TikTok fined ₹5,000 crore in EU over user data transfer to China
China's ByteDance-owned TikTok has been fined €530 million (over ₹5,000 crore) by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner. The regulator said the app failed to show that European users' data, remotely accessed by staff in China, was protected as per European Union (EU) laws. The app was also ordered to bring its data processing into compliance within six months.