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Cross-border data transfer provisions establish where user information is processed and stored, which determines the jurisdictional applicability of data protection laws and creates organizational dependencies in the service infrastructure. The authorization to route data to ByteDance endpoints affects the regulatory framework governing data handling and the entities with access to user information.
The updated Community Guidelines footer no longer includes a direct link to TikTok's Children's Privacy Policy. Previously, users navigating the Community Guidelines could access child-specific privacy disclosures through the footer link. The Children's Privacy Policy itself may remain available on TikTok's platform, but this change reduces the visibility and discoverability of that document from the Community Guidelines page. Users seeking child privacy information from the Community Guidelines will need to navigate elsewhere or search for it independently.
View change record →Users operating under these terms authorize their personal data to be processed by and stored on systems maintained by ByteDance in jurisdictions outside their country of residence. This provision establishes that the service collects and transmits user information to international endpoints as a standard operational practice.
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If you are a resident in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK, then these countries may not necessarily have data protection laws or other similar laws as comprehensive as those in your country. We may transfer Personal Information from the EEA, Switzerland or the UK to the U.S. and other third countries ...
We may share or transfer personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
In the event that we are involved in a bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, your personal information may be sold or transferred as part of that transaction. This Privacy Policy will apply to your personal information as transferred to the new entity, although the new ...
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Cross-border data transfer provisions establish where user information is processed and stored, which determines the jurisdictional applicability of data protection laws and creates organizational dependencies in the service infrastructure. The authorization to route data to ByteDance endpoints affects the regulatory framework governing data handling and the entities with access to user information.
Users operating under these terms authorize their personal data to be processed by and stored on systems maintained by ByteDance in jurisdictions outside their country of residence. This provision establishes that the service collects and transmits user information to international endpoints as a standard operational practice.
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