Tijook wounded a huge fine in the European Union of 530 million euros ($ 600 million) on Friday, accusing of sending personal data to the Europeans to China and failed to ensure the protection of the Chinese authorities from arrival.
The Chinese -owned social media giant, which is also at the United States intersection, has admitted that it had hosted European data in China, in contrast to a previous denial, according to GO IRLAND data protection.
One of the largest fines imposed by the authority ever followed the investigation of the TIKTOK data transmission law.
In 2023, the Data Protection Committee (DPC) fined Tiktok – which includes 1.5 billion users worldwide – 345 million euros to violate European rules to process child data.
Since Tiktok – a section of the Giant BYTEDANCE Chinese technology – has its European headquarters in Ireland, Irish authority is the main organizer of Europe for the social platform, as well as others such as Google, Meta and X.
“Tijook’s failure to verify, ensure and clarify that the personal data of (European) users, which have been reached by remote employees in China, was giving a level of protection mainly that is mainly guaranteed in the European Union.”
“Tiktok has not tackled possible access by Chinese authorities to personal data (Europeans) in light of the fight against Chinese terrorism, espionage and other laws set by Tiktok as materially far from the standards of the European Union,” Doyle said in a statement.
Tiktok said she plans to resume the fine of the European Union, and she insisted that she had “received no request” from the Chinese authorities for European users’ data.
“(Tiktok) has never provided European user data to them,” said Christine Jerlah from Tiktok Europe. “We disagree with this decision and we are fully stabbed.”
The social media giant was at the intersection of the Western government for years due to the concerns that China could use by China for espionage or advertising purposes.
US pressure
The DPC statement said that Tiktok violates the requirements within the European Union’s general data protection regulation (GDPR) by transferring user data to China.
He said that the decision on Friday “includes administrative fines, which total 530 million euros and a matter of Tiktok, which brought its treatment within six months.”
The Authority said that 45 million euros of the fine was imposed due to a lack of transparency between 2020 and 2022 when the platform does not refer to users in the countries to which the data was transferred or that it can be accessed from China.
DPC said its decision also includes an order to suspend Tiktok transfers to China if the company does not meet the deadline for six months.
The fine is expected to increase the pressure on the social network in the United States.
The US Congress passed a law in 2024 that requires the completion of Tiktok control in the United States or is banned from the country.
President Donald Trump is postponed twice until June 19, the deadline for the sale of the social network, which includes 170 million American users.
Multiple ban
Regardless of the data problem, Tiktok is also accused of limiting its users to silos through a strong and strong recommendation algorithm, which enhances the spread of wrong information and illegal, violent or obscene content.
Many countries have banned a platform for different periods, such as Pakistan, Nepal and France in the lands of New Calidonia.
For years, Tiktok has highlighted its data protection policies. In Europe, it launched the Clover program, which provides 12 billion euros of investment for 10 years.
It claims that the Europeans’ data is stored by default in Norway, Ireland and the United States and “that the employees in China cannot access restricted data”, such as phone numbers or IP addresses.
However, DPC, whose investigation was opened in 2021, said on Friday that Tiktok was informed on Friday that European data was stored, and then deleted, in China – unlike the company previously claimed.
This story was originally shown on Fortune.com
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