{"id":2021940,"date":"2023-09-05T08:15:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T12:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-hires-britains-ncc-for-auditing-data-security\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T08:17:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T12:17:12","slug":"tiktok-hires-britains-ncc-for-auditing-data-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-hires-britains-ncc-for-auditing-data-security\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok enlists UK&#8217;s NCC to audit data security."},"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\">16<\/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-hires-britains-ncc-for-auditing-data-security%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=2021940&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>STOCKHOLM (Reuters) \u2013 TikTok Hires British\u2064 Cybersecurity Firm NCC to Strengthen Data Security<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Concerns about TikTok&#8217;s\u200b data security have led to \u200dseveral government bodies banning the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nurses-dance-in-cringeworthy-tiktok-video-at-a-time-when-hospitals-are-supposedly-overrun-due-to-covid\/\" title=\"Nurses Dance In Cringeworthy TikTok Video At A Time When Hospitals Are Supposedly \u201cOverrun\u201d Due To COVID\">social media app<\/a> from staff phones. In \u200cresponse, TikTok, owned by \u200cChinese firm ByteDance, has launched &#8220;Project Clover&#8221;\u2064 to \u200benhance its data controls and protections. As part of\u2063 this\u200c initiative, TikTok \u200chas \u200denlisted the services of\u200c British cybersecurity firm\u200b NCC to conduct an audit and \u200dprovide independent verification.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>TikTok is taking further \u2062steps to secure user data by establishing three\u2063 data centers in Europe. \u2064Two centers will\u2062 be located in Ireland, while one will be in Norway. \u2063The \u200cfirst Irish data center is already operational,\u2064 and\u2062 data migration has begun. By the end of 2024, all three centers\u2064 will be fully functional, according to Elaine Fox, \u200chead of privacy in Europe. In the meantime, TikTok is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-marks-himself-with-microchips-underneath-skin-to-unlock-car-pay-for-goods-and-store-data\/\" title=\"Man Marks Himself With Microchips Underneath Skin To Unlock Car, Pay For Goods And Store Data\">storing personal data<\/a> for European Economic Area (EEA) and UK users in a\u200d designated secure area called the European enclave, hosted temporarily\u200d in the\u200d U.S.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok and NCC plan to engage with policymakers \u2063across\u200c Europe\u2064 to provide insights into the system&#8217;s practical implementation. Project Clover was announced by TikTok in March as a response to mounting pressure from lawmakers on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-should-ban-invasive-tiktok-app-that-mines-personal-data-for-china\/\" title=\"Big Tech Should Ban Invasive TikTok App That Mines Personal Data For China\">data security concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  \u2062(Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee\u200b in Stockholm, editing by Ed Osmond)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/tiktok-hires-britains-ncc\/attachment\/file-photo-tiktok-head-office-in-united-states-2\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>This Week&#8217;s \u2064Major Headlines<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Mark Mix of \u200dthe National Right to\u2063 Work Legal \u200bDefense Foundation is fighting \u200cagainst Big Labor&#8217;s Pro Act in Congress.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Brent Sadler from The \u2062Heritage Foundation suggests\u2062 that recent drone attacks \u2064on Russian soil may be aimed at initiating a negotiated solution with Russia.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Joe Biden celebrates the US Jobs Report, \u200dwhile keeping Hunter&#8217;s job reports hidden and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-hires-britains-ncc-for-auditing-data-security\/\" title=\"TikTok enlists UK's NCC to audit data security.\">delivering \u2063favorable gas prices<\/a> just\u2062 in time\u200c for Labor Day Weekend.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Nubank Launches Personal Finance Service\u2063 in \u200cLatin America<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Tesla Shanghai Sues Chinese Firm Over Tech Secret Infringement<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>China&#8217;s Leapmotor \u2063Faces Challenges in\u2062 the EV Industry<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>firm ByteDance, potentially sharing user data with the Chinese government. TikTok&#8217;s collaboration with NCC aims to address these concerns by ensuring robust data controls and protection measures, enhancing trust among users and governments alike. This move comes as TikTok faces increasing scrutiny and strives to maintain its global presence amidst mounting security concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2021941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}