03/11/2022
According to TikTok, employees in China have access to user data from the UK and the EU.
Users of the Chinese video-sharing site TikTok have been informed that some of its employees there have access to information on accounts in the UK and the EU.
The "privacy policy" was "based on a demonstrated requirement to do their work," according to the social media behemoth.
Authorities from all around the world, including those in the UK and the US, have been looking into it because of worries that data could be sent to the Chinese government.
A US official demanded that the software be prohibited in the US earlier this week.
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The Chinese social media giant said the policy is "based on a demonstrated need to do their job".