--- title: "According to TikTok, employees in China have access to user data from the UK and the EU." description: "Users have been informed by the Chinese-owned video-sharing site TikTok that some of its employees there have access to information on accounts in the" author: "Muskan Singh" published: 2022-11-04 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2294/according-to-tiktok-employees-in-china-have-access-to-user-data-from-the-uk-and-the-eu category: "entertainment" tags: ["database security", "technology", "data breach", "tiktok"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # According to TikTok, employees in China have access to user data from the UK and the EU. The [social media](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/13056/how-to-leverage-social-media-to-attract-lots-of-blog-traffic) juggernaut claimed that the '[privacy policy](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1303/whatsapp-privacy-policy-receives-ultimatum-until-end-of-february-says-eu)' was 'based on a demonstrated requirement to conduct their work.' Because of concerns that data might be given to the **Chinese government**, authorities from all over the world, including those in the UK and the US, have been looking into the situation. A US official demanded that the software be prohibited in the US earlier this week. According to **TikTok**, 'the **European Economic Area, the [United Kingdom](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4481/10-popular-places-in-united-kingdom), and Switzerland' are covered by the policy.** The platform's head of privacy for Europe, Elaine Fox, said in a statement on Wednesday that a global team worked to provide 'consistent, pleasurable, and safe' [user experiences](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/99898/how-does-augmented-reality-enhance-user-experiences-in-various-fields-such-as-gaming-and-education). We focus on reducing the number of employees who have access to European user data, reducing data flows beyond the area, and storing European user data locally, she continued. The announcement came the same week that a senior official from the US communications authorities proposed TikTok should be banned in the US. She continued by saying that the plan was also 'submitted to a set of rigorous [security controls](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/23387/what-are-the-asp-dot-net-security-controls) and approval criteria, and by way of procedures that are recognised under the **GDPR (General [Data Protection](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/303929/what-is-data-protection-and-why-is-it-important) Regulation)'.** The announcement came the same week that a senior official from the US communications authorities proposed **TikTok** should be banned in the US. **Federal Communications Commission commissioner Brendan Carr** stated, 'I don't believe there is a road ahead for anything other than a prohibition' (FCC). The UK Parliament's TikTok account was disabled in August as a result of MPs' concerns that data would be transferred to the Chinese authorities. Senior MPs and peers had demanded that the account be suspended pending '**credible guarantees**' from TikTok that no data would be given to Beijing. The **Irish Data Protection Commission**, the app's primary EU regulator, has also looked into the app on two privacy-[related issues](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50847/how-to-fix-an-apple-iphone-6-that-can-t-make-outgoing-calls-other-call-related-issues). The agency is investigating how TikTok handles the [personal information](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/102585/how-to-secure-personal-information-on-a-laptop) of youngsters and whether it complied with EU legislation when sending that information to nations like China. --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/2294/according-to-tiktok-employees-in-china-have-access-to-user-data-from-the-uk-and-the-eu Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.