Tiktok is again news. This time for what many countries fear of the Chinese social network: the User data storage from different regions on Chinese servers. And, although many have not in mind, Tiktok knows a lot about their users, thinking enough for other powers to have it in places like a threat.
The United States are one of the former, deciding in the end that the app can only work in its territory if purchased by an American company. But it is not the only one. Tiktok also faces judgments in Europe And one of them has finally given a devastating verdict.
Tiktok Fato: send data to China without consent was very expensive
This Friday decided the Commission for the protection of Ireland data (DPC) Find Tiktok with 530 million euros. The reason? They violated the data protection regulations in the region, therefore transferred the data of European users to China. Together with the fine, an order also arrives: cease any data transfer to China within the deadline defined by the Commission.
This is the result of a conscientious investigation that is happening since September 2021, where Irregularities with Tiktok could be checked When registering and then memorize the data in China.
“Tiktok violated the GDPR in relation to its US user data transfers [Espacio Económico Europeo] to China and its transparency requirements. The decision includes administrative fines for a total of 530 million euros and an order that forces Tiktok to adapt its processing to regulations within six months», The words of the DPC in his statement.
Several Tiktok accidents included the balance in front of this fine: the first was in a negligent way addressed what could have been a Access to information from the Chinese authorities (Following its anti -terrorism regulations), in a way that threatened the EU standards.
The second was the fact that during the investigation, Tiktok provided wrong information ensuring that the user’s data inside the EEE were not stored on the Chinese server; Only for a short period later to verify that due to a “security failure”, these data had reached the servers.
It is not surprising to know This is not the first fine that Tiktok faces with the DPC. In reality, it had already been sanctioned in September 2023, with a link of 345 million euros, all due to the irregular management of the minors data that violated the laws. And I saw what happened in these years, it may not be the last time.
Fuente | Hacker news
