Forbes report indicated that the TikTok app may have been used to track location data of specific American citizens. ByteDance denies there was any wrongdoing.
TikTok made the privacy policy announcement last month, and had scheduled the switch for July 13. The video sharing platform claimed a "legitimate interests" exception to obtaining consent for personalized ads.
A recent leak of audio meetings in which TikTok staff appear to admit to previously undisclosed data practices has some members of Congress calling for an FTC investigation.
FCC commissioner is calling for app stores to give TikTok the boot over national security concerns based on a leak of internal audio recordings of TikTok meetings showing engineers in China had backdoor access to the data of all of its users.
One probe calls TikTok’s #GDPR compliance into question due to data transfers to China. The other is on a theme that has been causing TikTok problems for years now: its collection and handling of the personal data of children.
ByteDance's popular video sharing app TikTok has faced security and privacy concerns from most of the world and as EU complaints mount, it will be opening a "transparency center” in Ireland.
A UK privacy lawsuit that could involve millions of minors alleges that TikTok violated child privacy laws in its collection of personal information and in transferring it to third parties.
In the well-reported cases of both TikTok and Privacy Shield, governments took decisive action to protect their residents from potential abuse by other governments. These cases present businesses with steps they can take to adjust to the evolving environment.
TikTok was dealt another blow when it was discovered to have been engaging in undisclosed user tracking in the Android version of its app.
It's fair to say that TikTok is having an even rougher 2020 than most companies with French privacy regulator CNIL opening a probe into parent company ByteDance's operations.
