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China denies any illegal storage of personal data – Tiktok survey: beijing denies any
The Chinese firm denies storing data from European users on servers in China after the opening of investigations by Brussels.
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Tiktok has been in the viewfinder of Western governments for years, which fear its link with Beijing.
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The Chinese government denied on Friday to be involved in any illegal storage of personal data on servers in its territory. Nevertheless, after the opening of the European Union of a survey on Tiktok.
“The Chinese government attaches great importance to confidentiality. Therefore, data security and protects them in accordance with the tiktok survey: beijing denies any law,” said spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mao Ning.
According to her. Furthermore, Beijing “has never demanded and will never require companies or individuals that they collect or illegally store data”.
“A non -discriminatory commercial environment”
“We hope that the European party will respect the market economy. Furthermore, fair competition, and that it will offer a fair, fair and non -discriminatory commercial environment to businesses from all countries,” added Mr.me Mao at a regular press conference.
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The Irish Data Protection Authority (DPC). tiktok survey: beijing denies any which acts on behalf of the European Union, opened an investigation against Thursday Tiktok On the storage of personal data of European users on Chinese servers, which could be contrary to the legislation.
The powerful video sharing platform, which has 1.5 billion members, is the property of the Chinese group bytedance.
Tiktok has been in the viewfinder for Western governments for yearswhich fear its link with Beijing. a possible use of its users data for spying or propaganda purposes.
The DPC has already sanctioned Tiktok of a fine of 530 million in early May to have failed to guarantee sufficient protection of the personal data of Europeans. accessible remotely from China but stored outside.
Guarantee sufficient data protection
During this survey. Tiktok tiktok survey: beijing denies any had recognized that certain European data had been made accessible, but well stored in China (and deleted since).
The company had mentioned a technical problem. and assured that it had “never received a request” from the Chinese authorities and not having “never provided them with European user data”.
But according to the DPC. it had not been able to propose guarantees against the possible access of the Chinese authorities to these data via its anti-terrorism and counterintelligence laws.
The objective of the new investigation “is to determine whether the social network has respected its relevant obligations under the GDPR (European data protection regulations). in the context of transfers now in question, ”said the DPC on Thursday.
This organization acts on behalf of the EU because tiktok survey: beijing denies any the European headquarters of Tiktok. like that of most tech giants, is found in Ireland.
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