Gaming, streaming and entertainment applications such as Candy Crush, TikTok And Netflixmay not be installed on the mobile phones of government officials France.
The decision has been made because these applications are present “cybersecurity and data protection risks of public agents and the administration”according to French Civil Service Minister Stanislas Guerini sources.
From the model of your mobile to the attributes of your face and body: this is all the personal and intimate information you give to TikTok when you upload a video
France is not the first country to consider removing TikTok from its officials’ mobile phones. Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States, Canada and New ZealandIn addition to the European CommissionUnpleasant.
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Governments insist Byte dancethe Chinese company that owns TikTok can access the data on the devices they have access to.
Although Chinese authorities said on Friday they “never” ask companies to hand over data collected abroad, they previously admitted to doing so employees in China were able to access European users’ data. And in December, Byte Dance claimed that employees had used the data to spy on journalists.
Source: Eluniverso
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