oh UK Penalties can be imposed TikTok 27 million pounds ($28.91 million) was revealed after an investigation Company Failing to protect children’s privacy is a potential breach of data protection law Social website.
The investigation found that the site may have processed the data of children under the age of 13 without proper parental consent.
Also, TikTok may not have provided enough information to its users in a transparent manner.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a notice to TikTok and TikTok Information Technologies UK, the regulator said in a statement.
“Companies providing digital services have a legal obligation to implement these safeguards, but it is our provisional view that TikTok does not meet this requirement,” said Information Commissioner John Edwards.
“We respect the ICO’s role in protecting privacy in the UK, disagree with the initial comments expressed and intend to respond formally to the ICO in due course,” a TikTok spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Reuters.
The regulator’s provisional opinion suggests that TikTok breached UK data protection law between May 2018 and July 2020.
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