Italian Privacy Watchdog Initiates Proceedings Against TikTok
The investigations the Italian DPA had started in March this year did highlight data processing activities that would appear to fall short of the new legal framework applying to personal data protection.
The violations notified by the Italian DPA to TikTok include, first and foremost, the signup mechanisms that do not protect children adequately. TikTok’s signup ban for children under 13 is actually easy to circumvent by entering a false birth date. Thus, TikTok does not prevent kids from registering nor does it check that Italian privacy legislation is complied with – indeed, in Italy registration of a child under 14 with a social network requires the consent to be authorized by parents or the holders of parental authority.
Source: Tik Tok, children’s privacy at risk: the Guarantor starts the procedure … – Privacy Guarantor
