A class action lawsuit in the US claims the popular video-sharing app comes pre-installed with "Chinese surveillance software" that violates privacy, data and consumer protection laws.
"TikTok clandestinely has vacuumed up and transferred to servers in China vast quantities of private and personally-identifiable user data that can be employed to identify, profile, and track the location and activities of users in the United States now and in the future," the lawsuit states.
"TikTok also has surreptitiously taken user content, such as draft videos never intended for publication, without user knowledge or consent. In short, TikTok's lighthearted fun comes at a heavy cost."
ByteDance, the Chinese firm behind the viral app, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...-data-privacy-lawsuit-bytedance-a9230426.html
would you keep it on your phone - let your teenager's use it
"TikTok clandestinely has vacuumed up and transferred to servers in China vast quantities of private and personally-identifiable user data that can be employed to identify, profile, and track the location and activities of users in the United States now and in the future," the lawsuit states.
"TikTok also has surreptitiously taken user content, such as draft videos never intended for publication, without user knowledge or consent. In short, TikTok's lighthearted fun comes at a heavy cost."
ByteDance, the Chinese firm behind the viral app, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...-data-privacy-lawsuit-bytedance-a9230426.html
would you keep it on your phone - let your teenager's use it