Privacy Hits a Low at TikTok, Twitter – Security Boulevard

Privacy on social media has taken a hit this month, which should surprise no one. Just days after Elon Musk took over Twitter, the platform’s chief privacy officer resigned, as did others germane to the company’s safety and security. That was on the heels of reports that TikTok’s privacy policy shows that Chinese staff can access data from European users.“Based on a demonstrated need to do their job, subject to a series of robust security controls and approval protocols and by way of methods that are recognized under the GDPR, we allow certain employees within our corporate group located in Brazil, Canada, China, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, and the United States, remote access to TikTok European user data,” the Guardian quoted Elaine Fox, TikTok’s privacy chief, as saying. That set off alarm bells among many experts and policymakers who have long worried that the Chinese government could gain access to private data from the Chinese-owned company and put it to use in a number of nefarious ways.TikTok has claimed to be in compliance with the Schremms II decision from March 2022, which found that the protection of personal data had limitations due to domestic law in the
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