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ByteDance, the Chinese company behind TikTok, boasts that it does not collect users’ biometric data

September 16, 2022
Source: royalsblue.com royalsblue.com
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The accusation is made in reference to TikTok users in the United States, who upon installing the app must give their consent to “automatic collection of information”, including “biometric identifiers and biometric information, defined by US law as facial and voice prints”. As it could be both the pretext for a class-action lawsuit with heavy fines against ByteDance and the pretext for a de facto ban on the TikTok app in the US, allegations based on a tacit change in privacy policy under which the app can collect biometric data about US users are now being investigated at the highest...
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