Last Tuesday (29), a commissioner of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Google and Apple wanted remove TikTok from their respective app stores. Now, the Chinese company has responded to the FCC and confirmed that some employees have access to US consumer information.
The motivation for the American agency began after some information surfaced suggesting it could be a Chinese social network. spying on personal information users in the United States.
this ByteDanceThe owner of TikTok clarified the issue. some employees may have access to information, but must go through a series of security procedures and approval protocols. The entire process also takes place under the supervision of a security team based in the United States.
“It is clear that TikTok poses an unacceptable national security risk due to its extensive data collection, along with Beijing’s seemingly uncontrolled access to this sensitive data,” FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr told Apple and Google.
TikTok promises change
In any case, the responsible company TikTok has committed change security protocols to protect users’ personal data and to defend the national security of the United States. The company recently partnered with Oracle to create the new security methodology that can help avoid bans.
Despite ByteDance’s US hub for TikTok, in addition to moving all US user data to servers in the country, the social network continues to process information on servers in Singapore. After closing the deal with the FCC, TikTok should delete all US user data on servers outside the country and leave it only on Oracle servers in the US.
Source: Tec Mundo
