China rejects allegations of abuse of data of its companies. It responds to the fine of Tictoku, which has been awarded by the EU of EUR 530 million for a breach of data protection.
Beijing on Friday again rejected the allegations that he would ask Chinese companies to “illegally” collect and store their users’ personal data. He reacted again to the May Decision of the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which, on behalf of the EU, has a fine of EUR 530 million for Tiktok for breach of the Privacy Policy (GDPR). According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
“The Chinese government attaches great importance to the protection of privacy and data security and protects it in accordance with the law,” said the spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mao Ning. She added that Beijing “never requested and would not require companies or individuals to illegally collect or store data”.
“We hope that the European party will respect the market economy and fair competition and will ensure fair, fair and non -discriminatory business environment for companies from all countries,” the spokeswoman said.
DPC is a major privacy regulator for large technology companies in the EU. Tiktoku imposed a fine on May 2 for poor transparency to users. According to DPC, Chinese authorities had access to users of this platform, which Beijing has denied several times.
Examination processes
The investigation of the DPC lasted from September 2021 to May 2023. Tiktok has received a period of six months to adapt the method of processing this data to the EU rules.
