US and UK lawmakers tell us the revelation is concerning, with one planning to confront TikTok about it on Friday.
Among other things, the company routes all potential employee data through China, though it only tells those based outside the United States or Malaysia. Additionally, the company could not explain why its UK privacy policy said that TikTok UK was headquartered in China — which the company says is a mistake.
"Their understanding of privacy and personal data is woeful and raises many questions about every other piece of data shared with them."to ban federal employees from using TikTok on government devices earlier this year, was also alarmed about Business Insider's revelations.
stokel You mean transmitting the information of people who willingly provided it while applying for a job to their corporate headquarters? C'mon, BusinessInsider, as far as sensationalism goes, this is just lazy.
techinsider stokel LIES! Where does facebook store its data?