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Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from children

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Re: Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from children

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It's clear every site on the internet without id checks (and even those who do check id since people can lie) are accessed by minors, I'm not sure what they expect.

this stuff is always pushed by people with either no technical understanding at all or just bad intentions

Re: Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from children

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I hope they will apply the same standard to other social media companies. And while they're at it, they should take a look at the data that Google collects from kids using Chrome and Chromebooks.

> I hope they will apply the same standard to other social media companies.

So a weak fine that is rolled into cost of doing business expense? AKA nothing.

Re: Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from children

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It was hilarious how fast UK changed “online safety act” to . Just send your face and details to anonymous companies prone to data leaks just to hear songs with naughty words! See Spotify is too dangerous for children! Post anything about the issues with immigration in the UK? That is straight to jail territory now, and they know just where to find you. I’m not joking. I want to know what happened to the people that…

They all emigrated to the USA

Where'd they go next, because the USofA is leading the charge

Re: Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from children

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post #11
post #4

It's clear every site on the internet without id checks (and even those who do check id since people can lie) are accessed by minors, I'm not sure what they expect.

this stuff is always pushed by people with either no technical understanding at all or just bad intentions

Not sure why this was marked dead when it's not wrong. The people in Congress/Parliament are not the most tech savvy people, and pretty much just do what their lobbyists recommend even if they don't understand the full implications.

Re: Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from children

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I hope they will apply the same standard to other social media companies. And while they're at it, they should take a look at the data that Google collects from kids using Chrome and Chromebooks.

Google's claims in this area seem simple and strong. What are you suggesting?

"Google will only access, use, and otherwise process Customer Data in accordance with the Cloud Data Processing Addendum and will not access, use, or process Customer Data for any other purpose. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, Google will not process Customer Data for Advertising purposes or serve Advertising in the Services. Google has implemented and will maintain technical, organizational, and physical safeguards to protect Customer Data, as further described in the Cloud Data Processing Addendum."

Re: Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from children

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post #12

I hope they will apply the same standard to other social media companies. And while they're at it, they should take a look at the data that Google collects from kids using Chrome and Chromebooks.

I wish that the collection of data were toxic just in case you accidentally collect the data of a child. I’d happily let chrome think i were a six year old if it meant they wouldn’t abuse their market position to steal user data.

Re: Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from children

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What kind of "sensitive data"? The page does not provide any details. Something as basic as an IP address could be considered "sensitive data" but collecting that is basically inevitable.

Check this out: https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/20...

I read this link with sadness. We all know that we can't trust any online social media with anything. But to store children's data in below the bar. (Oh, wait, these companies believe the bar is whatever they want it to be.)

Re: Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from children

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post #12

I hope they will apply the same standard to other social media companies. And while they're at it, they should take a look at the data that Google collects from kids using Chrome and Chromebooks.

> I hope they will apply the same standard to other social media companies. So a weak fine that is rolled into cost of doing business expense? AKA nothing.

They can't fine at the OPC, they can't even force action. Though sometimes that is a good thing as it opened up some room for class actions, in Ontario at least.

Re: Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive data from children

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I hope they will apply the same standard to other social media companies. So a weak fine that is rolled into cost of doing business expense? AKA nothing.

They can't fine at the OPC, they can't even force action. Though sometimes that is a good thing as it opened up some room for class actions, in Ontario at least.

Sure, but that's missing the point. Nothing will be the result. So in this case, somebody won't be lining their pockets with a nothing burger fine. So less than nothing is the result.
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