{"id":1902088,"date":"2023-03-21T12:29:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T16:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-data-trackers-installed-on-state-government-websites-review-finds\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T12:34:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T16:34:00","slug":"tiktok-data-trackers-installed-on-state-government-websites-review-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-data-trackers-installed-on-state-government-websites-review-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok data trackers installed on state government websites, review finds"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ftiktok-data-trackers-installed-on-state-government-websites-review-finds%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=1902088&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-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body RichTextBody\">\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">M<\/span>ore than two dozen state government-operated websites were found to have tracking codes installed by ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok. The discovery highlights the extensive efforts made by the China-affiliated business to gather user data. A review by Feroot Security of over 3,500 companies and entities discovered that 30 US state websites contained tracking pixels from ByteDance. These pixels are regularly included on external websites by tech companies to track the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns. However, the installation of these trackers by a Chinese-owned company has attracted scrutiny because of concerns that the data collected could be shared with the Chinese Communist Party. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center>\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79413495\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Taiwan president to visit US, Biden administration tells China not to overreact\"><br \/>\n                <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"As Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen plans to visit Guatemala and Belize and stop in the United States along the way, the Biden administration is reminding China that Tsai's stops in New York and California are unofficial, merely stopovers, and in line with recent precedent. 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In response to the allegations, a TikTok spokeswoman stated that the data received from advertisers is used to enhance the app&#8217;s advertising services. The company&#8217;s terms and conditions advise advertisers not to share certain data with them, and TikTok cooperates with its partners to avoid any accidental sharing of this information.<\/p>\n<p>The presence of these tracking codes on government-run websites highlights the widespread data concerns lawmakers have expressed regarding the app. An interdepartmental agency, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, called for ByteDance to divest from TikTok or risk being banned. Congress has also proposed several bills aimed at restricting TikTok&#8217;s use in the US. These include an outright ban by Senator Marco Rubio and additional powers for the Commerce Department to assess potential security risks posed by select business deals sponsored by Senator Mark Warner.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is due to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/tiktok-data-trackers-government-websites\">Click here to read more from the Washington Examiner<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than two dozen websites operated by state governments were found to have web-tracking code installed by TikTok&#8217;s parent company, revealing the extensive efforts made by the China -affiliated business to collect user data. 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