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TikTok’s data-to-China penalty raises questions on EU rules on data transfers

By Matthew Newman ( May 2, 2025, 16:19 GMT | Comment) -- A 530 million-euro EU fine against TikTok for breaching the GDPR has raised questions about whether any company that sends personal data to China can do so legally under the law. The Irish data regulator's decision follows heightened concern about data flows to China. It raises the question of whether companies can fill in the data protection gaps for transfers outside of the EU and still meet the GDPR's "essentially equivalent" standard.TikTok's hefty fine today from the Irish privacy watchdog has raised deep questions about whether any company that sends personal data to China can do so legally under EU data-protection rules....

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