TikTok gets a hefty fine in the EU for transferring user data to China | Infinium-tech

Tikok has been fined 530 million ($ 600 million) in Ireland by the country’s Data Protection Commission (DPC). The reason for this is to transfer the personal data of tickets in the European Economic Zone (EEA) in China with the transfer of individual data.

The decision suggests that Tiktok violated the GDPR rules of the European Union about transferring EEA user data to China, and it did not retain its transparency requirements in this regard.

Along with fines, it is also necessary to bring Tickek to bring its data processing in compliance with GDPR within six months. Otherwise, its data will move to China.

Here DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle comments on the matter:

GDPR requires that high level of security provided within the European Union continues where personal data is transferred to other countries. Tiktok’s personal data violated GDPR in China as Tiktok failed to verify, guarantee and display personal data of EEA users remotely accessed by employees in China, it was given a level of security equal to a guarantee within the European Union. As a result of Tikok’s failure in making necessary assessments, Tiktok did not address the possible access by Chinese authorities by Chinese authorities to EEA personal data, which physically deviations from the standards of the European Union under the anti-terrorism, counter-justification and other laws identified by Tikok.

Tikok initially stated that it did not store EEA user data on the server located in China, but last month it informed the DPC about an issue that was discovered in February, where “Limited EEA user data” was actually stored on the server in China. Thus, the preliminary information provided proved wrong. Tiktok meanwhile has informed DPC that the data has been removed.

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