Video application TikTok has responded to the blockade imposed by the main institutions of the European Union (EU) on the use of the application on mobile phones and official devices of its own staff, with a decision that the company found “wrong”.
EU European Commission announced and determined the ban have all your staff uninstall the app from mobile phones and official devices service until March 15 at the latest.
“We believe this suspension is wrong and based on fundamental misunderstandings.. We were surprised that the commission did not contact us directly and offered us no explanation: We requested a meeting to clarify how we protect the data of the 125 million people who come to TikTok every month across the EU.”
He added that he has improved the approach to data security, Including the establishment of three data centers in Europe to store user data locally; “Further reducing employee access to data and minimizing data flows outside of Europe,” the company said.
The European Commission is not the only institution to opt for this ban. in 2022 The United States Congress has banned legislators and their employees from installing the app on their official phones.
In addition, several states in the North American country such as Texas, Alabama and Tennessee and other institutions such as the University of Florida have also adopted this measure.
Regarding the concerns, TikTok said it was important to separate political concerns from real ones.
“Some issues related to Tiktok and our Chinese heritage have become politicized, we take national security concerns very seriously.. in Europe,
We’ve seen policymakers and regulators rightly focus on understanding whether TikTok poses a real security risk and working with us as we develop industry-leading policy solutions to address user data concerns.In November 2022, TikTok admitted that some staff in China had access to European users’ data.
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