ratingTeenGoogle Play listing

MY WORLD

⚖️ moved to open the homepage once4.2 MBour first look, 2026-11-09🌫️ CO2e for that one visit0.40–0.62 gSustainable Web Design v4

Jede Zeile hat eine Quelle.
Fakten, die sie angegeben oder wir gemessen haben. Keine Bewertung.

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How this was checked Policy history

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Screen recordings submitted to Abouit by users who stated they show cancelling or deleting their own account. Abouit did not record them and cannot verify who made them. Screens are counted by our published method. Submitted recordings are reported evidence: never a receipt, never part of a grade.

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No receipt about SHEIN yet. read — nothing found yet First look from Germany on 2026-11-09 · privacy policy read 2026-11-11

Re-reading its policies and checking the Internet Archive for new versions.

Area by area

Read the details

What we checked in each of the six areas, and what we found there. Not a score: an empty area means not tested yet; "their words" means we quote their documents below but have not tested it. Planet is a seventh row of measured facts from the same first look: what the homepage weighs before any tap, and a CO2e range with its method.

Claims

not tested yet

Money

not tested yet

Attention

not tested yet

Privacy

3 other domains before any tap

Prompts and messages

not tested yet

Minors

not tested yet

Planet

at least 4.2 MB before any tap (395 requests; 1 still loading at the end, their bytes not counted)
about 0.4–0.63 g CO2e per visit, Sustainable Web Design v4 method
4 other domains contacted
41 kB from domains on EasyList or EasyPrivacy: srmdata-eur.com (41 kB, EasyPrivacy)
no video playing on its own

First look at www.shein.com from Germany on 2026-11-09, no click, scroll or consent choice, 15 s · source · SHA-256 a921b299eafa…

Their climate claims

Green claims and their support

No environmental claim found in: homepage (2026-11-09), App Store description (2026-11-09), Google Play description (2026-11-09).

No sustainability report or page found at: links on the homepage https://de.shein.com/?cdn_rsite=ak&ref=www&rep=dir&ret=de (2026-11-09).
SBTi companies data (downloaded 2026-11-09): not looked up; no confirmed legal entity for this app yet.

How we read climate claims

What they say1 read · 0 archived

What they dofirst look · Germany

Official decisionsnone linked yet

Measured2 facts

What the stores and its help centre say

The company's own declarations, copied as shown on the date given, with a link to the source and the hash of our archived copy. Not tested by us; not a score.

App Store (US), as the listing showed it

“Data Used to Track You”: “Identifiers”
“Data Linked to You”: “Contact Info”, “Purchases”, “Identifiers”, “Usage Data”, “Financial Info”
“Data Not Linked to You”: “Search History”, “Usage Data”, “Diagnostics”
Age rating: “16+”
In-app purchases: “none listed”
“Advertising” is not listed under “Contains”

2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 e6c0d49c3450…

Google Play (US), as the listing showed it

Data safety: “This app may share these data types with third parties” (“Personal info, Photos and videos and 3 others”)
Data safety: “This app may collect these data types” (“Personal info, Financial info and 4 others”)
Data safety: “Data is encrypted in transit”
Data safety: “You can request that data be deleted”
Content rating: “Teen”
Does not show “Contains ads”
Does not show “In-app purchases”

2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 91d84ea440f3…

Google Play Data safety page: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source

In der Android-App

What an independent analysis of the published app file lists for SHEIN (Android version 15.3.8, report of 2026-09-22). A permission says what the app can ask the phone for, not what it does with it. A newer version may differ.

5 tracker SDKs: AppsFlyer · Facebook Analytics · Facebook Login · Facebook Share · Google Firebase Analytics

30 permissions, including: precise location ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION · approximate location ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION · calendar READ_CALENDAR · drawing over other apps SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW · advertising ID AD_ID · notifications POST_NOTIFICATIONS

The other 24

ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID · ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE · ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY · ACCESS_WIFI_STATE · BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE · BROADCAST_BADGE · CHANGE_BADGE · CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE · CHANGE_WIFI_STATE · DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION · FOREGROUND_SERVICE · FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE · GET_COMMON_DATA · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE · READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED · READ_SETTINGS · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED · USE_BIOMETRIC · USE_FINGERPRINT · WAKE_LOCK · WRITE_CALENDAR · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE · WRITE_SETTINGS

Source: εxodus Privacy report, read 2026-11-10 · SHA-256 fe230449746c…

ONE NUMBER · MADE TO SHARE

SHEIN: $280K in three months on lobbying the US government

Lobbying: was das Unternehmen angibt

EU TRANSPARENCY REGISTER · 2026-09-03 · THE MAKER OF SHEIN

SHEIN Group declares spending between €300,000 and €399,999 in a year on lobbying the EU institutions (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025).

People it declares working on this, in full-time equivalents: 4.

Was für eine Zahl: This is the company's own declaration. The register does not audit it, and it covers everything the company does, not this app alone. EU only.

source · SHA-256 df2f164bccda…

US LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT · 2026-10-19 · THE MAKER OF SHEIN

SHEIN TECHNOLOGY LLC reports spending $280,000 in three months on lobbying the US government (Jul 2026 to Sep 2026).

Was für eine Zahl: This is the company's own quarterly report under US law. It covers everything the company does, not this app alone, and only what the law counts as lobbying.

source (bulk file) · SHA-256 534f56fbee7b…

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What we could not read

We could not read SHEIN's privacy policy: the page our reader received on 2026-11-12 had almost no readable text. Not tested. The page we tried

Not being able to read a page is not a finding about it.