TikTok fined £12.7m for ‘misusing children’s data’
TIKTOK has been slapped with a £12.7million fine for allegedly failing to use children’s personal data lawfully.
The popular video sharing app “did not do enough” to check that underage kids were using the platform.
More than one million UK children under the age of 13 were estimated to be on TikTok in 2020 contrary to the site’s terms of service, according to the data watchdog ICO.
They claim it was used without parental consent.
Under tough UK data protection laws, tech giants must have permission from parents for such data.
“There are laws in place to make sure our children are as safe in the digital world as they are in the physical world,” said John Edwards, UK Information Commissioner.
“TikTok did not abide by those laws.”
The Chinese-owned app also failed to do “adequate checks” to find and remove underage users, the regulator said.
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