TikTok has been slapped with a hefty fine of 530 million euros, equivalent to $600 million, by European authorities, marking one of the largest penalties under the European Union’s data privacy regulation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This decision was announced on Friday following an investigation by the Irish Data Protection Commission.
The regulatory body found that TikTok had failed to sufficiently safeguard user data in Europe, resulting in improper access to some user information by personnel in China. This breach of EU data protection laws has intensified scrutiny on TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, especially amid ongoing U.S. efforts to compel the sale of TikTok to a non-Chinese entity to avoid a potential ban in the United States.
In response to this breach, Irish regulators have mandated that TikTok must suspend data transfers to China within six months unless the company meets specific compliance requirements. This ruling adds to the existing challenges facing TikTok as it navigates international regulatory landscapes.
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