As TikTok Approaches Ban in the US, Chinese Social Network Also Sees Scandal CNIL investigationCommission for National Liberties and Information Technologies. According to our colleagues from the newspaper Le Monde, the French authority received a complaint from a user in July 2020. request to delete a video.
The CNIL declined to provide further details about this complaint and the identity of the complainant, as the procedure is still ongoing. Nevertheless, This complaint is not the sole motivation for this investigation.. In fact, the institution will also focus on the following issues:“problems of informing individuals, methods of exercising their rights, flows outside the European Union, measures taken towards minors, where the application is very popular”.
We would like to remind you that TikTok may be subject to serious sanctions in case of non-compliance with the GDPR (general data protection regulation). Fines up to CNIL may be imposed 20 million eurosor 4% of turnover. TikTok, for its part, puts its cards on the table and claims to cooperate fully with the French authorities. The company states: Our priority is to ensure the security and privacy of our users.”
European CNILs together
Other European privacy bodies have also launched investigations into TikTok, such as the CNIL in the Netherlands, which is currently investigating how this happened. TikTok manages the data of minors on its platform. The CNIL and its European counterparts have stated: “Coordinate potential investigations into Chinese company.”
If you follow the news, you are aware that TikTok is in the crosshairs of Donald Trump. The American president wants to ban the application on his own soil. His only salvation lies in the acquisition of an American company. For now, Microsoft is moving towards purchasing all of TikTok’s activities. The American giant has until September 15 to complete the transaction, in which case TikTok will be banned in the United States.
Source : World
