TikTok hires British firm NCC for auditing data security

TikTok has hired British cybersecurity firm NCC to audit its data controls and protections, and provide independent verification, as part of the social media company’s data security regime, nicknamed “Project Clover”.

Several government bodies have banned TikTok from staff phones due to growing concerns about the company, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, and whether China’s government could harvest users’ data to advance its interests.

As part of the regime, TikTok is opening three data centres – two in Ireland and one in Norway to store user data in Europe.