Head Topics

TikTok faces claim for billions in London child privacy lawsuit

  • 📰 TimesLIVE
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 19 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 11%
  • Publisher: 59%

South Africa Headlines News

TikTok, the wildly popular video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions of pounds (dollars) in London's High Court over allegations they illegally harvested the private data of millions of European children.

“Parents and children have a right to know that private information, including phone numbers, physical location, and videos of their children are being illegally collected,” she said, as a website to detail the case goes live.

“We believe the claims lack merit and intend to vigorously defend the action,” the representative said. But the claimants, advised by law firm Scott & Scott, allege TikTok violated UK and European Union data protection laws by processing youngsters' data without adequate security measures, transparency, the consent of guardians or legitimate interest.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 28. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Newsdeck: TikTok Faces Privacy Lawsuit on Behalf of Millions of Children(Bloomberg) --TikTok faces a London lawsuit filed on behalf of millions of children in the U.K. and Europe over privacy concerns.
Source: dailymaverick - 🏆 3. / 84 Read more »

Business Maverick: TikTok Begins Testing In-App Shopping to Challenge FacebookByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok is working with brands including streetwear label Hype to test in-app sales in Europe, a move that will intensify its competition with Facebook Inc. and further blur the line between social media and online shopping. Normally I don’t do this, I don’t praise people for any reason,truth be told good work deserve appraisal,I wound deny the fact that I’m super jealousy of your hard work and skill. I’m proud of you and what you do in the life of people we need more people like you Sharon_cryptofx
Source: dailymaverick - 🏆 3. / 84 Read more »

WATCH: Jacob Zuma participates in TikTok dance challenge | The CitizenFormer president Jacob Zuma is no TikTok stranger. A TikTok video of him busting some moves with his family has surfaced.
Source: TheCitizen_News - 🏆 6. / 75 Read more »

New Florida Road pizzeria ’fired Up’ for success from viral TikTok videosA newly opened pizzeria in the popular Florida Road strip credited its successful launch to stoking the flames of public interest after going viral on TikTok. | SundayTribuneSA
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

TikTok the next to mix social media app with shoppingTikTok has begun working with merchants in the UK and other markets on ways to sell directly to millions of users within the app, sources say
Source: BDliveSA - 🏆 12. / 63 Read more »