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Former children's commissioner launches legal action against TikTok

Wednesday 21 April 2021 | 12:02 CET | News
Former Children's Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, has launched legal action against video sharing app TikTok, and parent company ByteDance, for illegally collecting the private information of children in the UK and Europe in violation of UK and EU data protection law.

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Categories: Internet / Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Bytedance / TikTok
Countries: Europe / United Kingdom
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