TikTok may collect information from several sources, depending on settings and use
TikTok says it may collect information from and about you, including information you provide, information collected automatically and information from other sources. The policy then lists kinds of information it may collect that relate to health, and says what it may collect depends on your settings and how you use the Services. It notes that the scope of “consumer health data” differs between laws and may be broader in some places than others, and that the list is given for your information and awareness.
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We may collect information from and about you, including information that you provide, automatically collected information, and information from other sources.
The scope of consumer health data is defined differently under different laws, and the scope may be broader in some jurisdictions than others. For your information and awareness, we may collect the following information depending on your settings and how you use the Services:
Qualifications & exceptions
Phrased as “may collect”, not as a promise to collect or not to collect.
What is collected depends on “your settings and how you use the Services”.
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The text does not say which “other sources” information comes from or which settings change what is collected.
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Health conditions may be collected from content that you or others provide
TikTok says it may collect information about physical and mental health conditions that you or others choose to provide in content you create or upload. Its examples are messages you compose, send or receive through messaging, non-public content about a recent illness, searches for information about an illness or condition, and answers in surveys, research, promotions, contests, campaigns, challenges, competitions or events that TikTok runs or sponsors where you disclose health-related conditions or preferences.
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Information about your physical and mental health conditions that you or others choose to provide in the content that you create or upload through the Services.
For example, you or others may provide such information if you compose, send, or receive messages through the Services’ messaging functionalities, create or post non-public user content discussing a recent illness, or search for information about an illness or condition through the Services’ search function.
You may also choose to provide such information if, for example, you participate in surveys, research, promotion, contests, marketing campaigns, challenges, competitions or events conducted or sponsored by us, in which you disclose information related to any health-related conditions or preferences.
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Framed as information that you “or others choose to provide”.
The examples are introduced with “for example” and are not a closed list.
The collection list is subject to “depending on your settings and how you use the Services”.
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The text does not say how messages or search queries are accessed, or what happens to this information after collection beyond the other sections.
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Faceprints and voiceprints may be collected, with permission sought only where law requires
TikTok says it may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information as defined under US laws, such as faceprints and voiceprints, from your user content. It says that where required by law it will seek any required permissions from you before collecting them, and it links to a separate page with more on how face and voice information is processed.
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We may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information as defined under US laws, such as faceprints and voiceprints from your user content. Where required by law, we will seek any required permissions from you prior to any such collection.
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Permission is promised only “where required by law” and only for “any required permissions”.
Biometric terms are those “as defined under US laws”.
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Whether permission is required in a given state is not stated here.
The linked page about face and voice information is not part of the supplied text.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Location data that could show a search for healthcare may be collected
The policy says TikTok may collect approximate or precise location information that could identify your attempt to seek healthcare services or supplies. Its example is that you may choose to add points of interest such as healthcare centers to your user content.
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Location information, including approximate or precise location information, that could identify your attempt to seek healthcare services or supplies. For instance, you may choose to add certain points of interest like healthcare centers to your user content.
Qualifications & exceptions
Covers both approximate and precise location.
The example involves a choice to add a point of interest to your content.
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The text does not say whether location is also collected from device settings or other sources for this purpose.
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Fuller list of collected data is in the main Privacy Policy
For more on the types of data TikTok collects and how it collects it, this policy points to the “Information We Collect” section of the main TikTok Privacy Policy.
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For additional details about the types of data we collect and how we collect it, please review “Information We Collect” in the TikTok Privacy Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
The pointer is to a named section of a different document.
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The main TikTok Privacy Policy is not part of the supplied text, so what that section says is unknown here.