Tiktok is faced with a millionaire of fines. Data Protection Commission (DPC) Ireland fined a social network for a fine of 530 million euros for the transfer of personal data of European users to servers in ChinaViolation with the guidelines of security established by the general rule of data protection (RGPD).
According to the GDPR, the social network needs a high level of protection against personal data of users and their treatment, a requirement that is supported when these data are transferred to other countries. However, according to the investigation conducted by the DPC, the social network belonging to ByTedance violated these obligations to process personal data obtained in the GDPR, and, therefore, a fine of 530 million euros was imposed.
In particular, as the DPC is described in detail in the application on your website, during the Tiktok investigation, the legality of the transfer of personal data on the European economic space (EEE) was considered, and it was concluded that it was concluded that it was concluded that it was made that The social network violated RGPD because “he did not check, guaranteed and did not demonstrate” The fact that the personal data of European users who the company’s employees in China were remotely received, received the level of protection equivalent to guaranteed under the European Union.
Thus, Tiktok is accused of not making the necessary estimates to ensure the safety of these data during their transfer to China, and also not to solve the “possible access of the Chinese authorities to personal data”.
In addition to the applied fine, Irish DPC has provided a social network for six months to adapt its data processing Or will issue an order to suspend Tiktok information to China.
On the other hand, DPC also indicated that during the investigation, Tiktok proposed erroneous information, initially indicating that he does not store EEE users on servers located in China, while during April last year, as a result, in Chinese servers, it informed that “the limited amount of“ personal data of European users was stored.
Upon learning this failure, Tiktok has already informed DPC that European user data was eliminatedThey consider “what other regulatory measures can be justified”, in cooperation with the bodies for the protection of data from the European Union.
