TikTok has been fined €530 million by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) for illegally transferring Europeans’ personal data to China and failing to be transparent with users,&nbsp;<a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/tiktok-sent-europeans-personal-data-to-china-hiding-transfers-from-users-eu-regulators-say/">according to the Free Beacon</a>&nbsp;and <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/tiktok-hit-with-e530m-privacy-fine-ireland-china-data/">Politico</a>.&nbsp;

In its first ruling on data transfers to China, the DPC said TikTok failed to properly assess how Chinese surveillance laws could impact the safety of European user data and couldn’t ensure adequate protection once the data was transferred.

"TikTok failed to verify, guarantee and demonstrate that the personal data of [European] users, remotely accessed by staff in China, was afforded a level of protection essentially equivalent to that guaranteed within the EU."
{ai:summary}TikTok has been fined €530 million by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission for transferring European user data to China and lacking transparency. This ruling marks the DPC's first action on data transfers to China under EU privacy laws.TikTok has six months to comply with EU regulations or halt data transfers to China. The company plans to appeal the decision, arguing it has implemented safeguards and has never shared European user data with Chinese authorities. #technology

TikTok Illegally Sent Europeans' Personal Data To China, EU Regulators Claim

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