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TikTok faces two GDPR complaints over user tracking, access request

By Sara Brandstätter ( December 17, 2025, 10:29 GMT | Insight) -- TikTok allegedly harvested data about a user’s activity in other apps, including sessions on Grindr, and processed it without a legal basis, according to complaints filed by noyb. A second complaint says TikTok failed to provide a full copy of the user’s personal data, relying on an incomplete “download tool” and withholding key information.TikTok allegedly harvested data about a user’s activity in other apps, including repeated sessions on the dating app Grindr, and processed this data without a legal basis, the Austrian campaign group Noyb said on Wednesday (see here). ...

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