TikTok set to be fined €500m by DPC for GDPR breach
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TikTok Expands EU Data Centers, Strengthens Privacy Compliance While Navigating Fines and U.S. Uncertainty
The fate of TikTok still hangs in limbo in America, and during that period of uncertainty, the social media giant is working to better its relations with the EU. The company has taken a major step to make regulators in the region happy by keeping user data separate from that related to its base in China. This means it’s trying to pull out all the stops to regain confidence and ensure it stands as a separate entity in this regard. In this regard,…
TikTok faces €500M fine in Europe as US ban deadline looms
TikTok is facing mounting pressure on both sides of the Atlantic. European regulators are reportedly preparing a €500 million (A$830 million) fine over data privacy breaches, just as a looming US ban threatens to cut off the platform’s biggest market. As first reported by Bloomberg, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is expected to hand down the fine before the end of April after a four-year investigation into TikTok’s transfer of EU user data…
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.
According to the investigation, the Chinese business violated the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by sending information to China, which was accessed by engineers.
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