EU opens new probe into TikTok data transfer of European users' personal data to servers in China
(www.france24.com)
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TikTok was fined 530 million euros ($620 million) in May by the Data Protection Commission over European data transfers to China, though the Chinese social media giant had insisted this data was only accessed remotely.
The DPC on Thursday said it had been informed by TikTok in April that “limited EEA user data had in fact been stored on servers in China,” contrary to evidence presented by the company.
The regulator said it had expressed “deep concern” in its previous investigation that “TikTok had submitted inaccurate information”.
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