TikTok fined $379 million for failure to keep children’s data safe in EU

The Chinese short-video making app TikTok has been fined 345 million euros ($379 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for failing to keep kids’ data safe on its platform.

The fine, under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), was announced in relation to TikTok’s processing of personal data relating to child users of its platform.