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TikTok faces huge fine in Europe
Chinese short-video sharing platform TikTok has been fined 530 million euros in Europe for transferring data from European users to China.
According to Deutsche Welle, the Irish Data Protection Commission issued a statement on May 2, stating that the short-video sharing platform TikTok transferred data from European users to China, which violated the European Union's "General Data Protection Regulation" and did not meet the requirements for transparency of data processing, and therefore fined TikTok 530 million euros.
The Irish Data Protection Commission is the main body supervising global technology giants in the European Union. In 2023, it also accused TikTok of failing to properly process the data of minors and fined it 345 million euros.
The Data Protection Commission said that TikTok previously claimed that it did not store any data from European users in China. However, last month, it admitted to this act and said that it had transferred data to China to a limited extent and that the relevant data had been deleted.
The commission stressed that if European users’ data is stored in China, the Chinese regime has access to this data, and that TikTok has failed to protect European users’ data as required by the European Union.
It is understood that in addition to paying the fine, TikTok will have six months to adjust its data processing practices to comply with EU requirements.
The security issues of the Chinese-owned TikTok platform have been a constant source of concern, and so far, the TikTok app has been completely banned in several countries, including Pakistan and India. The US government has demanded that TikTok sell its services in the US, and the deadline has been postponed several times by current President Donald Trump.