TikTok fined 345 million euros for putting EU children’s data at risk
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TikTok, the video-sharing social-media app that’s faced a global backlash over its links to China, was fined 345 million euros (US$368 million) in the European Union for alleged lapses in the way it cares for children’s personal data.
The Irish Data Protection Commission found TikTok failed to protect minors against unnecessary data processing and didn’t act in a transparent manner, according to a decision made public on Friday.
The agency, which oversees the company because its EU base is in Dublin, gave TikTok a three-month ultimatum to bring its data processing in line with the bloc’s strict General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR.
The fine follows intense scrutiny of child safeguarding practices at the company, best known for viral dance challenges and owned by China’s ByteDance Ltd. TikTok, which has more than a billion users worldwide, continues to face potential bans and earlier this month was added to a list of tech firms that have six months to comply strict new digital markets rules in the EU.
