TikTok uses your behavior and content on the platform to infer personal attributes about you, including your estimated age range, gender, and interests, even if you have not provided this information directly.
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Inferred profiling can result in a detailed personal profile being built from behavioral signals, which may be used for ad targeting and content personalization without your explicit knowledge of the specific inferences made about you.
The updated policy changed the controlling entity from TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC to TikTok Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-registered company. The U.S.-specific privacy policy language was replaced with terms covering "other regions." Users previously governed under U.S. privacy protections are now subject to different jurisdictional terms.
View change record →TikTok builds inferred profiles about your demographic characteristics and interests from your behavior on the platform; these inferences are used to personalize both content and advertising, and you may not know what specific attributes have been inferred about you.
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"Inferred Information. We also infer your attributes, including your interests, gender and age range for the purpose of personalising content. To infer additional information about you, such as your age range, gender, and interests.Excerpt from TikTok Ads's TikTok Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Article 22 (rights related to automated decision-making and profiling), GDPR Article 6 (lawful basis for profiling), CCPA/CPRA (which treats inferences drawn from personal information to create a profile …
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Inferred profiling can result in a detailed personal profile being built from behavioral signals, which may be used for ad targeting and content personalization without your explicit knowledge of the specific inferences made about you.
TikTok builds inferred profiles about your demographic characteristics and interests from your behavior on the platform; these inferences are used to personalize both content and advertising, and you may not know what specific attributes have been inferred about you.
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