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TikTok fined EUR530 million for illegally sending EU data to China

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Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg • 2 min read
TikTok fined EUR530 million for illegally sending EU data to China
TikTok said it would appeal the decision in full and that it has never received a request for European user data from the Chinese authorities, and has never provided European user data to them. Photo: Bloomberg
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TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd was fined EUR530 million ($778.49 million) by the European Union for illegally sending user data to China, warning the firm it didn't do enough to keep information out of reach from Chinese state services.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission, the company's main regulator in Europe, said TikTok infringed the bloc's rulebook with the data transfers and gave it six months to suspend all illegal transfers.

The DPC said TikTok disclosed in April that European user data had been stored on servers in China - contradicting earlier evidence it sent to the regulator. Bloomberg reported the fine earlier.

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