TIKTOK has been fined £452million for breaching EU privacy rules by sending data to China.
The video-sharing app was also rapped for not being clear with its users on where their information was transferred.
The Irish Data Protection Commission ordered the platform — owned by China-based ByteDance — to comply with EU rules within six months.
DPC deputy commissioner Graham Doyle said TikTok failed to verify that data held was adequately protected.
He said TikTok had not addressed possible access under Chinese “anti- terrorism, counter-espionage and other laws”.
TikTok denied it stored European users’ data in China during the DPC investigation.
But then it admitting in February a limited amount had been.
Mr Doyle said: “The DPC is taking these recent developments regarding the storage of EEA User Data on servers in China very seriously.
“Whilst TikTok has informed the DPC that the data has now been deleted, we are considering what further regulatory action may be warranted, in consultation with our peer EU Data Protection Authorities.”
The DPC will publish the full decision and further related information in due course.
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