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UK warns about TikTok: ‘Delete it or your data will be stolen’

The app is on the radar of the world’s most important governments. | Fountain: Photo by Solena Feyissa on Unsplash

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Conservative member Great BritainAlicia Kearns, urged users to remove tik tak for security reasons.

In conversations with skynewsThe deputy pointed out that keeping the installed application “left the personal data of users vulnerable to hostile threats from the Chinese government.”

“Not worth it”

The MP is in the middle of a campaign to ban the app on British soil, a campaign similar to what is happening in the United States.

“This is the main source of data for anyone who takes hostile action,” he said in an interview.

This concern again became the main character after it turned out that employees bytedancethe application’s parent company, will use the data to track Western journalists.

An update to the app’s privacy policy also revealed that some overseas employees may be able to access user data under certain circumstances.

“Everyone should be worried about this,” Ms Kearns said.

The app protects itself

tik tak He denied all charges against him.

The representative of the application noted that “millions of people use tik tak in all Great Britain and they can trust us with their data.”

“We take measures such as storing user data Great Britain in our data centers in Ireland to further reduce access for employees outside of Europe,” he added.

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