17 h. ago TikTok fined €530m by Irish regulator for failing to guarantee China would not access user data

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission found video app breached GDPR and had submitted ‘erroneous information’ to inquiryTikTok has been fined €530m (£452m) by an Irish watchdog over a failure to guarantee that European user data sent to China would not be accessed by the Chinese government.Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) regulates TikTok across the European Economic Area (EEA), which includes all 27 EU member states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago TikTok fined €530m for failing to protect user data from Chinese state

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission also found the video app provided ‘erroneous information’ to its inquiryTikTok has been fined €530m (£452m) by an Irish watchdog over a failure to protect some European user data from being used by the Chinese government.Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) regulates TikTok across the European Economic Area (EEA), which includes all 27 EU member states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. Continue reading...

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20 h. ago TikTok hit with £450MILLION fine after Ireland finds social media giant illegally sent user data to China

European Union privacy watchdogs fined TikTok £450million (530 million euros) on Friday after a four-year investigation found that the company illegally transferred data to China

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21 h. ago TikTok fined £452m by EU authorities over data transfers to China

The video sharing app said it would appeal the decision.

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2 w. ago TikTok star fined after ‘parking for six minutes with the wrong ticket’ launches battle against council

Zoe 'staked out' the area

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2 w. ago Revealed: Chinese researchers can access half a million UK GP records

Medical information will be available from UK Biobank, despite western intelligence agencies’ security fearsResearchers from China are to be allowed access to half a million UK GP records despite western intelligence agencies’ fears about the authoritarian regime amassing health data, the Guardian can reveal.Preparations are under way to transfer the records to UK Biobank, a research hub that holds detailed medical information donated by 500,000 volunteers. One of the world’s largest troves of health data, the facility makes its information available to universities, scientific institutes and private companies. A Guardian analysis shows one in five successful applications for access come from China. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago TikTok airport video trends could see you fined, banned or blacklisted

A travel expert has warned that filming in certain areas could have dire consequences

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4 w. ago TikTok set for €500m fine over sending EU data to China as US sale deadline looms

Ireland’s data protection commission is said to have found TikTok's owners fell foul of GDPR laws by sending users' data to China, amid fears the video sharing app poses a national security threat

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