TikTok’s response makes it crystal clear that Americans’ data is still exposed to Beijing’s draconian and pervasive spying regimes – despite the claims of TikTok’s misleading public relations campaign.” “TikTok executives appear to have repeatedly and intentionally misled Congress when answering how the company secures and protects the data of Americans. “We are extremely concerned that TikTok is storing Americans' personal, private data within the reach of the Chinese government,” the Senators said in a joint statement.
Levine, on Signal/WhatsApp at (310) 526–1242, or email her at did not respond to questions about whether these exceptions for creators are part of a yet-to-be-released national security contract with TikTok.Īsked about TikTok’s distinction between what it claimed are “two different categories of data: protected data and data that falls under an exception,” Blumenthal and Blackburn told Forbes they were not convinced. Got a tip about TikTok or ByteDance? Reach out securely to the author, Alexandra S. “Like most companies, we enter into commercial relationships with businesses and individuals, and collect and retain certain information to comply with applicable audit, accounting, tax, and other regulations.” creators who enter into a commercial relationship with TikTok-information that is collected outside of the standard app experience,” the company wrote to the Senators. “TikTok believes that the Forbes article cited in your letter was referencing certain creator data such as signed contracts and related documents for U.S. The letter claimed those “limited exceptions” include all of the following categories: “Public data, business metrics, interoperability data, and certain creator data, if a creator voluntarily signs up for a commercial program to be supported by TikTok in reaching new audiences and monetizing content.” But it emphasized that there are “limited exceptions” that it said “were determined as part of TikTok's extensive, multi-year negotiations with CFIUS”-the government body working on a national security deal that would allow the app to keep operating here. Government as needing additional protection,” the letter said. “Protected data” is “user data identified by the U.S. Creator data, it explained, is often an exception.
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