“It is a scandal that what many have suspected for a long time has now been confirmed in black and white: Tikok has delivered data from European users: contrary to all the assertions. It is good that consequences have now finally followed and a sensitive punishment has been imposed,” says Süleyman Zorba, spokesman for the Green Network Policy, the decision of the Irish data protection commission, TIKTOK with a fine of 530 million To prove euros. The reason for the punishment is the illegal transfer of European user data to China and massive violations of transparency requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The decision shows again how urgently it is to strengthen the enforcement of the GDPR and consistently act against global platforms, ignore European data protection standards: “Data protection is not an optional value, but an basic right. Companies like Tikok must finally understand that the European legal framework also applies to them – regardless of where their mother corporation is sitting,” emphasizes Zorba.
In the past, Tiktok had already been targeted by the data protection authorities because of the handling of data from minors. The record now imposed is part of a series of billions of billions of penalties against global tech companies.
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