[4] In 2016, Dutch businessman Thomas Plantenga joined Vinted's management team as a strategy consultant and later became the CEO.

[5] In 2019, Vinted became Lithuania's first tech unicorn, raising €128 million at a €1 billion valuation in a round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners.

[10] Since 2021, Vinted has been under scrutiny of data protection supervisory authorities (SA) from France, Lithuania and Poland, following numerous complaints about GDPR violations and contentious user account blocking practices,[11] which resulted in a €2,375,276 fine imposed by the Lithuanian SA in July 2024.

[12] The dedicated Vinted working group, consisting of Dutch, French, Lithuanian and Polish SA and supported by the European Data Protection Board, became an example of close cross-border cooperation between national supervisory authorities in law enforcement.

The documentary also warns buyers (particularly, new parents) of the dangers of purchasing items without a safety label, or products which you don't know where they originated from.