On December 2, TikTok introduced a new privacy policy. Users who wish to continue using the application must consent to remote access to their personal data by service personnel worldwide, including China. The United States is considering cutting off access in its country. Janusz Cieszyński, government plenipotentiary for cybersecurity, was asked what Poland intends to do.
TikTok has changed its privacy policy. What will Poland do?
– This decision is not technological, but strictly political. The decision-making center is therefore not the Ministry of Digitization. But I don’t think anyone is thinking about blocking TikTok in Poland – Cieszyński noted at the beginning. The politician added that in the case of China, the situation is so “specific” that “the local legislation directly indicates that entities operating in the field of technology are obliged to cooperate with the government and its institutions” – he writes.
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US bans TikTok?
On December 19, it reported that so far 19 of the 50 US states have at least partially blocked access to TikTok on government computers. However, some members of Congress believe that the app should be banned nationwide. On the same day, TikTok issued a statement expressing its disappointment “that so many states are succumbing to the political fashion to pursue policies based on baseless lies.”
As the agency points out, talks regarding the national security pact, conducted between American officials and TikTok, have been going on for months. The application is used by over 100 million users in the country.
Source: Gazeta
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