TikTok loses preliminary stage of UK data watchdog’s fine appeal process (correct*)

( July 4, 2025, 15:55 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A UK tribunal has found in favor of the Information Commissioner, in the preliminary issue of its appeal against a lower court, which had initially found in favor of TikTok’s own appeal against a 12.7 million-pound data protection fine. The First-tier Tribunal* today found that the data privacy regulator's 2023 fine was not made “with respect to processing of personal data for the special purposes,” which the social media site had hoped to rely on to be exempt from the fine. The case can now proceed to a full hearing. *Corrected on July 4, 2025, at 18:21 GMT: Corrects the name of the court in which the judgment was delivered. *Corrected July 7, 2025, at 14:15 GMT: Corrects information surrounding TikTok’s appeal to the ICO fine.Decision attached:...

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TikTok loses preliminary stage of UK data watchdog’s fine appeal process (correct*)

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