TikTok changing data security plans in Europe following ban. What’s going on?
The European Parliament, European Commission and the EU Council recently banned TikTok from staff phones due to growing concerns about the company.
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Canada not the only country to ban TikTok. Here’s what others are doing
TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company Bytedance, has long maintained that it does not share data with the Chinese government and that its data is not held in China.
The European Commission banned TikTok on work phones. Could Canada be next?
The move comes as Canadian MPs are set to probe security concerns about TikTok, a popular social media application, at a parliamentary committee.
Is TikTok a risk to Canadian privacy? A federal committee wants to find out
The amended motion calls on the members to dig into TikTok and other social media platforms’ use ‘of private information of Canadians for the objective of data harvesting.’