France’s regulator, CNIL gave a wrist-slap fine of €5 million to TikTok as a reprimand reminder not to manipulate consent against user interest.
The fine is relatively small, likely owing to the fact that TikTok added a “Refuse all” button to its website last February to make opting out easy for site visitors.
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A majority of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) moved to ratify the protocol and establish a legal basis for cross-border disclosure of electronic information as part of law enforcement operations. Liberal groups had opposed the move due to concern EU citizen data could then be given to countries with less stringent rules for privacy protection.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.