Permission has been granted by a High Court judge for a privacy case against TikTok to proceed over its handling of children’s data despite Lloyd v Google ruling. The claimant is supported by former Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, who spoke about the case to The Guardian in April 2021, argues TikTok has broken UK and EU data protection law. The class-action suit is being brought under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 1998. In a statement, Anne Longfield said: “We are pleased the Judge agrees that TikTok’s troubling and, we believe, illegal collection of children’s private information is a serious issue that should be tried in the High Court. TikTok’s data collection practices and structures are deliberately opaque and the final destination of the information gathered from children in the UK and Europe is not clear. Today’s decision gives us permission to take the necessary steps to serve TikTok’s overseas entities, including in China, the Cayman Islands and the US, which we hope will help shed light on their actions and give clarity to parents and children around the world.”
UPDATE: 100322 - 11KBW Panopticon Blog has published a full legal analysis of the judgment allowing the case against TikTok to proceed.
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