The U.K. has fined TikTok $15.8M for violating its national privacy laws

 

The U.K. has fined TikTok $15.8M for violating its national privacy laws. The company allowed minors to open accounts without their parents' consent. The country's premier privacy authority, the Information Commissioner's Office, stated that due to TikTok's breach of privacy laws, over 1 million users under the age of 13 were able to access the platform. The company's minimum signup age is 13. According to the agency, their data may have been used to track and profile them, potentially showing harmful and inappropriate content. Further, the ICO said that TikTok failed to provide accurate information to people using the platform about how their data is collected, used, and shared. The ICO claims that the privacy breaches happened between 2018 and 2020. In 2022, French privacy authority CNIL fined TikTok $5.4M for failing to adhere to laws regarding the use of cookies.

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