A short-form video sharing platform where users create, edit, and share videos up to 10 minutes long, featuring music, effects, and social interaction through likes, comments, and shares. The platform uses algorithmic content recommendation to personalize user feeds and enables creators to monetize content through various programs. Policy changes significantly impact user experience, content moderation practices, data handling procedures, and creator monetization opportunities for its large global user base.

3 Documents
68 All provisions 20 High severity 43 Medium severity 5 Low severity
3 Changes · 12 mo
May 5, 2026 Last change

High, provisions that significantly limit your legal rights, authorize broad data collection, or create material financial exposure. Medium, provisions worth knowing about but with partial protections or limited scope. Low, standard terms with minimal consumer impact.

Governance Coverage
Liability Limitation
25 provisions · 9 high · 16 med
Data Collection
20 provisions · 9 high · 11 med
Data Sharing
17 provisions · 8 high · 8 med
Privacy Rights
15 provisions · 3 high · 9 med
Data Usage
13 provisions · 3 high · 9 med
Acceptable Use
12 provisions · 10 high · 1 med
Ai Automated
10 provisions · 6 high · 4 med
Other
10 provisions · 3 high · 3 med
Contract Terms
9 provisions · 2 high · 6 med
Intellectual Property
9 provisions · 4 high · 5 med
Quick Facts
AI Training: Disclosed (high impact)
Data Retention: Specified
Key Governance Provisions
High Children under 13 separate limited data experience

The restriction to limited data collection for children under 13 reflects heightened legal protections for minors; the clause confirms TikTok operates a distinct data environment for this age group.

High Right to know access correct or delete data

The clause establishes that users have a mechanism to exercise data rights over information TikTok holds, providing a pathway to transparency and correction or deletion of personal data.

High Data transfer outside United States

International data transfers subject user information to foreign legal regimes and data-protection standards that may differ from US protections, with compliance conditioned on evolving legal obligat…

High No sale of personal information

The no-sale and no-behavioral-advertising-sharing commitment is conditioned on legal restriction, meaning the protection applies only where law mandates it rather than as an unconditional policy.

High Machine learning model training on user data

User behavior data is applied to improve TikTok's AI systems, meaning routine platform use directly contributes to the development of TikTok's proprietary technology.

Document Coverage
Platformpolicy Privacypolicy Termsofservice
Last change detected: May 5, 2026 Changes (12 months): 3 Documents monitored: 3 Provisions tracked: 68
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Documents

TikTok Terms of Service

High

TikTok's Terms give TikTok broad rights over your content—including using it to train its AI systems—while capping what TikTok owes you in a dispute at $100 or what you paid …

Last updated May 5, 2026 · Terms of service
10 provisions 2 versions captured Version history →

TikTok Privacy Policy

High

This document explains what information TikTok collects about you—including biometric data from your videos, content you create but never post, and data about your activity on other websites sent to …

Last updated May 5, 2026 · Privacy policy
10 provisions 2 versions captured Version history →

TikTok Community Guidelines

Medium

TikTok's Community Guidelines, releasing August 14, 2025 and effective September 13, 2025, define what content is permitted, prohibited, age-restricted, or ineligible for recommendation in TikTok's For You Feed across all …

Last updated May 5, 2026 · Platform policy
9 provisions 6 versions captured 1 significant change Version history →

Recent Changes

May 5, 2026 · TikTok Community Guidelines Medium

TikTok removed references to its Children's Privacy Policy from the footer navigation of its Community Guidelines document on May 5, 2026. The updated footer no longer links to or mentions …

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Low Severity Provisions (4)

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Applicable Regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
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BIPA
Illinois, USA
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CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
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COPPA
United States Federal
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Colorado AI Act
US-CO
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CFAA
United States Federal
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Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
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CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
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DMA
European Union
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DMCA
United States Federal
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DSA
European Union
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ePrivacy Directive
European Union
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FAA
United States Federal
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FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
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GDPR
European Union
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Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
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Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
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Texas AI Act
Texas, USA
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UK GDPR
United Kingdom
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Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US
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VPPA
United States Federal
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Frequently Asked Questions

What TikTok documents does ConductAtlas track?

ConductAtlas tracks 3 TikTok documents including terms of service, privacy policy, and other governance documents. Every document is captured daily with cryptographic verification.

How many policy changes has TikTok made in the past year?

TikTok has made 3 policy changes in the past 12 months across the documents ConductAtlas tracks.

How many provisions has ConductAtlas classified for TikTok?

ConductAtlas has classified 68 provisions across TikTok's tracked documents. 20 are rated high severity, 43 medium, and 5 low.

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