The UK watchdog determined that TikTok possibly breached data protection law by “failing to protect” the privacy of minors between May 2018 and July 2020.
In such a way that TikTok could have handled data from 13-year-olds without parental consent, processed data in the “special category” in which ethnicity, sexual orientation or health is found without legal basis.
Investigation against TikTok.
The investigation against TikTok began during February 2019, this occurred shortly after the United States Federal Trade Commission fined the social network 5.7 million for child privacy violations.
Due to the above, in the United Kingdom alarms were set off by direct messaging, which was completely open to TikTok as well as its transparency tools; every time sexual predators were found sending messages to users up to 8 years old.
In addition to the fact that the regulation considered that it was relatively easy for children to circumvent the age barrier of the application.
The bureau stressed that the findings were preliminary, so there was no definitive conclusion that TikTok broke the law or will pay a fine; however, the regulator would carefully consider the platform’s position before making a final decision.
But what was said before, a fine of 20 million dollars for a company that invoices an excessively higher amount, does not represent a blow on the table to change this type of policy that, far from caring for the user, exhibits and exposes it, no way , TikTok is one of the many that prioritizes its advertising revenue over good practices.Do you want to be up to date in the world of technology? Subscribe to our YouTube channel and don’t miss the best in gaming, gadgets and geek culture! Follow us on networks.