"TikTok's new US joint venture has made changes to its privacy policy that include expanding the type of location data the company can collect from its 200 million American users. The new policy was published after investors closed a deal with TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance on Thursday to run the popular short-form video app's business in the US. The new joint venture said in its updated privacy terms that it may now "collect precise location data, depending on your settings""
"The company policy added that the sensitive personal information would be processed "in accordance with applicable law" and that users can turn off location services in their device settings at any time. Even before the new venture was established, TikTok collected location information based on a user's SIM card or IP address, or both. But it stopped short of collecting even approximate GPS information from American users operating the most updated version of the app, according to a 2024 version of its privacy policy."
TikTok's US joint venture expanded its privacy policy to allow collection of precise location data depending on user settings. Sensitive personal information will be processed in accordance with applicable law, and users can disable location services in their device settings. Prior US data collection relied on SIM card or IP address data rather than GPS for updated app versions. Precise location sharing is expected to be optional and off by default, requiring an opt-in pop-up and has not yet been enabled for American users. The venture also broadened permissions to gather information about users' interactions with AI tools.
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