TikTok with a new privacy policy. Personal data of Europeans will be made available to Chinese

“Consistent, pleasant and safe” – this is how the use of the website is to look like after the introduction of the new privacy policy on December 2. Users wishing to log into the application will have to grant permission for remote access by service employees around the world. He described the changes

China. TikTok changes its privacy policy

Brazil, Canada, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea and – this is the list of countries whose TikTok employees will have access to smartphones of Europeans. Elaine Fox, TikTok’s European privacy director, explains in an interview with The Guardian that access is to be used to “test performance”.

It is worth recalling here that Chinese Internet companies, which include, among others, TikTok, WeChat and AliExpress have shared algorithm data with the Chinese authorities. And that’s not the only controversy surrounding this app in recent years.

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TikTok threatens Europe’s security?

In 2022, the administration introduced a block on TikTok and WeChat in the United States. The American side claimed that popular applications are a threat to the security of the United States. It was alleged that they could act as Chinese spy tools and collect personal information about US citizens. Ultimately, however, this decision was withdrawn.

In the face of the new privacy policy, doubts about the security of the application will arise again. Michaela Beale, professor of civil law at the University of London, told The Guardian that data transfers should be “checked for security”, but at the same time reassured that “the Chinese government is currently not focused on spying on TikTok user data.” He explained that he believed they had other ways to obtain private information, which could be little consolation.