ITALIAN DPA IMPOSES LIMITATION ON PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA OF TIKTOK

27.01.2021

The Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante Per La Protezione Dei Dati Personali – DPA”) has imposed an immediate limitation on the processing performed by TikTok due to uncertainty of information regarding data subjects’ age.

In December, the DPA had already notified several infringements to TikTok including poor attention to the protection of minors, the easy dodging of the registration ban the company applies to children under 13 years, non-transparent and unclear information provided to users, and default settings falling short of privacy requirements.

In this context, the DPA has decided to impose limitation on the processing performed by TikTok while it has been waiting for receipt of the feedback that was requested via the notification in question.

You can read the text of the press release here.

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