China denies accessing data after TikTok hit with huge EU fine

China denies accessing data after TikTok hit with huge EU fine

China on Saturday denied it required companies to hand over data after TikTok was hit with a massive fine in the European Union for its handling of personal data.

China denies accessing TikTok data

China on Saturday denied it required companies to hand over data after TikTok was hit with a massive fine in the European Union for its handling of personal data. The social media giant was told to pay 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday for transferring user data from Europe to China and failing to guarantee it was shielded from access by Chinese authorities. Friday's fine was the second-largest ever imposed by the European Union, follow…

China denied this Saturday that it would require companies like TikTok to deliver information, one day after the European Union imposed a million-dollar fine on the social network for poor data protection of European users.

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While TikTok has so far managed to ride out the storm over its future in the U.S. it is running into stiffer headwinds in the European Union.

C. González/ AFPPEKÍN. China denied that it would require companies such as TikTok to deliver information, one day after the European Union imposed a million-dollar fine on the social network for poor data protection of European users. China “has never demanded or require companies or individuals to collect or store data by illegal means,” declared the Asian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It also asked the European Union and Ireland, where TikTok’…

China denied this Saturday that it would require companies such as TikTok to deliver information, one day after the European Union imposed a million-dollar fine on the social network for poor protection of data from European users. AFP China “has never demanded or require companies or individuals to collect or store data by illegal means,” the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday. It also called on the European Union and Ireland,…