Britain has once again fined the Chinese short video app TikTok about US $ 16 million for violating data protection law. TikTok has misused the personal data of children. The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has fined TikTok US$15.9 million, saying that TikTok allowed more than 1 million children under the age of 13 to use its platform in 2020, in violation of its own rules. permitted to.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said that the video-sharing platform did not even try to see what age users are signing in to their platform. Tiktok failed to remove underage children from its platform. This penalty has been imposed on Tiktok for violation of the rule between May 2018 and July 2020.
Earlier this week, Britain fined Chinese video app TikTok Rs 130.34 crore (about £12.7 million) for several breaches, including illegal use of personal data involving children. According to the British Monitoring System Information Commissioner’s Office, Tiktok went against its own policy and allowed 1.4 million children under the age of 13 to open accounts on Tiktok in 2020.
