TikTok could face a £27 million (€30 million) fine for breaching UK data protection law relating to children's privacy for more than two years by July 2020, the Information Commissioner's Officesaid.
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The watchdog issued TikTok Inc and TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited with a “notice of intent” – a legal document that precedes a potential fine.
The ICO investigation found that the company may have processed the data of children under 13 without appropriate parental consent , failed to provide appropriate information to its users in a concise, transparent and easily understandable way, and processed special category data without a legal reason to do so .
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The ICO said its findings are provisional, it should not be concluded that there has been a breach of data protection law or that a fine would be imposed, and that it will consider any representations from TikTok before reaching a final conclusion.
Source of information: independent.co.uk
