Case launched against TikTok over collection of children’s data
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent from Technology | The Guardian on (#5GVJ6)
Former children's commissioner for England launches case against video-sharing app
A former children's commissioner for England has launched a landmark case" against the video-sharing app TikTok, alleging that it illegally collects the personal information of its child users.
Anne Longfield, who held the commissioner post between March 2015 and February this year, has lodged a claim in the high court on behalf of millions of children in the UK and the European Economic Area who have used TikTok since 25 March 2018.
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