TikTok’s ‘alarming’, ‘excessive’ data collection revealed : worldnews

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“TikTok user data is stored in Singapore and the US, and we have been clear and vocal about employing access controls like encryption and security monitoring to secure user data, with the access approval process overseen by our US-based security team,” TikTok said.

Even though TikTok’s Australian executives stress that it had never provided, nor had been asked for and would never provide Australian user data to China, even if asked, governments around the world are also concerned that this legislation means an employee who has access to user data could be compelled to provide it to Chinese authorities without the company being aware.

The revelation about Australian user data came in a letter to Senator Paterson from TikTok last week, revealed by The Australian Financial Review, after he wrote to TikTok about his concerns.

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