The company was also ordered to suspend data transfers to China, if its processing is not fully compliant within six months.
TikTok has been fined 530 million euros ($600 million) by the Republic of Ireland’s privacy regulator for breaching the European Union’s data protection rules.
The company, whose European headquarters are in Dublin, was also ordered by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) to suspend data transfers to China if its processing is not fully compliant within six months.
The DPC said TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, failed to show EU users’ personal data, some of which can be remotely accessed by staff in China, was given the high level of protection provided for under EU law.
Under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which also covers European Economic Area (EEA) member states Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, the regulator can impose fines of up to 4 percent of its global revenue.
GDPR breaches are policed by local regulators in each country, and many big tech firms are based in Ireland, which offers tax breaks.
In a statement, DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said, “TikTok’s personal data transfers to China…
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