Regarding TikTok's collection of user data, Canadian privacy protection regulators have opened an investigation.
Due to suspicions that it provides information to Beijing, the video-sharing website owned by Chinese juggernaut ByteDance has drawn attention.
After being told to remove the app to "protect" the organization, European Commission staff ordered Canada to take action.
According to TikTok, privacy is "a top priority. ".
The investigation into TikTok was started, according to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, in conjunction with provincial privacy regulators from Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta.
According to a statement, the investigation was started "following now-settled class-action lawsuits in the United States and Canada, as well as numerous media reports related to TikTok's collection, use, and disclosure of personal information.".
If the organization's practices "are in compliance with Canadian privacy legislation," it will be determined.
Many of TikTok's users are younger, according to the privacy watchdogs, who stressed the "importance of protecting children's privacy.".
They'll be checking to see if the business is upholding its transparency obligations.
A representative for TikTok stated that the investigation was a chance to "set the record straight" regarding how the company protects Canadians' privacy.
Canada has expressed concerns about TikTok along with other governments from around the world due to worries that China may use the app to collect user data or further its own interests.
The Dutch government reportedly advised public servants to avoid the app last month. Federal government employees in the US are already subject to a ban.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of the UK is defying calls to forbid public servants from using TikTok in the face of resurgent concerns from some Conservative MPs.
The European Commission, the EU executive, and the EU Council have all ordered staff to delete the app, and the chairwoman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, Alicia Kearns, is leading the call for the UK government to do the same.
Beijing cannot access the data on TikTok's service, the company has previously stated.
