TikTok uses information to combat abuse, fraud and illegal activity and to protect the Platform and its interests
TikTok uses information to detect and combat abuse, harmful activity, fraud, spam and illegal activity on the Platform, and to protect the Platform and defend its legal rights and commercial interests, and those of its affiliates, users and the public.
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Who
TikTok
Why
detect and combat abuse, fraud, spam, illegal activity; protect the Platform and legal and commercial interests
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To help us detect and combat abuse, harmful activity, fraud, spam, and illegal activity on the Platform.
To protect the Platform and defend our legal rights and commercial interests, and those of our affiliates, users, and the public.
Qualifications & exceptions
Protection extends to TikTok's commercial interests as well as its legal rights.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
TikTok takes steps to secure your information but cannot guarantee transmission security, which is at your own risk
TikTok says it takes steps to ensure your information is treated securely and in accordance with the policy, and will use reasonable measures such as encryption. It also says internet transmission is not completely secure, that it cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted via the Platform, and that any transmission is at your own risk.
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Who
TikTok
What it does
takes steps and reasonable measures; disclaims guarantee
Exception
any transmission is at your own risk
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We take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this policy.
Although we will use reasonable measures to protect your personal data, for example, by encryption, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted via the Platform; any transmission is at your own risk.
Qualifications & exceptions
Commitment is to "reasonable measures", with encryption as an example.
The no-guarantee statement covers information transmitted via the Platform.
Not stated here
The policy does not say what happens if a breach occurs, except in the Indonesia terms which promise notification.
TikTok says it has security measures suited to the risk and will amend them from time to time to improve security
TikTok says it has appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk to the rights and freedoms of you and other users, and that it maintains these measures and will amend them from time to time to improve the overall security of its systems.
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Who
TikTok
What it does
maintains and amends technical and organisational measures
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We have appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk of varying likelihood and severity for the rights and freedoms of you and other users.
We maintain these technical and organizational measures and will amend them from time to time to improve the overall security of our systems.
Indonesia: TikTok will notify you of any breach of personal data and give you information about it
For Indonesia, TikTok states that in the event of any breach of personal data it will notify you and provide information regarding the breach. No other section of the policy contains a comparable breach-notification statement, so this is stated for Indonesia only.
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Where
Indonesia
What it does
notify and provide information about a personal data breach
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In the event of any breach of personal data, we will notify you and provide you with information regarding such breach of personal data.