Any category of consumer health data may be shared in the listed ways
The sharing section opens by saying that, subject to applicable laws, TikTok may share personal information, which may include each of the categories of consumer health data described earlier in the policy, as reasonably necessary to provide you the Services in the ways listed after it. The earlier categories include health-condition information, biometric identifiers such as faceprints and voiceprints, location that could show a search for healthcare, and other information used to infer health data. For more on sharing, the policy points to “How We Share Your Information” in the main Privacy Policy.
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Subject to applicable laws, we may share personal information, which may include each of the categories of consumer health data as described above, as reasonably necessary to provide you the Services in the following manner:
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.
We may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information as defined under US laws, such as faceprints and voiceprints from your user content.
For additional details about how we share information, please review “How We Share Your Information” in the TikTok Privacy Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
Phrased as “may share” and “may include”, not as a promise to share or not to share.
Subject to applicable laws.
Framed as sharing “as reasonably necessary to provide you the Services”, though later list items refer to sale or merger, legal reasons and anything otherwise permitted by law.
Not stated here
The text does not say which categories are shared with which recipients.
The main Privacy Policy’s “How We Share Your Information” section is not part of the supplied text.
Cross-references
contrast (model-proposed): May also be shared “as otherwise permitted by law” — contrast: The lead-in frames listed sharing as reasonably necessary to provide you the Services, while the final item allows sharing as otherwise permitted by law without that limit. The text does not say how the two fit together.
Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license
Shared with service providers and business partners for business operations
TikTok says it may share this information with service providers and business partners to help it perform business operations and for business purposes. As an example, they may receive certain information to help provide services such as content moderation.
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With service providers and business partners to help us perform business operations and for business purposes. For instance, service providers and business partners may receive certain information to help us provide services, like content moderation.
Qualifications & exceptions
Phrased as “may share”.
Covered by the lead-in: subject to applicable laws and as reasonably necessary to provide the Services.
Not stated here
The text does not name the providers or partners or say which information each receives. Content moderation is only an example.
Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license
Shared with affiliates for the purposes of this policy
TikTok says it may share this information with affiliates that it controls or that are under common control with it, as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
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With our affiliates controlled by, or under common control with, us as necessary for the purposes set forth within this Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
Limited to affiliates controlled by, or under common control with, TikTok.
Limited to what is “necessary for the purposes set forth” in this policy.
Not stated here
The affiliates are not named and their locations are not stated.
Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license
May be shared in a sale, merger or other business transfer
TikTok says it may share this information in connection with a sale, merger or other business transfer.
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In connection with a sale, merger, or other business transfer.
Qualifications & exceptions
Phrased as “may share”.
Not stated here
The text does not say what notice or choice you would have, or whether the receiving party must follow this policy.
Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license
May be shared for legal reasons
TikTok says it may share this information “for legal reasons”. The text gives no further detail on what counts.
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For legal reasons.
Qualifications & exceptions
Phrased as “may share”.
Not stated here
The text does not say who may ask, what legal process is needed, or whether you are told.
Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license
Shared with your consent or at your direction, including third-party access and purchases
TikTok says it may share information with your consent or at your direction. Two examples are given. If you allow a third-party service to access your account, TikTok may share certain information about you with it, depending on your permissions. When you buy from a third party on the Services, including a merchant selling through shopping features, TikTok may share transaction-related information with that third party and with its payment processors and transaction fulfillment providers.
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With your consent or at your direction. For example, if you choose to allow a third-party service to access your account, we may share certain information about you with the third party depending on your permissions.
In addition, when you make a purchase from a third party on the Services, including from a merchant selling products through our shopping features, we may share the information related to the transaction with that third party and their payment processors and transaction fulfillment providers.
Qualifications & exceptions
Phrased as “may share”.
Account access sharing depends on the permissions you give.
The purchase example concerns information related to the transaction.
Not stated here
The text does not say whether health-related information is part of what is shared in these examples.
Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license
May also be shared “as otherwise permitted by law”
The last item in the list says TikTok may share this information as otherwise permitted by law. It is open-ended: it does not name recipients or purposes, and it follows a list that begins with sharing “as reasonably necessary to provide you the Services”.
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As otherwise permitted by law.
Qualifications & exceptions
Phrased as “may share”.
Open-ended catch-all tied to what the law permits.
Not stated here
The text does not say which recipients or purposes this covers.
Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception
Information you make public may be seen and used by others and may not be legally protected
If you take part in public activities on the Services, the policy warns that anything you share may be read, collected or used by other users and the public. It also says laws may not protect consumer health data you choose to make public, and tells you to be careful about disclosing personal information.
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If you choose to engage in public activities on the Services, you should be aware that any information you share may be read, collected, or used by other users and the public. Laws may not protect consumer health data you choose to make public, and you should use caution in disclosing personal information while using the Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies to information you share in public activities on the Services.
The protection statement is hedged: laws “may not” protect it.
Not stated here
The text does not say which activities count as public.