Security Boulevard
UK regulator punishes TikTok at 5.5% of revenue. Says app illegally tracked children.
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a fine of £12.7M. It’s chump change for ByteDance, TikTok’s parent, but the UK is far from the only country exercised about this: EU regulators have been investigating for at least 18 months.
In other news, Australia bans the app from federal phones, making it the fifth eye to close. In today’s SB Blogwatch, we sip our coffee, oblivious to the events unfolding currently.
