TikTok Fined $600M Over GDPR Violations and Data Transfers to China

TikTok fined $600M for sending EU user data to China. Find out what this means for privacy, GDPR compliance, and TikTok’s future in Europe.
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TikTok Fined $600M Over GDPR Violations and Data Transfers to China
TikTok Fined $600M for Sending EU User Data to China: What You Need to Know Wondering why TikTok was fined $600 million for violating European privacy laws? Here’s a clear breakdown. TikTok was hit with a record €530 million fine (around $600 million) after an Irish court ruled that the platform breached the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The court found that TikTok transferred European users' personal data to servers in China without ensuring the high protection standards required by EU law. This penalty is now one of the largest GDPR fines ever issued, signaling how seriously Europe takes user data privacy and cross-border data transfers.                 Image : Google Why Was TikTok Fined? TikTok’s troubles began when the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) investigated how the company handled the personal information of its European users. It found that TikTok could not guarantee data transferred to China would be safeguarded according to EU standar…