TikTok, a social media company owned by China, was fined 345 million euros by the European Union on Friday for data breaches involving children.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Ireland’s Data Protection Commission announced in a statement that it had imposed a “administrative fine” of $369 million for the violations it found during a two-year investigation.
TikTok was given three months by the agency “to bring its processing into compliance” with its standards.
Ireland’s DPC is crucial to enforcing the stringent General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) of the EU.
In September 2021, the watchdog started investigating TikTok’s adherence to GDPR in relation to platform settings and the handling of personal data for users under the age of 18.
It also examined TikTok’s age verification policies for users under the age of 13 and found no violations, but it also concluded that the company had not adequately considered the hazards associated with younger users signing up for the site.
In its decision on Friday, the DPC emphasized how when minors signed up for TikTok, their accounts were automatically turned to public, allowing anybody to view and comment on their video.