Security News > 2023 > September > TikTok slapped with $368 million fine over child privacy violations
The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined TikTok €345 million for violating the privacy of children between the ages of 13 and 17 while processing their data.
Initiated in September 2021, the investigation into the company's data processing practices looked into how TikTok handled children's data from July 31 to December 31, 2020.
The DPC found that TikTok employed "Dark patterns" during the registration process and while posting videos, subtly nudging the users toward selecting options that compromised their privacy.
In response to these troubling findings, the Irish data privacy regulator imposed an administrative fine of €345 million on TikTok, citing the privacy breaches identified during the investigation.
In January, TikTok was fined €5 million by France's data protection authority for not sufficiently informing users on how it uses cookies and making it difficult to opt-out.
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