TikTok is moving responsibility for safeguarding the privacy of its European users to its Irish and UK entities, the social media company confirmed on Monday. Under the changes, the service provider for EEA-Swiss users will change to TikTok Ireland, with the UK office taking charge of service provision for UK users. TikTok UK will also become data controllers for users in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK. Region“As we have expanded across the region, TikTok Ireland has become responsible for maintaining users’ privacy and safety in Europe. TikTok has notched up about 1 billion users since it was established more than three years ago, and has proved particularly popular with younger users.

Source: The Irish Times June 29, 2020 16:11 UTC