5 Documents
74 All provisions 26 High severity 41 Medium severity 7 Low severity
2 Changes · 12 mo 1 high
Jul 16, 2026 Last change

High, provisions that significantly limit your legal rights, authorize broad data collection, or create material financial exposure. Medium, provisions worth knowing about but with partial protections or limited scope. Low, standard terms with minimal consumer impact.

Objective measurements
Counted directly from the archive for TikTok Ads — documents, captured versions, and detected changes.
5
Documents tracked
27
Versions captured
2
Changes · 12 mo
2
Changes · all-time
71.0 d
Avg between changes
26
Days since change
71 d
Longest stable stretch
ConductAtlas User-Protection Index
Provisional · scored on 4 of 6
2.0/100
Consumer tier · provisional until more dimensions are known
How is this scored? →
Baseline 2.0 here · corpus average 31.4 across 191 scored platforms Bottom quartile Q1 18.4 · median 30.8 · Q3 42.3

Higher = more protective of you, the user/customer — a deliberately user-protective lens, not a universal “good vs bad” score. Computed algorithmically from TikTok Ads’s cited governance stances; no dimension we haven’t confidently read is ever counted against the score. Free, reproducible, and never purchasable.

Consumer tier · 2.0/100 · provisional · scored on 4 of 6
Data sharing & sale weight 20% not stated
AI training on your data weight 18% 0.0
Content ownership & licence weight 15% not stated
Liability & warranties weight 10% 0.0
Business tier · 44.4/100 · provisional · scored on 4 of 6
Arbitration & class action weight 22% not stated
Data sharing & sale weight 20% 65.0
AI training on your data weight 18% 0.0
Data retention & deletion weight 15% 100.0
Content ownership & licence weight 15% not stated
Liability & warranties weight 10% 0.0
Governance Coverage
Restricted Content
47 provisions · 31 high · 15 med
Contract Terms
35 provisions · 12 high · 18 med
Arbitration
34 provisions · 15 high · 18 med
Data Sharing
27 provisions · 10 high · 14 med
Data Collection
26 provisions · 12 high · 14 med
Data Usage
20 provisions · 10 high · 9 med
Privacy Rights
20 provisions · 2 high · 14 med
Targeting Restrictions
16 provisions · 6 high · 10 med
Intellectual Property
16 provisions · 10 high · 5 med
Liability Limitation
14 provisions · 6 high · 8 med
Quick Facts
Arbitration: Required
AI Training: Trains on your content
Data Retention: Deleted after account closure
Class Action: Waived
Key Governance Provisions
High Prohibition on Reverse Engineering TikTok Technology

The qualifier 'to the greatest extent permitted under applicable law' means the prohibition applies as broadly as local law allows, but does not override statutory rights that cannot be contractually…

High Indonesia five-year data retention minimum

A minimum five-year retention period means user data in Indonesia is preserved for an extended period, limiting the practical effect of any deletion or erasure rights during that window.

High Mandatory Individual Binding Arbitration for US Users

Binding individual arbitration eliminates access to courts and class actions for covered disputes, restricting US users to an individual arbitration process.

High Aggregate Liability Cap at 500 USD or Fees Paid

The cap directly limits the maximum financial recovery available to a claimant regardless of actual damages suffered, and the three-month lookback window means advertisers who spent little recently f…

High Exclusion of Indirect and Consequential Damages

The exclusion covers the categories of loss most commonly associated with advertising failures—lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, and reputational harm—leaving the account holder without recourse…

Document Coverage
Advertisingpolicy Privacypolicy Termsofservice
Last change detected: Jul 16, 2026 Changes (12 months): 2 (1 high) Documents monitored: 5 Provisions tracked: 74
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Documents

TikTok Branded Content Policy

Medium

This is TikTok Ads Manager's Business Help Center page, which discloses product updates, feature availability conditions, and operational requirements for advertisers running paid campaigns on TikTok. The most operationally significant …

Last updated May 20, 2026 · Advertising policy
6 provisions 17 versions captured Version history →

TikTok Industry-Specific Ad Policies

Medium

TikTok Ads sets rules about what kinds of ads are allowed on its platform, banning things like deceptive, false, or harmful content and placing special restrictions on sensitive categories such …

Last updated May 20, 2026 · Advertising policy
8 provisions 3 versions captured Version history →

TikTok Advertising Policies

Medium

This document sets the rules for what advertisers can and cannot do on TikTok Ads. Ads that are adult in nature, dangerous, deceptive, false, or misleading are not allowed, and …

Last updated May 20, 2026 · Advertising policy
8 provisions 3 versions captured Version history →

TikTok Privacy Policy

High

TikTok Ads collects extensive data about you—including what you do on other websites, apps, and in stores, as well as face and body feature data from your videos and even …

Last updated May 5, 2026 · Privacy policy
10 provisions 3 versions captured 2 significant changes Version history →

TikTok Advertising Terms

High

These terms govern how advertisers can use TikTok's advertising platform and establish the rules TikTok Ads sets for that relationship. You are fully responsible for everything that happens on your …

Last updated May 5, 2026 · Terms of service
10 provisions 1 version captured Version history →

Recent Changes

July 16, 2026 · TikTok Privacy Policy Medium

TikTok Ads substantially restructured its privacy policy in an update detected on July 16, 2026, expanding disclosure of data collection practices and reorganizing how it describes information handling. The revised …

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May 5, 2026 · TikTok Privacy Policy High

TikTok Ads replaced its U.S.-specific privacy policy with language covering "other regions." The controlling entity shifted from TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC to TikTok Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-registered company.

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High Severity Provisions (23)

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Applicable Regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
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Colorado AI Act
US-CO
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CFAA
United States Federal
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Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
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CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
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DMA
European Union
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DSA
European Union
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ePrivacy Directive
European Union
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FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
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GDPR
European Union
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Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
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Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
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Texas AI Act
Texas, USA
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Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US
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VPPA
United States Federal
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Frequently Asked Questions

What TikTok Ads documents does ConductAtlas track?

ConductAtlas tracks 5 TikTok Ads documents including terms of service, privacy policy, and other governance documents. Every document is captured daily with cryptographic verification.

How many policy changes has TikTok Ads made in the past year?

TikTok Ads has made 2 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks, including 1 classified as high severity.

How many provisions has ConductAtlas classified for TikTok Ads?

ConductAtlas has classified 74 provisions across TikTok Ads's tracked documents. 26 are rated high severity, 41 medium, and 7 low.

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