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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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We may share your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, acquisition, or dissolution, transaction, or proceeding involving all or a portion of our business.
Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your country of residence, including the United States and Israel, which may have data protection laws that differ from those in your country. We rely on appropriate safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses ap...
When we transfer personal information from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland to other countries that have not been found to provide an adequate level of data protection, we use legal mechanisms such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission to h...
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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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