Personal data: Tiktok targeted by new complaints

New complaints were filed on Thursday in European countries against three Chinese applications. Meanwhile, including Tiktok, accused of not having responded to requests on the processing of their users.

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“Technology companies love to collect as much data as possible about you, but categorically refuse to give you full access, as required by European legislation,” denounced in a press release Kleanthi Sardeli, lawyer for the Noyb association, an NGO Viennese at the origin of the procedure.

She had already initiated actions in January against six Chinese applications on behalf of individuals worried about the illegal. In addition, transfer of their data to Beijing.

If personal data: tiktok targeted new new the online commerce giants Shein. Moreover, Temu. as well as personal data: tiktok targeted new the consumer electronics application Xiaomi, have in the meantime have accessed the requests of the complainants, “Tiktok, Aliexpress and WeChat continued to violate the RGPD (European data protection regulation)”, providing incomplete responses or ignoring the request, according to Noyb.

The organization has therefore filed three complaints with data protection authorities in Belgium. Greece and the Netherlands so that the targeted companies are compliant. It also requires an administrative fine against them. up to 4 % of their global revenues, “in order to prevent similar violations from happening in the future”.

Solicited by AFP, Tiktok had not reacted immediately.

Property of the Chinese group bytedance, the powerful video sharing platform, with 1.5 billion members. has been in the viewfinder for Western governments for years. which fear its link with Beijing and a possible use of its personal data: tiktok targeted new new user data for spying or propaganda purposes.

The Irish Data Protection Authority (DPC). acting on personal data: tiktok targeted new behalf of the European Union. opened on July 10 an investigation against Tiktok on the storage of certain personal data on Chinese servers, Beijing denying any involvement.

The DPC had already sanctioned the social network. of which the European headquarters are in Ireland. of a fine of 530 million in early May for having failed to guarantee sufficient protection for Internet users.

European data can only be transferred-that is. stored. made accessible-in a third country only if it is judged sufficiently safe by the EU, for example Japan, the United Kingdom or the United States.

Noyb. whose acronym means “None of Your Business” (“It is not your belongings”). is at the origin of many complaints against web giants, having resulted in fines of billions of euros.