TikTok is expected to be fined for breaching EU privacy rules
TikTok will face fines for breaching privacy rules by early September for handling data on teenagers and children, according to unnamed Brussels-based sources familiar with the matter.
The European Network of National Privacy Regulators – the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) – on Wednesday resolved disputes between agencies in an investigation into the popular video-sharing platform used by 125 million people in the EU, Politiko reports.
Their decision initiates a procedure in which the final sentence and other possible measures will be pronounced within a month.In 2021, the Irish Data Protection Authority began investigating whether TikTok respects children’s privacy in accordance with the requirements of the current EU privacy regulation, the General Data Protection Regulation.
Ireland’s regulator has launched proceedings to determine whether the Chinese-owned app ensures its default settings sufficiently protect children’s privacy and whether the company is sufficiently transparent about how it processes minors’ data.
One of the most pressing issues is TikTok’s age verification practice, which aims to keep minors under the age of 13 off its platform.
