{"id":1657785,"date":"2022-09-26T06:56:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T10:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1657785"},"modified":"2022-09-26T06:56:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T10:56:30","slug":"uk-may-fine-tiktok-29-million-for-failing-to-protect-childrens-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-may-fine-tiktok-29-million-for-failing-to-protect-childrens-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"UK may fine TikTok $29 million for failing to protect children\u2019s privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuk-may-fine-tiktok-29-million-for-failing-to-protect-childrens-privacy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1657785&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>(Reuters) \u2013     Britain could fine TikTok 27 million pounds ($28.91 million) following an investigation that found the short-form video app may have breached UK\u2019s data protection law by failing to safeguard privacy of children using the platform.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation found that TikTok could have processed data of children under the age of 13 without appropriate parental consent and failed to provide proper information to its users in a transparent way.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO) has issued TikTok and TikTok Information Technologies UK Ltd with a \u201cnotice of intent\u201d, the regulator said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompanies providing digital services have a legal duty to put those protections in place, but our provisional view is that TikTok fell short of meeting that requirement,\u201d Information Commissioner John Edwards said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we respect the ICO\u2019s role in safeguarding privacy in the UK, we disagree with the preliminary views expressed and intend to formally respond to the ICO in due course,\u201d a TikTok spokesperson said in a emailed statement to Reuters. <\/p>\n<p>ICO\u2019s provisional view suggests that TikTok breached UK data protection law between May 2018 and July 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee voted to approve a measure that would raise the age children are given special online privacy protections to 16 and bar targeted advertising to children by companies such as TikTok and Snapchat without consent.<\/p>\n<p>($1 = 0.9339 pounds)<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru; 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