TikTok has been in the spotlight this week after the federal government announced it was banning the social media app from its devices days after Canadian privacy commissioners began investigating the company
The developments stem from renewed interest in ByteDance, the app's parent company, being based in China, where laws allow the country to demand access to user data.
Caraway calls TikTok "a particularly pernicious app" because it is "engaging in indiscriminate data harvesting.""TikTok has been found to just scoop up any and all information that it has access to, so that can be almost everything on your phone," Caraway warned. Screen resolution, keystroke patterns, battery levels, audio settings and "your approximate location, including location information based on your SIM card and/or IP address" are also grabbed by the app.
"I think it's highly unlikely that TikTok would relinquish any of the information given how broad its stated purposes are," Caraway said.Users can request TikTok delete their data, but Canadian provisions for such an ask are "narrow," said Caraway. PIPEDA states that if an app involves Canadians in a substantial way, then they are obligated to comply with Canada's privacy standards, said Caraway.
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