Even if TikTok causes you significant harm, the most it will ever pay you in damages is $100 — or whatever you paid TikTok in the past year — and it will never pay for indirect losses like lost income or emotional distress.
If TikTok's actions cause you real financial harm — such as a data breach exposing your personal information or unauthorized use of your content — you are contractually limited to recovering no more than $100, making this provision one of the most significant restrictions on your legal rights in the entire document.
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Compare across platforms →This cap means that no matter how seriously TikTok violates your rights — including misusing your data or content — your financial recovery is capped at $100 in most cases, making individual litigation practically pointless.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Liability caps in consumer contracts are subject to unconscionability doctrine under state contract law (Cal. Civ. Code § 1670.5; UCC § 2-302) and may be unenforceable where they are procedurally or substantively unconscionable. State consumer protection statutes (CLRA, Cal. Civ. Code § 1751; N.Y. GBL § 349-a) may void limitation of liability clauses in consumer contexts. CCPA §1798.150 provides a statutory damages right ($100-$750 per consumer per incident) for data breaches that cannot be contractually waived. FTC Act Section 5 enforcement does not depend on contractual liability caps. BIPA (740 ILCS 14/20) provides statutory damages of $1,000-$5,000 per violation that cannot be limited by contract. (2)
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