Data Protection Authority of Ireland · 2 May 2025
TikTok Technology Limited
Insufficient legal basis for data processing
Fine€530,000,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- Data Protection Authority of Ireland
- Decided
- 2 May 2025
- Country
- Ireland
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2025/IE/003
What happened
The DPA fined TikTok €530 million for the unlawful transfer of personal data to China and the failure to comply with their transparency obligations, in violation of Article 46(1) & 13(1)(f) GDPR.
Summary from the GDPRhub page for this decision, written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Art. 13Information to be provided where personal data are collected from the data subject13(1)(f)Read →
- Art. 46Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards46(1)Read →
- International transfers
- Transparency
- Unlawful processing
Sources
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