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Accused of Harvesting Personal Data of Children: May Cost TikTok Billions

With over 2 billion downloads and over 680 million users per month, TikTok, formerly known as Musical.ly, is one of the best-known video sharing and content creating platforms. The security of our online data has come very much to the fore. Children may not be fully aware of all the security and safety implications surrounding ...

Jack Roberts

Snapchat and TicTok apps on a mobile phone.

When the World’s Largest Democracy Gets Its Own Data Protection Bill

In December 2019, the Indian government introduced the Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPA) into the parliament. The bill was referred for scrutiny by a joint parliamentary committee that will be publishing a report. And after the committee publishes its findings, a debate on the bill will be held. PDPA is expected to be passed this ...

Max Lu

Collecting personal data.