TikTok Fined €530 Million for Illegally Transferring European User Data to China
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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a fine of 530 million euros (over 601 million dollars) on TikTok for illegally transferring the personal data of users from the European Economic Area (EEA) to China, thereby violating the European Union's GDPR data protection regulations. This decision follows an investigation that revealed unauthorized data transfers, contradicting the GDPR requirements for protecting the personal information of European users.