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UK fined TikTok nearly USD 16 million for misusing children’s personal data

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UK fined TikTok nearly USD 16 million for misusing children’s personal data

The United Kingdom regulator has fined the Chinese-owned video-sharing platform TikTok almost USD 16 million for a number of ‘data protection law’ breaching, including misusing children’s personal data, according to CNN. UK’s information commissioner’s office fined TikTok USD 15.9 million and estimated that the video-sharing platform allowed over 1 million children under 13 to use … Read more

Data of one country should not become surreptitious property of another country: Ravi Shankar Prasad

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New Delhi: IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday called for transparency in data usage and said data of a country should not be used by another country as its surreptitious property. He said a true digital world can only survive in democracy, and there is a need for more transparent system. “The … Read more