TikTok has been given six months to convey its information processing practices consistent with the EU’s privateness guidelines, or droop all information transfers to the nation.
TikTok mentioned it “strongly contest[s]” the Irish DPC’s findings and plans to enchantment in full.
“Past the DPC’s failure to substantively contemplate the intensive safeguards [already implemented by Tiktok], we’re upset to have been singled out regardless of counting on the identical authorized mechanism employed by hundreds of different corporations offering providers in Europe,” mentioned Christine Grahn, TikTok’s head of public coverage and authorities relations for Europe, in a written assertion.
TikTok pointed to its €12 billion funding in Mission Clover, which is rolling out information facilities in Europe to retailer information regionally within the EU, in addition to different privateness safeguards. The Irish DPC acknowledged the challenge however mentioned it was not sufficient to sway its resolution.
Grahn emphasised that TikTok has “by no means obtained a request for European consumer information from the Chinese language authorities, and has by no means supplied European consumer information to them.”
She mentioned that the Irish DPC ruling “dangers setting a precedent with far-reaching penalties for corporations and whole industries throughout Europe that function on a worldwide scale,” and “delivers a blow to the European Union’s competitiveness.”
