TikTok fined $15.9M for violations of U.K. GDPR
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Adrianne Appel2023-04-04T20:12:00
Social media platform TikTok was fined 12.7 million pounds (U.S. $15.9 million) by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for using the personal data of children without parental consent and other violations of data protection mandates.
The ICO accused TikTok of violating the U.K. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which requires companies obtain permission from parents before using the personal data of children under the age of 13.
The company did not seek parental consent before using children’s data between May 2018 and July 2020, the ICO said in a press release Tuesday.
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