TikTok confirms to European users that their personal data can be seen by its employees in China

TikTok has explained that the personal data of users from Europe can be seen by its employees in China and other countries. The video platform assures that this update of its privacy policy would be beneficial for the experience in the social network. However, this measure generates concern in the old continent.

“TikTok is explaining to its European users that their data can be accessed by employees outside the continent, including in China.amid political and regulatory concerns over Chinese access to user information on the platform”, collects The Guardian.

The reasons for updating these terms would be because TikTok wants to improve the user experience. “The Chinese-owned social video app is updating its privacy policy to confirm that staff in countries including China can access user data to ensure their experience on the platform is ‘consistent, enjoyable and secure’”, adds the medium.

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TikTok employees in other countries could also access this data from Europeans. “The other countries where European user data could be accessed by TikTok staff include Brazil, Canada, and Israel, as well as the US and Singapore.where European user data is currently stored“, Add.

“Based on a demonstrated need to do your job, subject to a set of robust security controls and approval protocols, and through GDPR-recognized methods [el reglamento general de protección de datos de la UE], we allow certain employees within our corporate group located in Brazil, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States remote access to European TikTok user data”, indicates Elaine Fox, head of privacy for TikTok in Europe.

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Although this information can be used to improve the user experience, the news comes amid the controversy over access to personal data in other countries by China. “The data could be used to test aspects of the platform, including the performance of its algorithms, that recommend content to users and detect nuisance automated accounts.. TikTok has previously acknowledged that employees of the company’s parent company, ByteDance, in China access some user data.”, indicates the British newspaper.

Also, Fox indicates that the platform did not store information on the exact location of the Europeans, whether through GPS or another modality.. Nevertheless, in the current iteration of the TikTok privacy policy it is stated that it doesbut with the user’s permission.

Source: Elcomercio

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