TikTok faces a fine of $600 million due to breaches of the European Union’s Data Protection Regulation, as they transferred user information to China.
On Friday, May 1st, the Irish Data Protection Commission imposed a penalty, and they’ve granted TikTok, owned by ByteDance, half a year to align their data handling practices with the law.
TikTok was penalized with a fine of $600M, as the Irish Data Protection Commission discovered that the app breached the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. This was due to TikTok being unable to assure the protection of data transmitted to China.
Approximately $551 million of the imposed penalty on TikTok was related to data transfer violations, while the remaining amount stemmed from a lack of clarity in their privacy policy regarding these transfers. As reported by The New York Times, this fine is the largest ever ordered under the relevant legislation.
If the short-form video app fails to settle the penalty and adhere to the European Union’s privacy regulations, it may be directed to halt the transmission of data to China.
TikTok responds to $600M fine from EU
Immediately following receipt, TikTok spoke to the New York Times about the significant EU penalty they’d been hit with. Additionally, they expressed their intention to challenge this ruling in court.
We’ve never been asked by Chinese authorities for any European user data, nor have we ever shared such data with them.
This decision could potentially establish a pattern with significant implications, affecting numerous multinational corporations and sectors throughout Europe.
As a dedicated TikTok user, I’m keeping an eye on the situation as the platform could potentially face a ban within the U.S. A law signed by President Biden mandates that ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, must sell its shares to a non-Chinese corporation before a specified deadline; otherwise, it risks being barred from operating domestically.
Originally set for January 19, 2025, the due date was later pushed back by President Trump when he issued an order on the following day, moving it to April 5. However, just a day before the rescheduled deadline, another extension was announced, with the new target date being June 18, 2025.
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2025-05-02 18:50