On December 2, TikTok featured New privacy policy. Users who wish to continue using application, must consent to remote access to their personal data by service personnel worldwide, including in China. The United States is considering cutting off access to ICT Tac in his own country. The plenipotentiary was asked about Poland’s intentions government Head of Cybersecurity Janusz Cieszyński.
TikTok has changed its privacy policy. What will Poland do?
– This decision is not technological, but strictly political. The decision-making center is therefore not the Ministry of Digitization. But I don’t think anyone is planning to block TikTok in Poland – noted Cieszyński at the start. Politician he added that in the case of China, the situation is so “specific” that “Chinese legislation directly indicates that entities operating in the field of technology are obliged to cooperate with the government and its institutions” – he writes Polish News Agency.
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US bans TikTok?
December 19 Reuters Agency reported that so far, 19 out of 50 US states have at least partially blocked access to TikTok on government computers. However, some members of Congress believe the app should be banned nationwide. On the same day, TikTok released a statement expressing disappointment “that so many states are succumbing to the political fad to pursue policies based on baseless lies.”
As the agency points out, talks regarding the national security pact, conducted between US officials and TikTok, have been going on for months. The application is used by more than 100 million users in the country.
