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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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with your consent, we may also collect information from social networks, such as your Facebook Connect credentials and email account information.
If you choose to do this, we will access the names and contact information of the people in your address book.
we may receive identifiers (i) from a social network or authentication service, such as Facebook, Amazon, Apple, or Google, if you use those services to login to the Platform
"If you choose to sync your contacts, we will collect information, such as names, phone numbers, and email addresses from your device's phone book, and friends list from your social networkExcerpt from TikTok Ads's TikTok Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “If you choose to sync your contacts, we will collect information, such as names, phone numbers, and email addresses from your device's phone book, and friends list from your social network”
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