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> It says the breaches happened between May 2018 and July 2020. What was the breach?

• rwmj 4y ago
  The ICO's own press release has more detail: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2023/04/ico-fines-tiktok-127-million-for-misusing-children-s-data/ https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs... In brief if you offer services to children under 13 you have to get the consent of the parents. Tiktok didn't take care to check if users were under 13, nor attempt to get consent. The ICO estimates 1.4 million children came under this category (in the UK, 2020).
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  • cjrp 4y ago
    So a fine of £9/breach effectively; that seems ridiculously low.
    • curiousgal 4y ago
      It's also ridiculously hypocritical to assume parents who leave their kids glued to their phones would not give consent, however that would be.
      • cjrp 4y ago
        Not the law though