Security News > 2021 > June > Dutch Group Launches Data Harvesting Claim Against TikTok
A Dutch consumer group is launching a 1.5 billion euro claim against TikTok over what it alleges is unlawful harvesting of personal data from users of the popular video sharing platform.
The Consumentenbond and a foundation called Take Back Your Privacy demanded Thursday that TikTok pay damages to 1.2 million to 1.6 million Dutch children who use the app.
The consumer organization and privacy foundation are demanding that TikTok pay damages to Dutch children and delete what they call unlawfully collected personal data.
TikTok responded in an emailed statement saying the company is "Committed to engage with external experts and organisations to make sure we're doing what we can to keep people on TikTok safe."
In February, TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance, agreed to pay $92 million in a settlement to U.S. users who are part of a class-action lawsuit alleging that the video-sharing app failed to get their consent to collect data in violation of a strict Illinois privacy law.
Late last month, the EU's executive, the European Commission, gave TikTok one month to answer complaints from a European consumer group over its commercial practices.