Tiktok fined with $ 600 million for the fears of Europe that China polishes people’s data

Tiktok will need to get deep in his pockets after the Irish Data data regulator arrived at the social video platform with a massive fine of 530 million euros ($ 600 million) on Friday.

The Ireland Data Protection Commission accused the company for violating strict privacy laws of Europe by not doing enough to ensure that the data transferred to China are properly protected from government surveillance. The DPC also said that if Tiktok does not make changes to meet its failure within six months, data transfers to China will completely suspend data.

Tiktok could not verify, guarantee and demonstrate that he was properly protecting the personal data of the people to whom the staff could access remotely in China, said DPC’s attached commissioner Graham Doyle in a statement. “As a result of Tiktok’s failure in undertaking the necessary evaluations, Tiktok did not address potential access by Chinese authorities to the EEE personal data under Chinese anti -terrorism, counter -espionage and other laws identified by Tiktok as if they diverge materially from EU standards,” he added.

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The General Data Protection Regulation of the EU, which entered into force in 2018, means that people in Europe benefit from strong privacy protections. When it is discovered that companies are breaking the rules, they can receive fines of up to 20 million euros or 4% of their annual turnover, which is greater. The GDPR has formed the basis of other data privacy rules worldwide, including the California Consumer Privacy Law. The intention behind these rules is to guarantee the transparency of people on how their data is used and train them to oppose when used so that they do not approve.

In the case of Tiktok and the EU, the company has said that it has never received specific requests from European user data from the Chinese government. He believes that the period in which the fine applies to the precedes 2023, when it establishes a data security initiative of 12 billion euros in the EU called Project Clover.

“The decision does not completely consider these considerable data security measures,” said Christine Grahn, director of public policies of Tiktok and government relations for Europe in a statement. “We do not agree with this decision and we intend to appeal it in its entirety.”