TikTok may share your personal data with other companies within its corporate group, including affiliated entities and subsidiaries, for a range of stated operational purposes.
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Sharing data across TikTok's corporate group, which includes entities in multiple jurisdictions, raises cross-border data transfer questions and has been a subject of regulatory scrutiny given the group's ownership structure.
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 →Your personal data may be shared with TikTok's corporate affiliates globally, including entities in jurisdictions with different privacy protections; this is relevant given ongoing regulatory attention to TikTok's data flows and corporate structure.
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To support us in providing, integrating, promoting, and improving the Services, we may share personal information within our corporate family of companies that are related by common ownership or control.
we may share data between our affiliates for the safety and security of our users and may take necessary actions if we believe you have violated these Terms, including banning you from our Services and/or our affiliates' services...
we may use, retain or share information with law enforcement or others in circumstances where a person's vital interests require protection, such as in the case of emergencies.
"We may also share your information with other members, subsidiaries, or affiliates of our corporate group, including to provide the Platform, to improve and optimise the Platform, to prevent illegal use and to support users.Excerpt from TikTok Ads's TikTok Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Chapter V (cross-border data transfer restrictions and mechanisms including standard contractual clauses and adequacy decisions), UK GDPR transfer provisions, CCPA/CPRA (disclosure requirements for sharing personal information with affiliated …
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Sharing data across TikTok's corporate group, which includes entities in multiple jurisdictions, raises cross-border data transfer questions and has been a subject of regulatory scrutiny given the group's ownership structure.
Your personal data may be shared with TikTok's corporate affiliates globally, including entities in jurisdictions with different privacy protections; this is relevant given ongoing regulatory attention to TikTok's data flows and corporate structure.
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