Ireland’s data protection authority has hit the popular Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok with a €345 million fine over its processing of children’s personal data, the fifth-largest fine given to a company since the EU adopted a tough new privacy rulebook in 2018.
The fine stems from an inquiry launched by the Irish privacy watchdog into TikTok’s processing of data of child users—aged between 13 and 17—between July 31, 2020 and December 31, 2020.
