Tiktok is fining 600 million dollars due to Europe’s fears of China, which wipes people’s data

Tiktok will need to reach the depths of its pockets after the Irish data monitoring reached the social video platform with a huge fine of 530 million euros ($ 600 million) on Friday.

The Data Protection Committee in Ireland imposed the company to violate strict privacy laws in Europe by not doing enough to ensure the data of any person who has been properly transferred to China from government monitoring. DPC also said that if Tiktok does not make changes to compliance with its rule within six months, it will have to suspend data transfer operations completely to China.

The DPC Commissioner said in a statement. He added: “As a result of the failure of Tiktok in conducting the necessary assessments, Tiktok did not address the possible access by the Chinese authorities to personal data in the European Economic Zone under Chinese anti -terrorism, the antagonism and other laws defined by Tiktok as materially different from the standards of the European Union.”

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European Union General data protection regulationAnd that entered into force in 2018, means that people in Europe benefit from a strong privacy protection. When companies are found to break the rules, they can receive fines of up to 20 million euros or 4 % of their annual rotation rate, which is larger. GDP shape is the basis for other data privacy rules around the world, including Consumer privacy law in California. The intention of these rules is to ensure transparency of people about how to use their data, and to enable them to object when using them in ways they do not agree with.

In the case of Tiktok and the European Union, the company said it has not received any specific requests for European user data from the Chinese government. It believes that the period on which the fine applies to its races 2023, when the security initiative was put in place 12 billion euros in the European Union called Project Clover.

“The decision failed to consider completely in these large security measures of data security,” said Christine Jara, head of public policy and government relations in Tiktook in a statement. “We disagree with this decision and we are fully stabbed.”