UK watchdog fines TikTok millions for misuse of children’s data
London, Apr 4 (PTI) The UK on Tuesday imposed a 12.7-million pound fine on Chinese video app TikTok for a number of breaches of data protection law, including failing to use children’s personal data lawfully.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the country's information watchdog estimates that TikTok allowed up to 1.4 million UK children under the age of 13 to use its platform in 2020, despite its own rules not allowing children that age to create an account.
The move follows a UK government move last month to ban TikTok from all government phones amid security concerns around the Chinese-owned social media app.
