Irish regulators have fined TikTok €345m (£296m) for violating children’s privacy.
The complaint concerned how the social media app handled children’s data in 2020 – particularly around age verification and privacy settings.
It is the biggest fine to date TikTok has received from regulators.
It is the biggest fine to date TikTok has received from regulators.
“The criticisms are focused on features and settings that were in place three years ago, and that we made changes to well before the investigation even began, such as setting all under 16 accounts to private by default,” they said.
The fine was issued by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy law.
GDPR sets out rules that companies must follow when handling data.
The DPC found that TikTok had not been transparent enough with children about its privacy settings, and raised questions about how their data was processed.
Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon told BBC News the inquiry also found that accounts made by those aged between 13 and 17 were made public by default on registration, meaning the content they posted was visible to anyone.
Irish regulators have fined TikTok €345m (£296m) for violating children’s privacy.
It is the biggest fine to date TikTok has received from regulators.
The complaint concerned how the social media app handled children’s data in 2020 – particularly around age verification and privacy settings.
“The criticisms are focused on features and settings that were in place three years ago, and that we made changes to well before the investigation even began, such as setting all under 16 accounts to private by default,” they said.
It is the biggest fine to date TikTok has received from regulators.
It is the biggest fine to date TikTok has received from regulators.
“The criticisms are focused on features and settings that were in place three years ago, and that we made changes to well before the investigation even began, such as setting all under 16 accounts to private by default,” they said.
The fine was issued by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy law.
GDPR sets out rules that companies must follow when handling data.
The DPC found that TikTok had not been transparent enough with children about its privacy settings, and raised questions about how their data was processed.
Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon told BBC News the inquiry also found that accounts made by those aged between 13 and 17 were made public by default on registration, meaning the content they posted was visible to anyone.
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