2023-09-15 12:00:09
TikTok had already been condemned in January for its way of handling internet cookies. KIICHIRO SATO / AP
The Data Protection Commission (DPC), the Irish privacy regulator, announced on Friday September 15, in a press release, impose a sanction of 345 million euros once morest TikTok. This is to date the largest fine imposed in Europe once morest the Chinese social network.
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The DPC, equivalent to the French National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties (CNIL), criticizes TikTok for two things. First, to make the profiles initially created by its users public by default, including when the latter are adolescents aged 13 to 17. This therefore includes the videos published by the accounts, their comments, but also a certain number of features, such as that allowing you to create duo content with other Internet users.
The DPC’s decision also attacks the mechanism called “Family Connection”, which allows a parent with a TikTok profile to pair with that of their child in order, in particular, to monitor their private messages or control their video time. ‘screen. However, according to the Irish CNIL, TikTok does not check whether the “parent” account is indeed held by a guardian of the teenager. The social network has three months to comply on the two points with which it is accused, specifies the institution.
Additional offense
This record fine is the result of an investigation open in September 2021 by the DPC and covering a period from July to December 2020. It was the subject of negotiations, with certain other European CNILs having contested a preliminary decision by their Irish counterpart. The case was finally decided by the European Data Protection Board, the umbrella body of the various European authorities, which notably forced the DPC to add an additional offense.
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In France, TikTok had already been fined five million euros in January by the CNIL for its way of processing cookies on its website. If the social network « proposai[t] a button allowing you to immediately accept cookies »he did not foresee “an equivalent solution (button or other) to allow the Internet user to refuse their deposit as easily”, explained the CNIL at the time in its deliberation.
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