TikTok has been fined â¬530 million by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner for non-compliance with EU data protection laws, specifically regarding user data access by Chinese employees. The platform is required to halt the transfer of European user data to China unless it meets EU regulations within six months. Despite TikTok's claim of no EU data being stored in China, it was later found that some data had been stored there, which has since been deleted. The company plans to appeal the ruling.
"The DPC is taking these recent developments very seriously. We are considering what further regulatory action may be warranted," said DPC Vice-Chair Graham Doyle.
TikTok emphasizes that the decision ignores the security measures the company rolled out in 2023. These measures independently monitor external access and ensure that EU user data is stored in special data centers in Europe and the United States.
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