LONDON (AP) — TikTok could face a 27 million\u002Dpound ($29 million) fine in the U.K. over a possible breach of U.K. data protection law by failing to protect…
The U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office said Monday that it has issued the social media company a legal document that precedes a potential fine. It said TikTok may have processed the data of children under 13 without appropriate parental consent, and processed “special category data” without legal grounds to do so.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
Information Commissioner John Edwards said the body’s provisional view was that TikTok “fell short” of providing proper data privacy protections. The body said its findings are not final and that it will consider any representations from TikTok before making a final decision.
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