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TikTok fined $602 million for illegally sending European user data to China
Regulators say the platform wasn't transparent enough and that it couldn't guarantee the data was protected from Chinese government surveillance.
The DPC, which handles enforcement of the GDPR when it comes to TikTok (which has its European HQ in Ireland), also ruled that the platform wasn't adequately transparent with users. However, it told the DPC last month it learned in February that "limited EEA User Data" had been stored there and admitted that contradicted what it previously said to regulators. The DPC decision "focuses on a select period from years ago, prior to Clover’s 2023 implementation and does not reflect the safeguards now in place," Christine Grahn, TikTok's head of public policy and government relations for Europe, said.
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