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Mandatory arbitration before a specific centre in a specified language forecloses litigation in local courts and requires UAE users to resolve disputes through a defined private forum in English.
Interpretive note: The excerpt references mediation language separately from arbitration language, implying a mediation step may precede arbitration, but the excerpt as quoted does not explicitly describe mediation as a mandatory prior step. This potential independent proposition is noted in omitted_material. The geographic applicability (UAE) is drawn from the clause title rather than the excerpt text itself.
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 →If you are a UAE user, you cannot litigate disputes against TikTok Ads in court; disputes must be finally resolved through DIFC-LCIA arbitration conducted in English.
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Neither you nor we may elect arbitration of any claims seeking only individualized relief asserted by you or us in small claims court, so long as the action remains in that court and is not removed or appealed de novo...
all Disputes arising out of or relating to the Class Action Waiver, including any claim that all or part of the Class Action Waiver is unenforceable...shall be decided by a court of competent jurisdiction and not by an arbitrator...
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"the dispute shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the Arbitration Rules of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre...The language to be used in the mediation and in the arbitration, shall be English.— Excerpt from TikTok Ads's TikTok Privacy Policy
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Mandatory arbitration before a specific centre in a specified language forecloses litigation in local courts and requires UAE users to resolve disputes through a defined private forum in English.
If you are a UAE user, you cannot litigate disputes against TikTok Ads in court; disputes must be finally resolved through DIFC-LCIA arbitration conducted in English.
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