MPs and peers ask information commissioner to investigate TikTok
by Dan Sabbagh and Dan Milmo from World news | The Guardian on (#69WQE)
Letter argues that Chinese-owned video-sharing app could be in breach of UK law
A cross-party group of MPs and peers have asked the information commissioner to investigate whether the Chinese-owned TikTok's handling of personal information is in breach of UK law.
The letter from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) argues that TikTok cannot be compliant with data protection rules - and comes just hours after the UK announced a ban on the popular video-sharing app appearing on ministers' and officials' government-owned phones.
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