European users’ data will be stored at two centres in Dublin and one in Norway from 2023 onwards. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Some national governments in Europe have also restricted TikTok for government employees, and others are considering how to address cybersecurity concerns that arise from the app.Its National Cyber and Information Security Agency said it was concerned because TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, “falls under the legal jurisdiction of the People’s Republic of China”.
The Czech government, while part of the EU, has not introduced a ban so far. But in a report last year its intelligence agency, the BIS, singled China out as a major threat targeting Czech cyberspace.The EU has pointed to concerns over data protection, but TikTok has always strongly denied China has any control or access.
“The Chinese government never asked us for data, and if they would, we would refuse to do so,” Mr Bertram said. While a 2017 law requires Chinese companies to assist the government in matters of national security, Mr Bertram said that as TikTok is not itself a Chinese company it would not have to hand over data.
The Irish privacy regulator is investigating ByteDance over whether it violated the EU’s data protection law, the GDPR, with its processing of children’s personal data and transfers of data to China. AFP
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