TikTok fined $600 million for China data transfers that broke EU privacy rules

European Union privacy watchdogs have fined TikTok 530 million euros ($600 million). They say a four-year investigation found that the video sharing app’s data transfers to China breached strict data privacy rules. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission also sanctioned TikTok for not being transparent with users about where their personal data was being sent and ordered the company to comply with the rules within six months. TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is based in China, has been under scrutiny in Europe over how it handles personal information of its users. TikTok said it disagreed with the decision and plans to appeal.