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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.
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Pursuing legitimate interests, such as research and development (including marketing research), network and information security, and fraud prevention
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"To help us detect and combat abuse, harmful activity, fraud, spam, and illegal activity on the Platform.Excerpt from TikTok Ads's TikTok Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “To help us detect and combat abuse, harmful activity, fraud, spam, and illegal activity on the Platform.”
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