TikTok reportedly faces a €500 million fine for sending private user data to China

ByteDance Ltd., the owner of TikTok, will be fined more than 500 million euros ($552 million) for illegally sending European user data to China, adding to the growing global backlash against the video-sharing app, Bloomberg reports.

TikTok reportedly faces a €500 million fine for sending private user data to China

Ireland is handling enforcement because TikTok's European headquarters are in Dublin.

Irish regulator set to fine TikTok €500m for EU Data Sent to China

DPC to issue the penalty against TikTok before the end of the month, according to sources

TikTok owner ByteDance will soon receive a privacy fine of more than half a billion euros from the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), the main regulator for the company in Europe.

TikTok Faces Fine Over €500 Million for EU Data Sent to China

TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. is set to be hit by a privacy fine of more than €500 million ($552 million) for illegally shipping European users’ data to China, adding to the growing global backlash over the video-sharing app.

TikTok, a short video sharing social networking site, is expected to be fined more than 500 million euros (about 790 million yen) by the Irish Data Protection Commission for illegally sending EU user data to China, business newspaper Bloomberg reported.