Eu Regulators Are Once Again Investigating Tiktok Over Data Transfers To China

TikTok is successful much regulatory basking water. Only a mates of months aft it slapped TikTok pinch a hefty fine complete information transfers to China, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) is opening a caller investigation into nan platform.

During nan previous probe, TikTok claimed that European Economic Area (EEA) personification information was stored connected servers outside China. It said that TikTok unit successful China accessed specified information remotely. The DPC concluded nan investigation connected April 30 and fined TikTok 530 cardinal euros ($620 cardinal astatine existent speech rates). But that investigation and consequent punishment didn't return into information immoderate retention of EEA users information stored connected server in China.

However, earlier successful April, TikTok informed nan DPC it discovered successful February that "limited EEA personification data" had been stored connected servers successful China aft all, though it claimed that it had deleted nan information. This revelation, which nan DPC said "is contrary to TikTok’s grounds to nan erstwhile inquiry," prompted nan latest investigation. The DPC is seeking to find whether TikTok has breached nan European Union's General Data Protection Regulation.

TikTok, for illustration galore different awesome tech enterprises, has its European office successful Ireland. As such, nan DPC is nan EU's superior regulator for nan platform.