TikTok: Data Protection

(asked on 18th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Information Commissioner's Office on the reported breach of data protection law by Tiktok in respect of the processing the data of children; and if she will make a statement.


Answered by
Julia Lopez Portrait
Julia Lopez
Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
This question was answered on 24th October 2022

The ICO is an independent regulator and we cannot comment on ongoing enforcement action. The Information Commissioner is accountable to Parliament in how it exercises its functions.

The Secretary of State will meet with the Information Commissioner in the coming months.

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