Privacy Policy - non-EU

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

The policy covers TikTok apps, websites, software and related services, provided and controlled by TikTok Pte. Ltd.

The page is dated "Last updated: July 8, 2025". It says the "Platform" means TikTok apps, websites, software and related services, and that the Platform is provided and controlled by TikTok Pte. Ltd., registered at 1 Raffles Quay in Singapore; "TikTok", "we" and "us" mean that company. Two later jurisdiction-specific terms change who "we" is: for India the Platform is provided and controlled by ByteDance (India) Technology Private Limited and "TikTok", "we" and "us" are read to mean that entity, and for shopping features in Japan the data controller is Bytedance KK (with TikTok Pte. Ltd. controlling some shopping-feature activities), and "we" means both companies.

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Last updated: July 8, 2025

This Privacy Policy applies to TikTok services, which include TikTok apps, websites, software and related services (the “Platform”).

The Platform is provided and controlled by TikTok Pte. Ltd., with its registered address at 1 Raffles Quay, #26-10, South Tower, Singapore 048583 (“TikTok”, “we” or “us”).

the Platform is provided and controlled by ByteDance (India) Technology Private Limited

the data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data is Bytedance KK.

Qualifications & exceptions

• India: "TikTok", "we" and "us" are read as ByteDance (India) Technology Private Limited.
• Japan, shopping features only: the data controller is Bytedance KK, and "we" means TikTok Pte. Ltd. and Bytedance KK.

Not stated here

• The policy does not list which other group companies run the Platform in other countries.

Cross-references

• has exception (model-proposed): India: the Platform is provided by ByteDance (India) Technology Private Limited, and "TikTok" means that entity — For India the provider and the meaning of "TikTok", "we" and "us" is ByteDance (India) Technology Private Limited rather than TikTok Pte. Ltd.
• has exception (model-proposed): Japan: for shopping features the data controller is Bytedance KK, and TikTok Pte. Ltd. for some activities — For shopping features in Japan the data controller is Bytedance KK, with TikTok Pte. Ltd. controlling some activities, which differs from the general statement that TikTok Pte. Ltd. provides and controls the Platform.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

The policy covers personal information of users and other individuals; people who disagree should not use the Platform

The policy says it explains how TikTok collects, uses, shares and otherwise processes the personal information of users "and other individuals", so it is not limited to account holders. It also says that anyone who does not agree with the policy should not use the Platform. The sentence is phrased as advice ("should not") rather than as a stated consequence, and the policy does not say here what happens to someone who has already used the Platform.

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This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and otherwise process the personal information of users, and other individuals.

If you do not agree with this policy, you should not use the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Scope is users "and other individuals".
• "should not use" is advice wording, not a stated enforcement step.

Not stated here

• This section does not say how disagreement is signalled or whether an existing account is affected; the update section says continued use counts as acceptance of an updated policy.

Data Access & Collection · Context

TikTok lists information it may collect: what you provide, what is collected automatically and what comes from others

The policy opens its collection section by saying TikTok may collect the information listed under it. The list is grouped into information you provide, information collected automatically, and information from other sources. The wording is "may collect", so the lists are categories TikTok reserves the right to collect, not a statement that every item is collected from every person. The jurisdiction-specific Supplemental Terms at the end say that, where they conflict with the rest of the policy, the terms for the jurisdiction you use the services from "will supersede and control", so the general collection lists can be modified for the jurisdictions the policy names.

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We may collect the following information about you:

the relevant jurisdictions’ Supplemental Terms – Jurisdiction-Specific will supersede and control

Qualifications & exceptions

• Collection is stated with "may": categories reserved, not a promise of collection from every user.
• For a jurisdiction listed in the Supplemental Terms, those terms supersede and control where they conflict with the general text.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say which listed categories apply to a given user; that depends on the features used and, for some items, on permissions given.

Cross-references

• qualified by (model-proposed): Jurisdiction-specific Supplemental Terms supersede and control over the rest of the policy where they conflict — The Supplemental Terms precedence rule limits how far the general collection list applies for the jurisdictions the policy names.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

Registration gives TikTok your username, password, date of birth, email or phone, profile details and photo or video

When you register, you give TikTok account information: username, password, date of birth (where applicable), email address and/or telephone number, information you disclose in your user account, and your photograph or profile video.

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You give us information when you register on the Platform, including your username, password, date of birth (where applicable), email address and/or telephone number, information you disclose in your user account, and your photograph or profile video.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Date of birth is collected where applicable.
• Email address and telephone number are written "and/or", so one or both may be given.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

TikTok processes User Content, collects it at creation before you save it, and may keep a copy without effects

TikTok processes the content you generate (photographs, audio, video, comments, hashtags, feedback, reviews, livestreams) together with metadata such as when, where and by whom it was created; the policy calls this "User Content". Three points are easy to miss. First, information about you may appear in User Content made by other users even if you are not a user. Second, TikTok collects User Content through pre-loading at the time of creation, import or upload, regardless of whether you choose to save or upload it, in order to recommend audio options and provide other personalized recommendations. Third, if you apply an effect, TikTok may collect a version of the content without the effect.

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We process the content you generate on the Platform, including photographs, audios and videos you upload or create, comments, hashtags, feedback, reviews, and livestreams you make, and the associated metadata, such as when, where, and by whom the content was created (“User Content”).

Even if you are not a user, information about you may appear in User Content created or published by users on the Platform.

We collect User Content through pre-loading at the time of creation, import, or upload, regardless of whether you choose to save or upload that User Content, in order to recommend audio options and provide other personalized recommendations.

If you apply an effect to your User Content, we may collect a version of your User Content that does not include the effect.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Pre-loading collection applies regardless of whether you save or upload the content.
• The stated purpose of pre-loading is audio recommendations and other personalized recommendations.
• The effect-free copy is collected with "may".
• Information about non-users can appear in User Content created or published by users.

Not stated here

• This section does not say how long pre-loaded content that you never save is kept.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

TikTok collects the content and metadata of your messages, including chats with sellers and virtual assistants

TikTok collects what you provide when you compose, send or receive messages through the Platform's messaging functions, plus metadata, "subject to applicable laws". This includes chats with sellers who sell goods to you and your use of virtual assistants when purchasing items. The collected information covers the message content and details such as when it was sent, received or read, and the participants. Messages you send to other users are accessible to those users, and TikTok says it is not responsible for how they use or share the messages.

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We collect information you provide when you compose, send, or receive messages through the Platform’s messaging functionalities and the associated metadata, subject to applicable laws.

They include messages you send or receive through our chat functionality when communicating with sellers who sell goods to you, and your use of virtual assistants when purchasing items through the Platform.

That information includes the content of the message and information about the message, such as when it was sent, received, or read, and message participants.

we are not responsible for the manner in which those users use or share the messages

Qualifications & exceptions

• Collection is "subject to applicable laws".
• Messages to other users are accessible to those users; TikTok disclaims responsibility for how they use or share them.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say which applicable laws limit this collection or how.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

With your permission, TikTok may access content on your device clipboard to carry out sharing or pasting you start

TikTok may access text, images and video in your device clipboard, with your permission. The examples given are when you start sharing content with a third-party platform or paste clipboard content into the Platform; TikTok accesses the clipboard to fulfil that request.

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We may access content, including text, images, and video, found in your device’s clipboard, with your permission.

we access this information stored in your clipboard in order to fulfill your request

Qualifications & exceptions

• Requires your permission.
• Examples are tied to requests you initiate (sharing, pasting); "for example" means the list is not stated to be exhaustive.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say whether clipboard content is kept after the request is fulfilled.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

Purchases give TikTok card, billing, delivery and contact details, shared with sellers and fulfilment providers

When you pay or buy on or through the Platform, including TikTok Coins or goods through shopping features, TikTok collects transaction information such as payment card information, billing, delivery and contact information, and the items bought. A later section says that for shopping-feature purchases TikTok shares transaction information with the seller, payment and transaction fulfilment providers and other service providers, for example order items, contact details and delivery information, and that these entities may use it in accordance with their own privacy policies.

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When you make a purchase or payment on or through the Platform, including when you buy TikTok Coins or purchase goods through our shopping features, we collect information about the purchase or payment transaction, such as payment card information, billing, delivery, and contact information, and items you purchased.

When you make a purchase through our shopping features, we share the information related to the transaction with the seller, payment and transaction fulfillment providers, and other service providers.

These entities may use the information shared in accordance with their privacy policies.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when you make a purchase or payment on or through the Platform.
• Sharing described here applies to shopping-feature purchases; Coin payment sharing is described separately.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say what the sellers' and providers' own policies permit.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

If you sync phone contacts or share social contacts, TikTok collects names, numbers, emails and public profiles

If you choose to sync your phone contacts, TikTok accesses and collects names, phone numbers and email addresses, and matches them against existing users. If you choose to share social network contacts, it collects your public profile information and the names and profiles of your social network contacts.

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If you choose to sync your phone contacts, we will access and collect information such as names, phone numbers, and email addresses, and match that information against existing users of the Platform.

If you choose to share your social network contacts, we will collect your public profile information as well as names and profiles of your social network contacts.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Only if you choose to sync or share contacts.
• Phone contacts are matched against existing users of the Platform.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say whether contacts who are not users are kept after matching.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

TikTok sometimes asks for proof of identity or age for certain features, business accounts and age checks

TikTok says it sometimes asks you to provide proof of identity or age. The examples are certain features such as livestream or verified accounts, applying for a Business Account, ensuring you are old enough to use the Platform, or other instances where verification may be required.

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We sometimes ask you to provide proof of identity or age in order to use certain features, such as livestream or verified accounts, or when you apply for a Business Account, ensure that you are old enough to use the Platform, or in other instances where verification may be required.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Asked "sometimes", for certain features or where verification may be required.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say what form of proof is accepted or how long it is kept.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

TikTok collects your correspondence and what you submit in surveys, promotions, contests and events it runs or sponsors

TikTok collects information in correspondence you send it, including support and feedback contacts, and information you give through surveys, research, promotions, contests, marketing campaigns, challenges, competitions or events it conducts or sponsors in which you take part.

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Information in correspondence you send to us, including when you contact us for support or feedback.

Information through surveys, research, promotion, contests, marketing campaigns, challenges, competitions or events conducted or sponsored by us, in which you participate.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Surveys and promotions: only those conducted or sponsored by TikTok in which you participate.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

TikTok automatically collects how you use the Platform, including browsing and search history, likes and follows

TikTok collects information about how you use the Platform: how you interact with content shown to you, advertisements you view, videos you watch, problems encountered, browsing and search history, content you like, content you save to "My Favourites", users you follow, and how you engage with mutual followers.

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We collect information regarding your use of the Platform, e.g., how you engage with the Platform, including how you interact with content we show to you, the advertisements you view, videos you watch and problems encountered, browsing and search history, the content you like, the content you save to ‘My Favourites’, the users you follow and how you engage with mutual followers.

Inference & Profiling · Company practice

TikTok infers your interests, gender and age range to personalise content

TikTok says it infers attributes about you, including your interests, gender and age range, for the purpose of personalising content. The use section separately lists inferring additional information such as age range, gender and interests among its purposes.

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We also infer your attributes, including your interests, gender and age range for the purpose of personalising content.

To infer additional information about you, such as your age range, gender, and interests.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The collection statement names personalising content as the purpose.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say what other attributes are inferred or whether inferences are shown to you.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

TikTok collects device and network details, including keystroke patterns, and links your activity across devices

TikTok collects technical information about the device you use: IP address, user agent, mobile carrier, time zone settings, advertising identifiers, device model, system, network type, screen resolution, operating system, app and file names and types, keystroke patterns or rhythms, battery state, audio settings and connected audio devices. It assigns user IDs and device IDs, uses them to identify your activity across devices where you log in from several, and may also associate you with information collected from devices other than those you use to log in.

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We collect certain information about the device you use to access the Platform, such as your IP address, user agent, mobile carrier, time zone settings, identifiers for advertising purposes, model of your device, the device system, network type, your screen resolution and operating system, app and file names and types, keystroke patterns or rhythms, battery state, audio settings and connected audio devices.

Where you log-in from multiple devices, we use your information such as your device IDs and user ID to identify your activity across devices.

We may also associate you with information collected from devices other than those you use to log-in to the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Cross-device identification applies where you log in from multiple devices.
• Association with information from other devices you do not log in with is stated with "may".

Not stated here

• The policy does not say how information from non-login devices is obtained.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

TikTok collects approximate location from SIM card or IP address, and precise GPS location only with your permission

TikTok collects approximate location, including location based on your SIM card and/or IP address. With your permission it may also collect precise location data such as GPS. It also collects location information such as tourist attractions, shops or other points of interest if you choose to add location information to your User Content.

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We collect information about your approximate location, including location information based on your SIM card and/or IP address.

With your permission, we may also collect precise location data (such as GPS).

we collect location information (such as tourist attractions, shops, or other points of interest) if you choose to add location information to your User Content

Qualifications & exceptions

• Approximate location is collected without a stated permission condition.
• Precise location (such as GPS) requires your permission and is stated with "may".
• Point-of-interest location is collected only if you choose to add it to User Content.

Inference & Profiling · Company practice

TikTok may analyse the images, video and audio in your User Content, including face and body features and spoken words

TikTok may collect information about the videos, images and audio in your User Content: identifying objects and scenery, the existence and location within an image of face and body features and attributes, the nature of the audio, and the text of words spoken. It says it may do this to enable special video effects, for content moderation, for demographic classification, for content and ad recommendations, and for other non-personally-identifying operations.

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We may collect information about the videos, images and audio that are a part of your User Content, such as identifying the objects and scenery that appear, the existence and location within an image of face and body features and attributes, the nature of the audio, and the text of the words spoken in your User Content.

We may collect this information to enable special video effects, for content moderation, for demographic classification, for content and ad recommendations, and for other non-personally-identifying operations.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated with "may" for each purpose.
• Purposes listed: special video effects, content moderation, demographic classification, content and ad recommendations, other non-personally-identifying operations.

Not stated here

• The policy points to a separate page about face and voice information; that page is not part of this document and is not read here.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

TikTok, its service providers and partners use cookies and similar technologies, including to serve and measure ads

TikTok and its service providers and business partners use cookies and similar technologies (web beacons, flash cookies and the like) to collect information automatically: to measure and analyse how you use the Platform, enhance and improve it, provide advertising on and off the Platform, and measure the effectiveness of ads and other content. TikTok and its partners also use cookies to promote the Platform on other platforms and websites. The policy sends you to the "Your rights and choices" section for how to disable certain cookies.

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We and our service providers and business partners use cookies and other similar technologies (e.g., web beacons, flash cookies, etc.) (“Cookies”) to automatically collect information, measure and analyze how you use the Platform

provide you with advertising on and off the Platform, and measure the effectiveness of advertisements and other content

We and our partners also use Cookies to promote the Platform on other platforms and websites.

To learn how to disable certain Cookies, see the “Your rights and choices” section below.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Used by TikTok and by its service providers and business partners.
• Includes advertising on and off the Platform and promotion on other platforms and websites.
• Disabling is only addressed for "certain Cookies".

Not stated here

• This section does not list which cookies or which partners are involved.

Data Access & Collection · Context

TikTok may receive the information described in the policy from other sources

TikTok says it may receive the information described in the policy from other sources, and then lists examples: social network or login services, advertisers and other partners, affiliated group entities, other people and public sources, and sellers and payment providers. The word "such as" marks the list as examples.

Supporting quotations

We may receive the information described in this Privacy Policy from other sources, such as:

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated with "may" and introduced by "such as", so the list is illustrative.

Linking & Identification · Company practice

Social-account login or linking another service gives TikTok profile data and information about your use of it

If you register or use the Platform with a third-party social network account or login service (for example Apple, Facebook or Google), you provide or allow TikTok to receive your username, public profile and possibly other information tied to that account. TikTok likewise shares certain information with that social network, such as your app ID, access token and the referring URL. If you link your TikTok account to another service, TikTok may receive information about your use of that service.

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If you choose to register or use the Platform using a third-party social network account details (e.g., Apple, Facebook, or Google) or login service, you will provide us or allow to provide us with your username, public profile, and other possible information related to such account.

We will likewise share certain information with your social network such as your app ID, access token and the referring URL.

If you link your TikTok account to another service, we may receive information about your use of that service.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies if you choose to register or use the Platform through a third-party account or login service.
• Information about use of a linked service is received with "may".
• Other possible information related to the account is mentioned but not specified.

Not stated here

• "other possible information related to such account" is not defined.

Linking & Identification · Company practice

Partners tell TikTok about your off-Platform activity, and TikTok matches it to your account to personalise ads

Advertisers, publishers and measurement and other partners share information with TikTok about you and actions you took outside the Platform, such as activity on other websites and apps or in stores, including products or services you purchased online or in person. They also share mobile advertising identifiers, device information, hashed email addresses and phone numbers, cookie identifiers, ad interactions and conversion events, and inferences about preferences and characteristics. TikTok uses these to match you and your outside actions with your TikTok account and to personalise the ads you see on and off the Platform. Some partners let TikTok collect similar information directly from their sites or apps through TikTok Advertiser Tools.

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Advertisers, publishers, and measurement and other partners share information with us about you and the actions you have taken outside of the Platform, such as your activities on other websites and apps or in stores, including the products or services you purchased, online or in person.

which we use to help match you and your actions outside of the Platform with your TikTok account and to personalise the ads you see on and off the Platform

Some of our advertisers and other partners enable us to collect similar information directly from their websites or apps by integrating our

Qualifications & exceptions

• Partners share the information; TikTok matches it to your TikTok account.
• Direct collection happens only where partners integrate TikTok Advertiser Tools.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say whether you can stop partners from sharing this information with TikTok; the TikTok Advertiser Tools page is not part of this document.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

TikTok may obtain information about you from affiliated group entities, including your activity on their platforms

TikTok may obtain information about you from certain affiliated entities in its corporate group, including about your activities on their platforms.

Supporting quotations

We may obtain information about you from certain affiliated entities within our corporate group, including about your activities on their platforms.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated with "may" and limited to "certain" affiliated entities.

Not stated here

• The policy does not name the affiliated entities or platforms.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

TikTok may receive information about you from other people and from publicly available sources

TikTok may receive information about you from others, including where you are included or mentioned in User Content or direct messages, in a complaint, appeal, request or feedback submitted to it, or where your contact information is provided to it. It may also collect information about you from other publicly available sources.

Supporting quotations

We may receive information about you from others, including where you are included or mentioned in User Content, direct messages, in a complaint, appeal, request or feedback submitted to us, or if your contact information is provided to us.

We may collect information about you from other publicly available sources.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated with "may"; the examples use "including", so they are not exhaustive.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say which public sources are used.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

TikTok may receive payment confirmation and delivery details for shopping purchases from sellers and payment providers

TikTok may receive information about you from sellers and payment and transaction fulfilment providers, such as payment confirmation details and information about delivery of products you bought through its shopping features.

Supporting quotations

We may receive information from sellers and payment and transaction fulfillment providers about you, such as payment confirmation details, and information about the delivery of products you have purchased through our shopping features.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated with "may"; limited to purchases made through shopping features.

Use & Processing · Context

TikTok uses your information to run, improve and promote the Platform, enforce terms and personalise content and ads

The use section says TikTok uses your information to improve, support and administer the Platform, to let you use its functions, and to fulfil and enforce its Terms of Service. It adds that it may also use your information to personalise content, promote the Platform and personalise your ad experience on and off the Platform "among other things", and that it "generally" uses information in the ways listed. The list is therefore a general description, not a closed list of every use.

Supporting quotations

we use your information to improve, support and administer the Platform, to allow you to use its functionalities, and to fulfill and enforce our Terms of Service

We may also use your information to, among other things, personalise content you see on the Platform, promote the Platform, and personalise your ad experience on and off the Platform.

We generally use the information we collect in the following ways:

Qualifications & exceptions

• "generally" and "among other things" mean the list below is not stated to be exhaustive.
• Personalising content, promotion and ad personalisation are stated with "may".

Not stated here

• The policy does not say which uses apply to which categories of collected information.

Use & Processing · Company practice

TikTok uses information to fulfil requests and for internal operations such as troubleshooting, testing and research

TikTok uses information to fulfil requests for products, services, Platform functions, support and information, and for internal operations including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes, and to ask for your feedback.

Supporting quotations

To fulfill requests for products, services, Platform functionality, support and information for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical, and survey purposes and to solicit your feedback.

Qualifications & exceptions

• "including" marks the internal-operations purposes as examples.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok uses your information to run shopping features, including sharing it with sellers and payment providers

TikTok uses information to provide its shopping features and facilitate the purchase and delivery of products, goods and services, including by sharing your information with sellers, payment and transaction fulfilment providers and other service providers to process your orders. The sharing section adds that for shopping-feature purchases TikTok may also share your email address with sellers so they can send you marketing communications.

Supporting quotations

To provide our shopping features and facilitate the purchase and delivery of products, goods and services, including sharing your information with sellers, payment and transaction fulfillment providers, and other service providers in order to process your orders.

We may share your email address with sellers so that they can send marketing communications to you.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Sharing under this item is for processing orders; the separate statement that sellers may receive your email address for marketing is stated with "may".

Not stated here

• The policy does not say whether you can decline the sharing of your email address with sellers.

Use & Processing · Company practice

TikTok uses information to personalise the content you see, such as by country settings and content you liked

TikTok uses information to personalise the content you see. Examples given are services based on the country settings you chose and content similar to content you have liked or interacted with. The policy links to a separate page about recommendation systems, which is not part of this document.

Supporting quotations

To personalise the content you see when you use the Platform. For example, we may provide you with services based on the country settings you have chosen or show you content that is similar to content that you have liked or interacted with.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Examples are introduced by "for example" and "may".

Not stated here

• How the recommendation system works is not described here.

Use & Processing · Company practice

TikTok uses your information to send promotions by instant message or email, from it or for affiliates and third parties

TikTok uses information to send promotional materials, including by instant messaging or email, from TikTok or on behalf of its affiliates and trusted third parties.

Supporting quotations

To send promotional materials, including by instant messaging or email, from us or on behalf of our affiliates and trusted third parties.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Promotions may come on behalf of affiliates and "trusted third parties".

Not stated here

• The policy does not say how to stop promotional messages in this section, or who the "trusted third parties" are.

Use & Processing · Company practice

TikTok uses information to improve and develop the Platform and to present content effectively for you and your device

TikTok uses information to improve and develop its Platform and for product development, and to ensure content is presented in the most effective manner for you and your device.

Supporting quotations

To improve and develop our Platform and conduct product development.

To ensure content is presented in the most effective manner for you and your device.

Use & Processing · Company practice

TikTok uses information to understand how you use the Platform, including across your devices

TikTok uses information to understand how you use the Platform, including across your devices. The collection section says it uses device IDs and user ID to identify your activity across devices where you log in from several.

Supporting quotations

To understand how you use the Platform, including across your devices.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Cross-device understanding rests on the device and user IDs described in the collection section.

Use & Processing · Company practice

TikTok uses information to measure ad effectiveness and to deliver personalised advertising on and off the Platform

TikTok uses information to measure and understand how effective the advertisements and other content it serves to you and others are, and to deliver advertising, including personalised advertising, to you on and off the Platform. The collection section explains that cookies and information from advertising partners support this, and the sharing section lists advertising and measurement partners as recipients.

Supporting quotations

To measure and understand the effectiveness of the advertisements and other content we serve to you and others, and to deliver advertising, including personalised advertising, to you on and off the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Personalised advertising applies "on and off the Platform".

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok uses information to give creators, advertisers, partners and sellers analytics on content, ads and audiences

TikTok uses information to perform analytics so that creators, advertisers, partners and sellers can see how their content, ads or products are performing and better understand their audience and buyers.

Supporting quotations

To perform analytics so that our creators, advertisers, partners, and sellers can see how their content, ads, or products are performing and to better understand their audience and buyers.

Not stated here

• This item does not say whether the analytics are aggregated; the sharing section describes aggregated statistics and insights.

Use & Processing · Company practice

TikTok uses information for social functions, such as Find Friends, activity status, messaging and account suggestions

TikTok uses information to support the Platform's social functions: letting you and others connect (for example through Find Friends), sharing whether you are active on the Platform and other information you choose to share with your friends, providing the messaging service if you use it, suggesting accounts to you and your account to others, and letting you and others share, download and interact with User Content posted through the Platform.

Supporting quotations

To support the social functions of the Platform, including to permit you and others to connect with each other (for example, through our Find Friends function) and to share whether you are active on the Platform (and other information which you choose to share) with your friends, to provide our messaging service if you choose to use this function, to suggest accounts to you and suggest your account to others, and for you and others to share, download, and otherwise interact with User Content posted through the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Activity status sharing is described as going to your friends.
• Messaging applies if you choose to use it.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say here whether activity status can be turned off.

Use & Processing · Company practice

TikTok uses information for virtual items and interactive features, such as using your content in others' videos

TikTok uses information to let you take part in the virtual items programme and in interactive features of the Platform, such as enabling your content to be used in other users' videos.

Supporting quotations

To enable you to participate in the virtual items program.

To allow you to participate in interactive features of the Platform, such as enabling your content to be used in other users’ videos.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say which interactive features allow your content to be reused or how to limit it.

Content & IP Rights · Company practice

TikTok uses User Content in its own advertising and marketing campaigns to promote the Platform, events and topics

TikTok uses User Content as part of its advertising and marketing campaigns to promote the Platform, to invite you to participate in an event, and to promote popular topics, hashtags and campaigns on the Platform.

Supporting quotations

To use User Content as part of our advertising and marketing campaigns to promote the Platform, to invite you to participate in an event, and to promote popular topics, hashtags and campaigns on the Platform.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say whether you are told or asked before your User Content is used in a campaign.

Inference & Profiling · Company practice

TikTok uses information to infer additional details about you, such as age range, gender and interests

TikTok uses information to infer additional information about you, such as your age range, gender and interests. The collection section describes the same inferences as made for the purpose of personalising content.

Supporting quotations

To infer additional information about you, such as your age range, gender, and interests.

Qualifications & exceptions

• "such as" marks the inferred attributes as examples.

Not stated here

• The use item does not state a purpose for the inferences; the collection item names content personalisation.

Security & Safeguards · Company practice

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.

Supporting quotations

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.

Use & Processing · Company practice

TikTok scans, analyses and reviews User Content, messages and metadata for violations of its terms and guidelines

TikTok uses information to promote the safety and security of the Platform, including by scanning, analysing and reviewing User Content, messages and associated metadata for violations of its Terms of Service, Community Guidelines or other conditions and policies. The policy links to a separate page on its approach to community safety, which is not part of this document.

Supporting quotations

To promote the safety, security of the Platform, including by scanning, analyzing, and reviewing User Content, messages and associated metadata for violations of our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, or other conditions and policies.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Scanning covers messages and their metadata as well as User Content.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say whether the scanning of messages is automated, human, or both.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok uses information to facilitate research by independent researchers that meets certain criteria

TikTok uses information to facilitate research conducted by independent researchers that meets certain criteria. The sharing section separately says it shares your information with independent researchers for research that meets certain criteria.

Supporting quotations

To facilitate research conducted by independent researchers that meets certain criteria.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Only research that "meets certain criteria".

Not stated here

• The criteria are not stated in this policy.

Use & Processing · Company practice

TikTok uses information to verify your identity or age

TikTok uses information to verify your identity or age. The collection section says it sometimes asks for proof of identity or age for certain features, business accounts and age checks.

Supporting quotations

To verify your identity or age.

Use & Processing · Company practice

TikTok uses information to communicate with you, announce contest winners and send prizes

TikTok uses information to communicate with you, including to notify you about changes in its services. It also uses information to announce you as a winner of its contests or promotions, if permitted by the promotion rules, and to send you any applicable prizes.

Supporting quotations

To communicate with you, including to notify you about changes in our services.

To announce you as a winner of our contests or promotions if permitted by the promotion rule, and to send you any applicable prizes.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Announcing winners applies only "if permitted by the promotion rule".

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

TikTok uses information to enforce its Terms of Service, Community Guidelines and other conditions and policies

TikTok uses information to enforce its Terms of Service, Community Guidelines and other conditions and policies.

Supporting quotations

To enforce our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, and other conditions and policies.

Use & Processing · Company practice

Consistent with your permissions, TikTok provides location-based services such as advertising and personalised content

Consistent with your permissions, TikTok uses information to provide location-based services, such as advertising and other personalised content. The collection section says precise location such as GPS is collected only with your permission, while approximate location from SIM card or IP address has no stated permission condition.

Supporting quotations

Consistent with your permissions, to provide you with location-based services, such as advertising and other personalized content.

With your permission, we may also collect precise location data (such as GPS).

Qualifications & exceptions

• Use is "consistent with your permissions".

Not stated here

• It is not stated whether approximate location from SIM or IP address counts as covered by "your permissions".

Use & Processing · Company practice

TikTok uses information to train and improve its technology, such as machine learning models and algorithms

TikTok uses information to train and improve its technology, such as its machine learning models and algorithms. The item does not limit which of the collected information is used.

Supporting quotations

To train and improve our technology, such as our machine learning models and algorithms.

Qualifications & exceptions

• "such as" marks machine learning models and algorithms as examples.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say which categories of information are used for training or whether you can opt out.

Use & Processing · Company practice

TikTok uses information to facilitate sales, promotion and purchases of goods and services and to provide user support

TikTok uses information to facilitate and fulfil sales, promotion and purchases of goods and services and to provide user support.

Supporting quotations

To facilitate and fulfill sales, promotion, and purchases of goods and services and to provide user support.

Sharing & Disclosure · Context

TikTok lists the parties it shares your information with, from business partners to authorities and buyers

The sharing section says TikTok shares your information with the parties listed under it: business partners, service providers, advertisers and measurement partners, independent researchers, its corporate group, law enforcement and other legal recipients, public profiles, parties to business transactions, and sellers and payment providers for shopping purchases. The policy states each as its own heading with its own conditions, described in the cards that follow.

Supporting quotations

We share your information with the following parties:

Qualifications & exceptions

• Each recipient group has its own purposes and conditions.

Not stated here

• The policy does not name the individual recipients.

Linking & Identification · Company practice

Social-account sign-in and third-party account access involve two-way sharing with the social network or third party

If you register through a social network account (for example Apple, Facebook or Google), you provide or allow your social network to provide your phone number, email address, username and public profile, and TikTok shares certain information back with the social network, such as your app ID, access token and referring URL. If you allow a third-party service to access your account, TikTok shares certain information about you with that third party, for example letting sellers view and manage your orders through shopping features and letting third-party platforms and partners better authenticate users. Depending on the permissions you grant, the third party may be able to obtain your account information and other information you choose to provide.

Supporting quotations

If you choose to register to use the Platform using your social network account details (e.g., Apple, Facebook, or Google), you will provide us or allow your social network to provide us with your phone number, email address, username and public profile.

We will likewise share certain information with the relevant social network such as your app ID, access token and the referring URL.

If you choose to allow a third-party service to access your account, we will share certain information about you with the third party, such as allowing sellers to view and manage your orders through our shopping features, and enabling third-party platforms and partners to better authenticate users.

Depending on the permissions you grant, the third party may be able to obtain your account information and other information you choose to provide.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies if you choose social sign-in or allow a third-party service to access your account.
• What the third party can obtain depends on the permissions you grant.

Not stated here

• The policy does not list which third parties can be given account access.

Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice

If you share content to social media, the video, username and text go to that platform, or a link goes to messaging apps

When you choose to share content on social media platforms, the video, username and accompanying text are shared on that platform. If you share through instant messaging platforms, a link to the content is shared instead.

Supporting quotations

Where you opt to share content on social media platforms, the video, username and accompanying text will be shared on that platform or, in the case of sharing via instant messaging platforms, a link to the content will be shared.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when you opt to share content.
• Social media sharing sends the video, username and text; instant messaging sends a link.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok shares aggregated statistics and insights with users of its analytics services

TikTok shares aggregated statistics and insights with users of its analytics services so they can understand how people engage with the Platform or the ads shown. For example, advertisers, creators, partners and sellers can receive numbers of views, likes, comments and shares of their content and information to understand their followers, buyers and audience.

Supporting quotations

We share aggregated statistics and insights with users of our analytics services to help them understand how people are engaging with the Platform or with the ads we show.

advertisers, creators, partners, and sellers can receive information about the number of views, likes, comments, and shares of their content, as well as information to understand their followers, buyers, and the audience of their content

Qualifications & exceptions

• The statistics are described as aggregated.
• Examples are introduced by "for example".

Not stated here

• The policy does not say how aggregation is done or whether small audiences can be identified.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok provides information and content to service providers such as cloud, content moderation and marketing providers

TikTok provides information and content to service providers that support its business, such as cloud service providers, providers of content moderation services, and service providers that assist in marketing the Platform.

Supporting quotations

We provide information and content to service providers who support our business, such as cloud service providers and providers of content moderation services to ensure that the Platform is a safe and enjoyable place and service providers that assist us in marketing the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• "such as" marks the provider types as examples.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say what limits apply to what service providers may do with the information.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice

For Coin purchases and other payments, TikTok shares data with payment providers, including a transaction ID for Coins

If you choose to buy Coins or make other payment-related transactions, TikTok shares data with the relevant payment provider to facilitate the transaction. For Coin transactions it shares a transaction ID so it can identify you and credit your account with the right number of coins after payment.

Supporting quotations

If you choose to buy Coins or conduct other payment related transactions, we will share data with the relevant payment provider to facilitate this transaction.

For Coin transactions, we share a transaction ID to enable us to identify you and credit your account with the correct value in coins once you have made the payment.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies if you choose to buy Coins or make other payment transactions.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say which other data is shared for non-Coin payments.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok uses analytics providers to improve the Platform, and they also help serve personalised ads

TikTok uses analytics providers to help it optimise and improve the Platform. It says its third-party analytics providers also help serve personalised advertisements.

Supporting quotations

We use analytics providers to help us in the optimisation and improvement of the Platform. Our third-party analytics providers also help us serve personalised advertisements.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say what information these providers receive.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok shares information with advertisers, publishers and measurement companies, and to let some advertisers bid

TikTok shares information with advertisers, advertising partners, publishers and third-party measurement companies to show how many and which users viewed or clicked on an ad; to help advertisers understand their audience and customer feedback; to help publishers understand the types of ads served and measure the value of its advertising network services; and, where permitted under applicable law, to enable certain advertisers and advertising partners to bid on ad opportunities.

Supporting quotations

We share information with advertisers, advertising partners, publishers, and third-party measurement companies to show how many and which users of the Platform have viewed or clicked on an advertisement

to enable certain advertisers and advertising partners to bid on ad opportunities where permitted under applicable law

Qualifications & exceptions

• Bidding enablement applies "where permitted under applicable law" and to "certain" advertisers and partners.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say what individual-level information, if any, advertisers receive, and the linked ads page is not part of this document.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok shares your information with independent researchers for research that meets certain criteria

TikTok shares your information with independent researchers to facilitate research that meets certain criteria. The sharing statement is not limited to aggregated or de-identified data in this paragraph.

Supporting quotations

We share your information with independent researchers to facilitate research that meets certain criteria.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Only research that "meets certain criteria".

Not stated here

• The criteria and the form of information shared are not stated.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok may share your information with other members, subsidiaries or affiliates of its corporate group

TikTok may share your information with other members, subsidiaries or affiliates of its corporate group, including to provide the Platform, improve and optimise it, prevent illegal use and support users. The Indonesia supplemental terms add sharing with group members to deliver an integrated, seamless and personalised experience across related services.

Supporting quotations

We may also share your information with other members, subsidiaries, or affiliates of our corporate group, including to provide the Platform, to improve and optimise the Platform, to prevent illegal use and to support users.

we may share certain of your personal data with other members, subsidiaries, or affiliates of our corporate group for the purpose of delivering an integrated, seamless, and personalized user experience across related services

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated with "may"; the listed purposes are introduced by "including".
• Indonesia adds a further purpose in its supplemental terms.

Not stated here

• The group entities are not named.

Cross-references

• qualified by (model-proposed): Indonesia: TikTok may share personal data within its corporate group for an integrated, personalised experience — Indonesia adds a further purpose for sharing within the corporate group beyond those in the main sharing section.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

TikTok will share information with authorities and others if legally required, or needed to comply or enforce terms

TikTok says it will share your information with law enforcement agencies, public authorities or other organisations if legally required to do so, or if the use is reasonably necessary to comply with a legal obligation, process or request, or to enforce its Terms of Service and other agreements, policies and standards, including investigating potential violations.

Supporting quotations

We will share your information with law enforcement agencies, public authorities or other organisations if legally required to do so, or if such use is reasonably necessary to:

comply with legal obligation, process or request;

enforce our Terms of Service and other agreements, policies, and standards, including investigation of any potential violation thereof;

Qualifications & exceptions

• Two triggers: legal requirement, or reasonable necessity for the listed reasons.
• "will share" is firm wording for these cases.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say whether you are notified of such a disclosure.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

TikTok will share information if needed for security, fraud, rights or safety, including with other companies

Under the same lead-in as the legal-sharing card, TikTok says it will share your information with authorities or other organisations if reasonably necessary to detect, prevent or address security, fraud or technical issues, or to protect the rights, property or safety of TikTok, its users, a third party or the public as required or permitted by law. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Supporting quotations

We will share your information with law enforcement agencies, public authorities or other organisations if legally required to do so, or if such use is reasonably necessary to:

detect, prevent or otherwise address security, fraud or technical issues; or

protect the rights, property or safety of us, our users, a third party or the public as required or permitted by law (including exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction).

Qualifications & exceptions

• Protecting rights, property or safety is "as required or permitted by law".
• Exchange with other companies is for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Not stated here

• Which other companies and organisations receive the information is not stated.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

A public profile makes your content visible to anyone, and search engines and news sites may access or share it

If your profile is public, your content is visible to anyone on the Platform and may also be accessed or shared by friends and followers and by third parties such as search engines, content aggregators and news sites. You can change who can see a video each time you upload one, or set your profile to default private through the Private Account setting in "Manage my account".

Supporting quotations

if your profile is public, your content will be visible to anyone on the Platform and may also be accessed or shared by your friends and followers as well as third parties such as search engines, content aggregators and news sites.

You can change who can see a video each time you upload a video.

Alternatively, you can change your profile to default private by changing your settings to 'Private Account' in “Manage my account” settings.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies if your profile is public.
• Third-party access or sharing is stated with "may".

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok may disclose your information to prospective buyers, sellers or partners in business and asset transactions

TikTok may disclose your information to third parties if it sells or buys a business or assets (including through liquidation, bankruptcy or otherwise), in which case it discloses your data to the prospective seller or buyer. It also says that if it sells, buys, merges, is acquired by or partners with other companies or businesses, or sells some or all of its assets, user information may be among the transferred assets.

Supporting quotations

We may also disclose your information to third parties:

in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets (whether a result of liquidation, bankruptcy or otherwise), in which case we will disclose your data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets; or

if we sell, buy, merge, are acquired by, or partner with other companies or businesses, or sell some or all of our assets. In such transactions, user information may be among the transferred assets.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated with "may"; applies to sales, purchases, mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and asset sales.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say whether you are told or whether the recipient must keep to this policy.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Shopping purchases: TikTok shares order and delivery details with sellers and providers, and may share your email

When you buy through TikTok's shopping features, TikTok shares the transaction information with the seller, payment and transaction fulfilment providers and other service providers, for example order items, contact details and delivery information so the order can be processed. It may share your email address with sellers so they can send you marketing communications. These entities may use the shared information in accordance with their own privacy policies, which are not part of this document.

Supporting quotations

When you make a purchase through our shopping features, we share the information related to the transaction with the seller, payment and transaction fulfillment providers, and other service providers.

For example, we will share the order items, contact details and delivery information so your order can be processed.

We may share your email address with sellers so that they can send marketing communications to you.

These entities may use the information shared in accordance with their privacy policies.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to purchases through shopping features.
• Email sharing with sellers is stated with "may".
• Recipients' use is governed by their own privacy policies.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say whether you can decline email sharing with sellers or what the sellers' policies provide.

Use & Processing · Company practice

Your information may be stored on servers outside your country, such as in Singapore, Malaysia, Ireland and the US

TikTok says your information may be stored on servers located outside the country where you live, such as in Singapore, Malaysia, Ireland and the United States, and that it maintains major servers around the world to bring its services globally and continuously. The jurisdiction-specific terms for Latin America, Russia and Nigeria add statements about transfers.

Supporting quotations

Your information may be stored on servers located outside the country where you live, such as in Singapore, Malaysia, Ireland and the United States.

We maintain major servers around the world to bring you our services globally and continuously.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated with "may"; the countries are examples ("such as").

Not stated here

• The policy does not say which information is stored where, or what safeguards apply to transfers in this section.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

You may have rights to access, delete, correct and complain under applicable laws, requested through a web form

The policy says you may be afforded certain rights under applicable laws, which may include the right to access, delete, update or rectify your data, to be informed of the processing, to file complaints with authorities, and potentially other rights. You can submit a request at a TikTok web form, and appeal a decision on your request by following the instructions in the communication notifying you of the decision. The policy refers you to the Supplemental Terms for whether a local representative or local contact is available for your country. The Latin America terms give a longer list of rights that may apply depending on jurisdiction.

Supporting quotations

You may be afforded certain rights under applicable laws, which may include the right to access, delete, update, or rectify your data, to be informed of the processing of your data, to file complaints with authorities, and potentially other rights.

You may submit a request to exercise your rights under applicable laws at

You may appeal any decision we have made about your request by following the instructions in the communication you receive from us notifying you of our decision.

Please also see the Supplemental Terms on whether a local representative or local contact is available for your country.

Depending on the jurisdiction in which you reside, your rights under applicable laws may include the following

Qualifications & exceptions

• Rights depend on "applicable laws" and are stated with "may".
• Appeals follow the instructions in the notice of decision.
• Local representative or contact availability depends on your country's Supplemental Terms.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say which rights apply in which country in this section, or how quickly requests are answered here.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

You can edit most account information, delete User Content you uploaded, use privacy settings, and delete your account

You can access and edit most of your account information by signing in, delete User Content you uploaded, use a number of tools in Settings to control who can view your videos, send you messages or comment, and delete your entire account in Settings.

Supporting quotations

You can access and edit most of your account information by signing into TikTok. You can delete the User Content you uploaded.

We also provide a number of tools in Settings that allow you to control, among others, who can view your videos, send you messages, or post comments to your videos.

Should you choose to do so, you may delete your entire account in Settings.

Qualifications & exceptions

• You can edit "most" account information, not all.
• Account deletion is a choice you make in Settings.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say what is retained after you delete User Content or your account; the retention section gives general rules.

Data Access & Collection · User right or choice

You may refuse or disable cookies in your browser, but opt-outs are per browser or device and may reduce functionality

You may be able to refuse or disable cookies by adjusting your device browser settings, which differ by browser. Opting out of cookies used for targeted advertising in a browser and opting out of targeted advertising in a mobile app are done differently, the latter through device settings or app permissions. An opt-out applies only to the specific browser or device used when you opt out, so you may need to opt out separately on each. If you refuse, disable or delete cookies, some Platform functionality may no longer be available.

Supporting quotations

You may be able to refuse or disable Cookies by adjusting your device browser settings.

you may need to take different steps to opt out of Cookies used for targeted advertising in a browser and to opt out of targeted advertising for a mobile application, which you may control through your device settings or mobile app permissions

your opt-out selection is specific to the particular browser or device that you are using when you opt out, so you may need to opt-out separately for each of browser or device

If you choose to refuse, disable, or delete Cookies, some of the functionality of the Platform may no longer be available to you.

Qualifications & exceptions

• "may be able to" is not a guarantee.
• Opt-outs are specific to the browser or device used.
• Refusing cookies may remove some functionality.

Not stated here

• The policy does not offer an account-wide advertising opt-out in this paragraph.

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.

Supporting quotations

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.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): TikTok says it has security measures suited to the risk and will amend them from time to time to improve security — One passage says TikTok has appropriate security measures suited to the risk, while the other says it cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted via the Platform and that transmission is at your own risk; both stand as written.

Security & Safeguards · Company commitment

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.

Supporting quotations

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.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Security level is "appropriate to the risk".

Not stated here

• The measures are not described.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): TikTok takes steps to secure your information but cannot guarantee transmission security, which is at your own risk — One passage says TikTok has appropriate security measures suited to the risk, while the other says it cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted via the Platform and that transmission is at your own risk; both stand as written.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

TikTok disclaims responsibility for the privacy policies of partner, advertiser and affiliate sites it links to

TikTok says it will from time to time include links to and from the websites of its partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow such a link, those sites have their own privacy policies, and TikTok does not accept responsibility or liability for them. It asks you to check those policies before submitting information.

Supporting quotations

If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies.

Please check these policies before you submit any information to these websites.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to sites of partner networks, advertisers and affiliates reached through links.

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

TikTok keeps information as long as necessary to provide the Platform, meet legal duties and pursue legitimate interests

TikTok retains information as long as necessary to provide the Platform and for the other purposes in the policy. It also retains information when necessary to comply with contractual and legal obligations, when it has a legitimate business interest (such as improving the Platform and enhancing its safety, security and stability), and for the exercise or defence of legal claims.

Supporting quotations

We retain information for as long as necessary to provide the Platform and for the other purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

We also retain information when necessary to comply with contractual and legal obligations, when we have a legitimate business interest to do so (such as improving and developing the Platform, and enhancing its safety, security and stability), and for the exercise or defence of legal claims.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Retention length is tied to necessity, not to a fixed period in this paragraph.
• Legitimate business interests are given as examples ("such as").

Not stated here

• Fixed periods are not stated in the main text; the Indonesia terms mention five years.

Cross-references

• narrowed by (model-proposed): Indonesia section: data kept as long as necessary, often five years or more, then aggregated and anonymised — The Indonesia paragraphs give a likely five-year period and a later aggregated, anonymised form, where the general text gives only necessity-based retention.

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

Account information is kept while you have an account; other information may be kept after a violation

Retention periods differ by type of information and purpose. Account information used to provide the Platform is kept for as long as you have an account. If you violate the Terms of Service, Community Guidelines or other conditions or policies, TikTok may remove your account or User Content from public view immediately but may keep other information about you to process the violation.

Supporting quotations

The retention periods are different depending on different criteria, such as the type of information and the purposes for which we use the information.

when we process your information such as your account information to provide you with the Platform, we keep this information for as long as you have an account

If you violate our Terms of Service, Community Guidelines, or other conditions or policies, we may remove your account from the Platform or User Content from public view immediately, but may keep other information about you to process the violation.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Account information is kept for as long as you have an account.
• Removal for violations is stated with "may", and other information may be kept to process the violation.

Not stated here

• The policy does not give retention periods for other types of information, or say how long violation records are kept.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Jurisdiction-specific Supplemental Terms supersede and control over the rest of the policy where they conflict

The Supplemental Terms section says that if the provisions relevant to the jurisdiction from which you access or use the services conflict with the rest of the policy, those jurisdiction-specific terms supersede and control. The policy lists terms for Australia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Latin America, Nigeria, the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Türkiye, Uganda, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. Several of those sections repeat their own conflict rule, in similar words.

Supporting quotations

In the event of a conflict between the provisions of the Supplemental Terms – Jurisdiction-Specific that are relevant to your jurisdiction from which you access or use the services, and the rest of policy, the relevant jurisdictions’ Supplemental Terms – Jurisdiction-Specific will supersede and control.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies only to the extent of a conflict.
• Which terms apply depends on the jurisdiction from which you access or use the services.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say how a conflict is decided for a person who uses the services from more than one jurisdiction.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): TikTok lists information it may collect: what you provide, what is collected automatically and what comes from others — The Supplemental Terms precedence rule limits how far the general collection list applies for the jurisdictions the policy names.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Australia: group entities outside Australia are given limited remote access to your information

If you use the Platform in Australia, certain TikTok group entities located outside Australia are given limited remote access to your information to provide certain functions, as described in the sharing section. The policy points to a separate page listing the countries where group entities receiving personal information from Australia are located.

Supporting quotations

If you are using the Platform in Australia, the following additional terms shall apply.

Certain entities in our corporate group, located outside of Australia, are given limited remote access to your information so that they can provide certain functions

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies if you use the Platform in Australia.
• Access is described as "limited" and "remote".

Not stated here

• The list of countries is on a separate page that is not part of this document.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Australia: TikTok is not directed at children under 16

For use in Australia, the additional terms say TikTok is not directed at children under 16. If you believe a user is below that minimum age, you can contact TikTok through its privacy web form.

Supporting quotations

TikTok is not directed at children under the age of 16. If you believe that there is a user who is below this minimum age, please contact us at

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies if you use the Platform in Australia.

Cross-references

• exception to (model-proposed): TikTok is not directed at children under 13, an age that may be higher locally, and you can report underage users — Australia states a minimum of 16 where the general text says 13, which the general text anticipates may be higher locally.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Australia: complain to TikTok first, then to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

In Australia you may raise complaints, exercise your rights or seek remedies by contacting TikTok through its privacy web form. If you disagree with TikTok's response, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, whose website and phone number (1300 363 992) are given.

Supporting quotations

You may raise complaints, exercise your rights or seek any remedies by contacting us at

If you disagree with our response, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at:

Website:

Phone: 1300 363 992

Qualifications & exceptions

• The regulator complaint follows disagreement with TikTok's response.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Egypt: you declare you are over 18, or a parent or guardian declares and consents for a user aged 13 to 17

For Egypt, you declare you are over 18; if you are under 18, you should have a parent or legal guardian read the terms with you. A parent or guardian reviewing for a user under 18 declares that the user is above 13, that they have read TikTok's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and that they agree to their child's use of the Platform and registration for an account.

Supporting quotations

If you are using our services in Egypt, the following additional terms apply.

You declare that you are over the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please have your parent or legal guardian read this with you.

such user is above the age of 13 and that you have read and acknowledged TikTok's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and agree to the use by your child of the Platform and registration for an account

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Egypt.
• The parent or guardian declaration states the user is above 13.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say what happens if the declaration is untrue.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

India: the Platform is provided by ByteDance (India) Technology Private Limited, and "TikTok" means that entity

For India, the Platform is provided and controlled by ByteDance (India) Technology Private Limited, and TikTok is the brand for providing and promoting the services. When using the services from India, "TikTok", "we" or "us" in the policy is read to refer to that entity.

Supporting quotations

If you are using our services in India, the Platform is provided and controlled by ByteDance (India) Technology Private Limited.

When using these services from India, please accordingly read “TikTok”, “we” or “us” in this policy to refer to Bytedance (India) Technology India Private Limited.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies if you use the services from India.

Not stated here

• The text names the entity slightly differently in two places ("Bytedance (India) Technology India Private Limited" in the final clause); the policy does not explain the difference.

Cross-references

• exception to (model-proposed): The policy covers TikTok apps, websites, software and related services, provided and controlled by TikTok Pte. Ltd. — For India the provider and the meaning of "TikTok", "we" and "us" is ByteDance (India) Technology Private Limited rather than TikTok Pte. Ltd.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Indonesia: you represent you are at least 18, or have parental or guardian approval and they are responsible for you

For Indonesia, the additional terms control over the main text in a conflict. By accessing or using the Platform you represent that you are at least 18. If you are below 18, not married or under guardianship, you must get approval from a parent or legal guardian, and they are responsible for your actions on the Platform, your compliance with the policy, and ensuring your participation does not violate child-protection laws. Without that consent, and if the parent or guardian will not open the account in their own name, you must stop accessing the Platform.

Supporting quotations

In the event of any conflict between the following additional terms and the provisions of the main body of this policy, the following terms shall apply.

By accessing and/or using this Platform, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age. If you are below 18 years old and you are not married, or under guardianship:

you must obtain approval from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s); and

your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) are responsible for: (i) all your actions in connection with your access to and use of the Platform; (ii) your compliance with this policy; and (iii) ensuring that any of your participation in the Platform will not, in any event, result in any violation of applicable laws and regulations relating to child protections.

If you do not have consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and your parent(s) or guardian(s) is not willing to open the account under their name, you must cease accessing the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The under-18 requirements apply to those below 18 who are not married or under guardianship.
• Indonesia's additional terms control in a conflict with the main text.

Not stated here

• "not married, or under guardianship" is written as a list; the policy does not state how the conditions combine in every case.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Indonesia: TikTok may share personal data within its corporate group for an integrated, personalised experience

For Indonesia, in addition to the purposes in the main sharing section, TikTok may share certain personal data with other members, subsidiaries or affiliates of its corporate group for the purpose of delivering an integrated, seamless and personalised user experience across related services.

Supporting quotations

In addition to the purposes described in “How we share your information”, we may share certain of your personal data with other members, subsidiaries, or affiliates of our corporate group for the purpose of delivering an integrated, seamless, and personalized user experience across related services.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated with "may" and "certain" personal data.
• Added to the purposes in the main text.

Not stated here

• The related services are not named.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): TikTok may share your information with other members, subsidiaries or affiliates of its corporate group — Indonesia adds a further purpose for sharing within the corporate group beyond those in the main sharing section.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Indonesia: you may withdraw consent to disclosure to third parties, request your data history, and ask for erasure

For Indonesia, you may withdraw your consent to TikTok's disclosure of personal data to third parties, and on request TikTok will stop displaying, publishing, transmitting, disseminating or opening access to your personal data to third parties. Withdrawing consent to disclosure or collection may mean TikTok cannot fulfil your requests and you may not be able to use some features. You may also ask TikTok to disclose the history of personal data it has collected and/or to erase and dispose of your personal data on its server, which may also limit features you can use. To exercise these rights, you contact TikTok through its privacy web form.

Supporting quotations

You may withdraw your consent to TikTok's disclosure of personal data to third parties.

Upon your request, we will cease to display, publish, transmit, disseminate, and/or open the access to your personal data to third parties.

by withdrawing your consent to the disclosure and/or collection of your personal data, we may not be able to fulfill your requests and you may not be able to use some of TikTok features and functionality

You may request TikTok to (i) disclose the history of personal data that we have collected; and/or (ii) erase and dispose of your personal data that we have collected on our server.

by requesting us to erase and dispose of your personal data, you may not be able to use some of TikTok’s features and functionality

To exercise any of your rights, contact us at:

Qualifications & exceptions

• Withdrawal or erasure may mean some TikTok features and functionality can no longer be used.

Not stated here

• No deadline for responding is given here.

Security & Safeguards · Company commitment

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.

Supporting quotations

In the event of any breach of personal data, we will notify you and provide you with information regarding such breach of personal data.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated for Indonesia only.

Not stated here

• No deadline or content for the notice is stated.

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

Indonesia section: data kept as long as necessary, often five years or more, then aggregated and anonymised

In the Indonesia section, TikTok retains your information for as long as necessary to provide the service and, where it does not need the information for that, only while it has a legitimate business purpose. It says there are occasions where it is likely to keep data for five years (or longer if required) under legal obligations or for establishing, exercising or defending legal claims. After you stop using the Platform and the five-year period has lapsed, TikTok stores your information in an aggregated and anonymised format, and non-personally identifiable information may be retained indefinitely for analytics.

Supporting quotations

We retain your information for as long as it is necessary to provide you with the service.

there are occasions where we are likely to keep this data for five (5) years (or longer if required) in accordance with our legal obligations or where it is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims

After you have terminated your use of our Platform and the five (5) years retention period has lapsed, we store your information in an aggregated and anonymised format. Non-personally identifiable information may be retained indefinitely for analytics.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The five-year figure is stated as an occasion where TikTok is "likely" to keep data, with "or longer if required".
• Indefinite retention applies to non-personally identifiable information, "may" be retained for analytics.
• These paragraphs follow the Indonesia terms in the document; the text itself does not repeat the country name.

Not stated here

• The paragraphs do not name Indonesia; they are read as part of the Indonesia section by position, and the policy does not say whether they apply elsewhere.

Cross-references

• narrows (model-proposed): TikTok keeps information as long as necessary to provide the Platform, meet legal duties and pursue legitimate interests — The Indonesia paragraphs give a likely five-year period and a later aggregated, anonymised form, where the general text gives only necessity-based retention.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Israel: you declare you are over 18, or a parent or guardian declares and consents for a user aged 13 to 17

For Israel, you declare you are over 18; if you are under 18, you should have a parent or legal guardian read the terms with you. A parent or guardian reviewing for a user under 18 declares that the user is above 13, that they have read TikTok's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and that they agree to the child's use of the Platform and registration for an account.

Supporting quotations

If you are using our services in Israel, the following additional terms apply.

You declare that you are over the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please have your parent or legal guardian read this with you.

such user is above the age of 13 and that you have read and acknowledged TikTok's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and agree to the use by your child of the Platform and registration for an account

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Israel.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say what happens if the declaration is untrue.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Japan: a Japanese-language policy also applies, and under-15s need a parent or guardian to read with them and consent

For Japan, the additional terms and TikTok's Japanese-language Privacy Policy apply. If you are under 15, you should have a parent or legal guardian read the terms with you; without their consent, and if the parent or guardian will not open the account in their own name, you must stop accessing the Platform. A parent or guardian reviewing for a user under 15 declares that the user is above 13, that they have read TikTok's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and that they agree to the child's use of the Platform and to TikTok's processing of the child's personal data under the policy.

Supporting quotations

If you are using our services in Japan, the following additional terms and our

If you are under the age of 15, please have your parent or legal guardian read this with you. If you do not have consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and your parent(s) or guardian(s) is not willing to open the account under their name, you must cease accessing the Platform.

you hereby declare that such user is above the age of 13 and that you have read and acknowledged TikTok's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and agree to the use by your child of the Platform and registration for an account, as well as TikTok's processing of your child's personal data in accordance with TikTok's Privacy Policy

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Japan.
• Parent or guardian declaration states the user is above 13.

Not stated here

• The Japanese-language Privacy Policy is a separate document and is not read here, so how it differs is unknown.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Japan: for shopping features the data controller is Bytedance KK, and TikTok Pte. Ltd. for some activities

For shopping features in Japan, the data controller responsible for processing your personal data is Bytedance KK, at the Tokyo address given. Certain shopping-feature activities may be performed by TikTok Pte. Ltd., which is the data controller for those activities, for example development and improvement of the shopping features. In the policy, "TikTok", "we" or "us" then means TikTok Pte. Ltd. and Bytedance KK.

Supporting quotations

If you are using our shopping features in Japan, the data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data is Bytedance KK.

However, certain activities relating to the operation of our shopping features may be performed by TikTok Pte. Ltd., which will be the data controller for these processing activities.

When we refer to “TikTok”, “we” or “us” in this Privacy Policy, we mean TikTok Pte. Ltd. and Bytedance KK.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies only if you use the shopping features in Japan.
• TikTok Pte. Ltd. is controller for the activities it performs, such as shopping-feature development and improvement.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say which controller is responsible for Japan use outside shopping features other than the general statement that TikTok Pte. Ltd. provides the Platform.

Cross-references

• exception to (model-proposed): The policy covers TikTok apps, websites, software and related services, provided and controlled by TikTok Pte. Ltd. — For shopping features in Japan the data controller is Bytedance KK, with TikTok Pte. Ltd. controlling some activities, which differs from the general statement that TikTok Pte. Ltd. provides and controls the Platform.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

Kenya: TikTok relies on contract necessity, and on legitimate interests, legal obligations or consent for other purposes

For Kenya, the additional terms prevail over the main text in a conflict. TikTok collects and uses personal data to offer the Platform under the lawful basis that processing is necessary for the performance of a contract you enter or have entered. For other purposes not necessary for the contract, processing may be based on its legitimate interests, compliance with legal obligations and/or consent you may have given.

Supporting quotations

If you are using our services in Kenya, the following additional terms apply. In the event of any conflict between the following additional terms and the provisions of the main body of this Policy, the following terms shall prevail.

We do so under the lawful basis that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract in which you are entering or have entered.

the processing may be based upon (i) our legitimate interests; (ii) compliance with our legal obligations; and/or (iii) consent you may have provided to us

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Kenya.
• Other bases are stated with "may" and "and/or".

Not stated here

• The policy does not say which purposes rely on which basis.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Kenya: you declare you are over 18, or have parent or guardian consent and they are responsible for you

For Kenya, you declare you are over 18. If you are below 18 you must obtain consent from a parent or legal guardian, who is responsible for all your actions on the Platform and your compliance with the policy. If you are not at least 18, have no such consent, and the parent or guardian will not open an account in their own name, you must stop accessing the Platform.

Supporting quotations

Age, Parental and Guardian Consent: You declare that you are over the age of 18. If you are below 18 years old:

you must obtain consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s); and

your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) shall be responsible for: (i) all your actions in connection with your access to and use of the Platform; and (ii) your compliance with this Policy.

If you are not at least 18 years of age and you do not have consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) are not willing to open an account under their name(s), you must cease accessing the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Kenya.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Kenya: failing to provide requested personal data may limit access to the Platform or some features

For Kenya, you will be asked to provide certain information, as described under what information TikTok collects, before using the Platform or certain functions. Failing to provide all or part of that information may limit your access to the Platform or some of its features and functionalities.

Supporting quotations

You will be asked to provide certain information (as described above under the ‘What information we collect’ section) before using the Platform or certain functions. Failure to provide all or any part of such information may limit your access to the Platform or some of its features and functionalities.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Kenya.
• Limits are stated with "may".

Not stated here

• It is not stated which information is mandatory.

Use & Processing · Permission or license

Latin America: personalised ads, promotions, ad measurement and seller marketing are secondary purposes needing consent

For Spanish-speaking Latin America, the additional terms prevail over the main text in a conflict. They say most purposes in the use section are necessary purposes, and list secondary purposes for which TikTok requests consent as required by applicable laws: personalised advertising; sending promotional materials from TikTok or on behalf of affiliates, sellers and trusted third parties; measuring ad effectiveness and delivering personalised advertising on the Platform and elsewhere online; and facilitating marketing communications by sellers. A later paragraph says that by using the Platform you consent to processing for these purposes.

Supporting quotations

If you are using our services in Spanish-speaking Latin America, the following additional terms apply and shall prevail in the event of any conflict with the main body of the Privacy Policy.

Most purposes of processing described in the “How we use your information” section of this Privacy Policy are necessary purposes. The following are secondary purposes for which we hereby request your consent as required by applicable laws:

To provide you with personalized advertising.

To send promotional materials from us or on behalf of our affiliates, sellers, and trusted third parties.

To measure and understand the effectiveness of the advertisements we serve to you and others, and to deliver advertising, including personalized advertising, to you on the Platform and elsewhere online.

To facilitate the sending of marketing communications by sellers to you on our Platform.

By using our Platform, you consent to the processing of your personal data for these purposes.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Spanish-speaking Latin America.
• Consent is requested "as required by applicable laws".

Not stated here

• The text does not say which purposes beyond the four listed are treated as necessary, or how consent is recorded or withdrawn here.

Use & Processing · Permission or license

Latin America: using the Platform means you consent to the secondary purposes; rights remain

For Spanish-speaking Latin America, the last secondary purpose listed is facilitating the sending of marketing communications by sellers to you on the Platform. The terms then say the secondary purposes allow a better experience, and that by using the Platform you consent to processing of your personal data for them. They add that you can always exercise your rights as stated under "Your rights" below.

Supporting quotations

To facilitate the sending of marketing communications by sellers to you on our Platform.

The above purposes allow us to provide you with a better experience. By using our Platform, you consent to the processing of your personal data for these purposes. You can always exercise your rights, as stipulated under “Your rights” below.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Consent is stated to follow from using the Platform.
• Applies to Spanish-speaking Latin America.

Not stated here

• The text does not describe a separate step for giving or declining consent to each secondary purpose.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Latin America: you can limit certain processing using tools in Settings

For Spanish-speaking Latin America, TikTok says it offers you choices about how it uses and discloses your personal data, and that you can limit certain processing by using the tools available in Settings.

Supporting quotations

We also offer you choices regarding how we use and disclose your personal data, and you can limit certain processing by using the tools available in Settings.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Only "certain" processing can be limited, and only through Settings tools.

Not stated here

• The text does not say which processing can be limited.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Latin America: wrong or inaccurate data can affect the Platform, and refusing to provide data may restrict some services

For Spanish-speaking Latin America, providing wrong or inaccurate data can affect the efficiency, purpose, objective or other aspects of the Platform. In some cases, if you refuse to provide your data, you may be restricted from using certain services.

Supporting quotations

Providing wrong or inaccurate data can affect the efficiency, purpose, objective or any other aspect of the Platform. In some cases, if you refuse to provide your data, you may be restricted from the use of certain Services.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Restriction applies "in some cases" and is stated with "may".

Not stated here

• It is not stated which services or which data are covered.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Latin America: TikTok may share data with third parties and transfer it to servers outside your country

For Spanish-speaking Latin America, TikTok may share your personal data with a third party for purposes other than processing on its behalf. Your personal data may also be transferred to servers or data centres outside the country where you live, such as in Singapore, Malaysia, Ireland and the United States, for storage and/or processing. The categories of recipients and purposes are described in the main sharing section, and for how the corporate group, business partners and service providers may process the data you are directed to the Contact section. By providing your data and using the Platform you consent to the sharing and transfers described in the sharing and storage sections that require your consent.

Supporting quotations

We may share your personal data with a third party for purposes other than processing on our behalf.

Your personal data may also be transferred/transmitted to servers or data centers outside the country where you live, such as in Singapore, Malaysia, Ireland and the United States, for storage and/or processing.

The categories of the recipients of your personal data and its purposes are described in the section “How we share your information” of the main body of the Privacy Policy.

By providing us with your personal data and using our Platform, you consent to those data sharing and transfer activities described in the “How we share your information" and "Where we store your information" sections of this Privacy Policy that require your consent.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Sharing and transfer are stated with "may".
• Consent is stated to apply to the sharing and transfer activities that require consent.

Not stated here

• The text does not say which of the described sharing and transfer activities require consent.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Latin America: rights may include access, deletion, portability, objection and consent withdrawal, free of charge

For Spanish-speaking Latin America, depending on the jurisdiction in which you live, your rights under applicable laws may include: to know, access, delete, update or correct your data; to be informed how it is processed; to limit its use and disclosure; to portability; to revoke consent and request evidence of consent; to object to certain processing; to not be affected by a decision based solely on automated processing; and to complain to the competent data protection authority, especially if TikTok rejects or does not timely answer your request. Revoking consent does not affect lawfulness of processing before revocation, some rights apply only in certain circumstances and jurisdictions, and they may be subject to legal limits. You can exercise your rights free of charge through the Contact section, requests are resolved according to their nature and within the terms of applicable laws, and a Data Protection office contact is given.

Supporting quotations

Depending on the jurisdiction in which you reside, your rights under applicable laws may include the following: to know, access, delete, update, or correct/rectify your personal data; to be informed of the ways in which we process your personal data; to limit the use and disclosure of your data; to transfer and data portability; to revoke your consent and to request evidence of your consent; to object to certain processing activities; to not be affected by a decision based solely on automated processing

and to file complaints before the competent data protection authority, where applicable, but especially if we reject your request or do not respond in a timely manner

Revoking your consent does not affect the lawfulness of our use or processing of your data undertaken prior to such revocation.

Some of your rights apply generally, while others will only apply in certain circumstances and jurisdictions, and, depending on the scenario, these rights may be subject to some limitations by law.

You can exercise your rights free of charge, by sending your request to the contact details set forth in the “Contact” section.

If you wish to reach TikTok’s Data Protection office, contact us at:

Qualifications & exceptions

• Rights depend on the jurisdiction and applicable law and are stated with "may".
• Revocation is not retroactive.
• Exercise is free of charge.

Not stated here

• No specific response period is stated.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

Nigeria: signing up or using the Platform means you agree to processing, based on contract and other bases

For Nigeria, the additional terms prevail over the main text in a conflict. TikTok says it follows the principles of Nigerian law on processing personal data and that by signing up or using the Platform you agree to processing under the policy. It processes personal data on the basis that it is necessary for performance of a contract you enter or have entered. In some circumstances it processes for other purposes, which may be based on legitimate interests, legal obligations, your consent, the performance of a task in the public interest and/or protecting vital interests.

Supporting quotations

If you are using our services in Nigeria, the following additional terms apply. In the event of any conflict between the following additional terms and the provisions of the main body of this Privacy Policy, the following terms shall prevail.

By signing up to and/or using the Platform, you agree to the processing and use of your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

We process your personal data on the basis that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract which you are entering or have entered.

the processing may be based upon (i) our legitimate interests; (ii) compliance with our legal obligations; (iii) consent you may have provided to us; (iv) for the performance of a task in public interest; and/or (v) to protect vital interests

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Nigeria.
• The additional bases are stated with "may" and "and/or".

Not stated here

• The text does not say which purposes rely on which basis.

Use & Processing · Company practice

Nigeria: international transfers are necessary for the services and rely on contract or other legal bases

For Nigeria, TikTok says international data transfers are necessary for it to provide its services. If you are located in Nigeria, it relies on performance of a contract or, where necessary, any other legal basis for international data transfer under applicable data protection laws and regulations.

Supporting quotations

International data transfers are necessary for us to provide our services. If you are located in Nigeria, we rely on the performance of contract or where necessary, any other legal bases for international data transfer under the applicable data protection laws and regulations.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies if you are located in Nigeria.

Not stated here

• The other legal bases are not named.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Nigeria: you declare you are 18 or over, or have parent or guardian consent and they are responsible for you

For Nigeria, you declare that you are 18 or over. If you are below 18 you must obtain consent from a parent or legal guardian, who is responsible for all your actions on the Platform and for your compliance with the policy. If you are not at least 18, have no such consent, and the parent or guardian will not open an account in their own name, you must stop accessing the Platform.

Supporting quotations

You declare that you are 18 or over the age of 18.

If you are below 18 years of age:

you must obtain consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s); and

your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) shall be responsible for: (i) all your actions in connection with your access to and use of the Platform; and (ii) your compliance with this Privacy Policy.

If you are not at least 18 years of age and you do not have consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) are not willing to open an account under their name(s), you must cease accessing the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Nigeria.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

Uganda: TikTok processes data for contract performance, and for legal obligations and/or consent for other purposes

For Uganda, TikTok collects and uses personal data to offer the Platform under the lawful basis that processing is necessary for the performance of a contract you enter or have entered. For other purposes not necessary for the contract, processing may be based on compliance with legal obligations and/or consent you may have provided.

Supporting quotations

We do so under the lawful basis that the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract in which you are entering or have entered.

the processing may be based upon (i) compliance with our legal obligations; and/or (ii) consent you may have provided to us

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Uganda.
• Other bases are stated with "may" and "and/or"; legitimate interests is not listed here.

Not stated here

• The text does not say which purposes rely on which basis.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Uganda: failing to provide requested personal data may limit access to the Platform or some features

For Uganda, you will be asked to provide certain information, as described under what information TikTok collects, before using the Platform or certain functions. Failing to provide all or part of that information may limit your access to the Platform or some of its features and functionalities.

Supporting quotations

You will be asked to provide certain information (as described above under the 'What information we collect' section) before using the Platform or certain functions. Failure to provide all or any part of such information may limit your access to the Platform or some of its features and functionalities.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Uganda.
• Limits are stated with "may".

Not stated here

• It is not stated which information is mandatory.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Uganda: you declare you are over 18, or have parent or guardian consent and they are responsible for you

For Uganda, you declare you are over 18. If you are below 18 you must obtain consent from a parent or legal guardian, who is responsible for all your actions on the Platform and for your compliance with the policy. If you are not at least 18, have no such consent, and the parent or guardian will not open an account in their own name, you must stop accessing the Platform.

Supporting quotations

Age, Parental and Guardian Consent: You declare that you are over the age of 18. If you are below 18 years old:

you must obtain consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s); and

your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) shall be responsible for: (i) all your actions in connection with your access to and use of the Platform; and (ii) your compliance with this Policy.

If you are not at least 18 years of age and you do not have consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) are not willing to open an account under their name(s), you must cease accessing the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Uganda.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Uganda: it is your duty to provide complete and accurate personal data when you consent to processing

For Uganda, the terms say it is your duty to provide complete and accurate personal data when giving consent to the processing of your personal data.

Supporting quotations

It is your duty to provide complete and accurate personal data upon giving consent to the processing of your personal data.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Uganda and when giving consent.

Not stated here

• The text does not say what follows if data is incomplete or inaccurate.

Sharing & Disclosure · Permission or license

UAE: using the Platform means you agree to this policy and consent to sharing of your personal data under the main text

For the United Arab Emirates, the additional terms prevail over the main policy if they conflict. Under the sub-heading on how TikTok shares your personal data, they say that by using the Platform in the UAE you agree to the terms of the policy and consent to TikTok sharing your personal data in line with the main text of the policy.

Supporting quotations

If you are using the Platform in the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”), the following additional terms apply. If any conflict arises between the main Privacy Policy and the additional terms, the following terms shall prevail:

How we share your personal data

by using the Platform in the UAE you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and consent to our sharing of your personal data in line with the main text of this Privacy Policy.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using the Platform in the UAE.
• Consent is stated to follow from using the Platform.

Not stated here

• The text does not describe a way to withhold consent while continuing to use the Platform.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

UAE: the policy is governed by UAE law, and small claims go to the DIFC Small Claims Tribunal

For the UAE, by using the Platform there, the policy is governed by and interpreted under the laws of the UAE. For a dispute between the parties about the policy, a claim for a sum within the limits the DIFC Small Claims Tribunal specifies from time to time is referred by either party to that Tribunal.

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Governing law and dispute resolution

By using our Platform in the UAE, this Privacy Policy will be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the UAE. In the event of a dispute arising between the parties in connection with this Privacy Policy:

where the dispute relates to a claim for a sum within the limits specified by the DIFC Small Claims Tribunal from time to time, then the dispute shall be referred by either party to the said Tribunal; and

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using the Platform in the UAE.
• The Tribunal route applies only to claims within its specified limits, which the policy does not state.

Not stated here

• The Tribunal's monetary limit is not stated in the policy.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

UAE: other disputes go to mediation, then binding DIFC-LCIA arbitration in Dubai in English

For the UAE, all disputes other than the small-claims type go first to mediation under the Mediation Rules of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre. If mediation does not settle the dispute within 30 days of starting, or a longer period the parties agree in writing, the dispute is referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Rules. The language is English, there is one arbitrator, and the arbitration is conducted in Dubai. The rules are stated to be incorporated by reference but are not part of this document.

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for all other disputes, the parties shall seek settlement of that dispute by mediation in accordance with the Mediation Rules of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre, which Rules are deemed to be incorporated by reference to this clause.

If the dispute is not settled by mediation within 30 days of the commencement of the mediation, or such further period as the parties shall agree in writing, the dispute shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the Arbitration Rules of the DIFC-LCIA Arbitration Centre

The language to be used in the mediation and in the arbitration, shall be English. In any arbitration commenced pursuant to this clause the number of arbitrators shall be one and the arbitration shall be conducted in Dubai.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using the Platform in the UAE.
• Arbitration follows only if mediation fails within 30 days or the agreed longer period.
• The mediation and arbitration rules are incorporated by reference and are not supplied.

Not stated here

• The content of the DIFC-LCIA rules is not in this document and is not read here.

Use & Processing · Context

Vietnam: the additional terms prevail in a conflict, and TikTok may process personal data manually or automatically

For Vietnam, the additional terms prevail over the main text in a conflict. TikTok may process your personal data by manual or automated methods.

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If you are using our services in Vietnam, the following additional terms apply. In the event of any conflict between the following additional terms and the provisions of the main body of this policy, the following terms shall prevail.

We may process your personal data by manual or automated methods.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Vietnam.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Vietnam: you have statutory rights to know, consent, access, delete, restrict, object, complain and claim damages

For Vietnam, subject to certain exceptions, you have statutory rights under applicable laws. The list names the rights to know; to consent and withdraw consent; to access; to delete data; to restrict data processing; to be provided with data; to object to data processing; to complain, denounce or initiate lawsuits; to claim for damages; and to self-protection. You may exercise these rights by contacting TikTok through the Contact section, and TikTok says it will respond to your requests regardless of the location in which your data is stored.

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Subject to certain exceptions, you have statutory rights and obligations under applicable laws. In particular, you have the following statutory rights:

Right to know;

Right to consent and withdraw consent;

Right to access;

Right to delete data;

Right to restrict data processing;

Right to be provided with data;

Right to object data processing;

Right to complain, denounce or initiate lawsuits;

Right to claim for damages; and

Right to self-protection.

You may exercise these rights by contacting us through the details in the Contact section, and we will respond to your requests regardless of the location in which your data is stored.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Vietnam.
• Rights are subject to "certain exceptions" that the text does not list.

Not stated here

• The exceptions to the statutory rights are not stated.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Vietnam: you have statutory obligations, including protecting personal data and giving accurate data

For Vietnam, you also have statutory obligations: to protect your own personal data; to request other relevant organisations and individuals to protect your personal data; to respect and protect the personal data of others; to provide complete and accurate personal data when giving consent to processing; and other obligations under applicable laws.

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You have the following statutory obligations:

Protect your own personal data;

Request other relevant organizations and individuals to protect your personal data;

Respect and protect personal data of others;

Provide complete and accurate personal data upon giving consent to the processing of your personal data; and

Other obligations under applicable laws.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Vietnam.

Not stated here

• "Other obligations under applicable laws" are not listed.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Vietnam: if you are below 16 or under guardianship, you must obtain approval from a parent or legal guardian

For Vietnam, the age and consent terms say that if you are below 16 years old or under guardianship, you must obtain approval from your parent or legal guardian. What the parent or guardian is responsible for, and what happens without consent, follow in the next paragraphs.

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Age, Parental and Guardian Consent. If you are below 16 years old or under guardianship:

you must obtain approval from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s); and

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Vietnam.
• The age threshold is 16, and guardianship is a separate trigger.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Vietnam: parents or guardians are responsible for the under-16 user, who must stop using the Platform without consent

For Vietnam, the parent or legal guardian of a user below 16 or under guardianship is responsible for all of the user's actions on the Platform, for the user's compliance with the policy, and for ensuring the user's participation does not violate applicable laws on child protection. If you do not have consent from a parent or legal guardian and they are not willing to open the account in their own name, you must stop accessing the Platform if you are not at least 16 years of age.

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your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) are responsible for: (i) all your actions in connection with your access to and use of the Platform; (ii) your compliance with this policy; and (iii) ensuring that any of your participation in the Platform will not, in any event, result in any violation of applicable laws and regulations relating to child protections.

If you do not have consent from your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) and your parent(s) or legal guardian(s) is not willing to open the account under their name, you must cease accessing the Platform if you are not at least 16 years of age.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Vietnam.
• The duty to stop access is stated for those not at least 16 without consent.

Not stated here

• The text does not say how a user who is under guardianship but over 16 is treated when consent is missing, since the last sentence speaks only of those under 16.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Nothing in the policy waives or limits statutory consumer rights that cannot be limited by contract

The policy states that nothing in it shall be construed as a waiver or limitation of statutory consumer rights that cannot be contractually limited under applicable laws. The sentence sits after the Vietnam terms and before the "Other Jurisdictions" heading and does not say whether it applies only to Vietnam or to the whole policy. It names no particular law or right.

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Nothing in this Privacy Policy shall be construed as a waiver or limitation to statutory consumer rights that cannot be contractually limited under applicable laws.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Covers only statutory consumer rights that "cannot be contractually limited under applicable laws".

Not stated here

• Whether this sentence is part of the Vietnam terms or applies to the whole policy is not stated; its placement is the only clue.
• No specific statutory rights or laws are named.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

In jurisdictions with a non-English official language, the local-language policy may set out additional local terms

For jurisdictions where the national or official language is not English, the policy says the version of the TikTok Privacy Policy in your local language may set out additional terms specific to your jurisdiction, and asks you to refer to that version for further information. Those local-language versions are separate documents and are not read here.

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In jurisdictions where the national or official language is not English, the version of the TikTok Privacy Policy in your local language may set out additional terms specific to your jurisdiction. Please also refer to the version of this Privacy Policy in your local language for further information.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated with "may"; applies where the national or official language is not English.

Not stated here

• What the local-language versions say is unknown from this document, and the policy does not say whether they override this English text.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Nigeria: where law recognises them, you can withdraw consent, object, restrict processing and port your data

For Nigeria, to the extent relevant laws recognise your rights and freedoms as a data subject, and in addition to the rights listed earlier, you have the right to withdraw consent at any time where consent is the legal basis, to object to processing, to request restriction of processing in specific circumstances, and to data portability.

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To the extent that the relevant laws, rules and regulations on data privacy recognize your rights and freedoms as data subjects, in addition to the rights listed above, you shall have the right to: withdraw your consent at any time where the legal basis of our processing is consent; object to the processing of your personal data; request the restriction of processing in specific circumstances; and data portability.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Conditional on relevant laws recognising the rights.
• Withdrawal of consent applies where consent is the legal basis.
• Restriction applies in specific circumstances.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say which earlier rights the phrase "rights listed above" refers to, or which of them apply to Nigeria.

Use & Processing · Company practice

Nigeria: manual and automated processing, with limits on the right against solely automated decisions

For Nigeria, TikTok may process personal data through manual and automated methods. It uses your information to enforce its Terms, Guidelines and policies through a mix of automated means and human moderation, which may include removing content or suspending or banning your account if it determines you are violating them. You have the right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing that produce a legal or similar significant effect, but you may not be entitled to this right where the decision is necessary for performing the contract between you and TikTok, where you have given consent, or as authorised by law.

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We may process your personal data through manual and automated methods.

We use your information to enforce our Terms, Guidelines, and policies (through a mix of technology including (a) automated means and (b) human moderation). This may include removing content or suspending or banning your account if we determine that you are violating our Terms or Guidelines.

You have the right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing which produces legal or similar significant effect concerning you.

However, you may not be entitled to this right, where the decision becomes necessary for the performance of the contract between us, or where you have given us your consent, or as authorised by law.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The right against solely automated decisions applies to decisions with legal or similar significant effect.
• Exceptions: contract necessity, your consent, or authorisation by law.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say whether account removals or bans are decided solely by automated means.

Account & Service Control · Procedure

Nigeria: you may need to verify identity first, and can complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission

For Nigeria, you may raise complaints, exercise rights, seek remedies or reach the Data Protection Officer/Privacy Team through TikTok's privacy web form. Before TikTok responds to a rights request you may be required to verify your identity or account details. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission by email or through the platforms on its website.

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You may raise complaints, exercise your rights or seek any remedies or reach our Data Protection Officer/Privacy Team at

Before we can respond to a request to exercise one or more of the rights listed above, you may be required to verify your identity or your account details.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission via email at

Qualifications & exceptions

• Identity or account verification may be required before a response.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

Philippines: where law recognises them, you have rights of access, correction, erasure, complaint and damages

For the Philippines, the additional terms apply under the relevant laws and National Privacy Commission (NPC) issuances. To the extent relevant laws recognise your rights as a data subject, you have the right to information, to object, to access, rectification, erasure or blocking, to lodge complaints before the NPC, to damages and to data portability. Before TikTok responds to a rights request you may be required to verify your identity or account details.

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If you are using our services in the Philippines, the following additional terms shall apply pursuant to the relevant laws, rules and regulations and issuances by the Philippines National Privacy Commission

To the extent that the relevant laws, rules and regulations on data privacy recognize your rights and freedoms as data subjects, you shall have the right to information, object, access, rectification, erasure or blocking, lodge complaints before the NPC, damages and data portability.

Before we can respond to a request to exercise one or more of the rights listed above, you may be required to verify your identity or your account details.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Conditional on relevant laws recognising the rights.
• Identity or account verification may be required before a response.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company practice

Russia: TikTok relies on consent, contract, legitimate interest and legal obligations, and signing up means you consent

For Russia, TikTok processes your personal data on the grounds of your consent, performance of a contract, its legitimate interest, obligations to process personal data, or when required by law. By signing up and using the Platform you consent to processing of your personal data in accordance with the policy.

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When we process your personal data, we rely on the grounds of your consent, performance of a contract, our legitimate interest and obligations to process personal data, or when we are so required by law.

By signing up and using the Platform, you consent to the processing of personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Russia.
• Consent is stated to follow from signing up and using the Platform.

Not stated here

• The text does not say which purposes rely on which ground.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

Russia: personal data may be transferred to and stored in Singapore, and public profiles rest on your consent

For Russia, your personal data may be transferred from Russia to Singapore and stored there, outside the country where you live. TikTok relies on your consent to public distribution of personal data when your account setting is Public Profile, and you can change to a private account in the "Manage my account" settings.

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Your personal data may be transferred from Russia to Singapore and stored in that location, outside of the country where you live.

We rely on your consent to public distribution of personal data, when your account settings are 'Public Profile'.

You can change your profile to private by changing your settings to 'Private Account' in “Manage my account” settings.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Transfer is stated with "may".
• Consent applies when the account is set to Public Profile.

Account & Service Control · Procedure

Singapore: the Data Protection Officer can be reached through a TikTok web page

For Singapore, the additional terms say that if you wish to reach TikTok's Data Protection Officer, you can contact them through the page TikTok links for that purpose.

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If you are using our services in Singapore, the following additional terms apply:

Data Protection Officer: If you wish to reach TikTok’s Data Protection Officer, please contact us at:

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Singapore.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

South Africa: you declare you are over 18, or a parent or guardian declares and consents for a user aged 13 to 17

For South Africa, you declare you are over 18; if you are under 18, you should have a parent or legal guardian read the terms with you. A parent or guardian reviewing for a user under 18 declares that the user is above 13, that they have read TikTok's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, and that they agree to the child's use of the Platform and registration for an account.

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If you are using our services in South Africa, the following additional terms apply.

You declare that you are over the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please have your parent or legal guardian read this with you.

such user is above the age of 13 and that you have read and acknowledged TikTok's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and agree to the use by your child of the Platform and registration for an account

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in South Africa.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say what happens if the declaration is untrue.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

South Africa: TikTok SA's PAIA Manual describes its data processing and how to exercise data subject rights

For South Africa, the policy says TikTok's legal entity there, TikTok South Africa (Pty) Limited, is required by section 51 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA) to compile an information manual. The manual covers its processing of personal information under the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA), the process for individuals to exercise POPIA data subject rights, the records it holds under PAIA, and the process to request access to those records. The manual is available through a link. The manual's contents are not part of this document.

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TikTok's legal entity in South Africa, TikTok South Africa (Pty) Limited (TikTok SA), is required by the terms of section 51 of the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA) to compile an information manual (PAIA Manual)

(ii) the process that must be followed for relevant individuals to exercise their data subject rights as provided for in POPIA

TikTok SA's PAIA Manual can be accessed

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in South Africa.
• The Acts are cited by the policy; their text is not supplied here.

Not stated here

• The PAIA Manual is a separate document and is not read here.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Türkiye: the Turkish-language Privacy Policy gives further information on compliance with Law No. 6698

For Türkiye, the policy refers you to the Turkish-language Privacy Policy for further information on TikTok's compliance with Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data. That Turkish-language policy is a separate document and is not read here; this section contains no other Türkiye-specific terms.

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If you are using our services in Türkiye, please refer to the

for further information on our compliance with Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Türkiye.
• The cited law is named by the policy; its text is not supplied.

Not stated here

• What the Turkish-language policy provides is unknown from this document.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Uganda: additional terms apply to use of the services in Uganda, set out in the paragraphs that follow

The Uganda heading opens by saying that if you are using the services in Uganda, additional terms apply. The operative Uganda terms (legal bases, consequences of not providing data, age and parental consent, accurate data) follow in the next paragraphs.

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If you are using our services in Uganda the following additional terms apply.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when using services in Uganda.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

TikTok is not directed at children under 13, an age that may be higher locally, and you can report underage users

TikTok says it is not directed at children under the age of 13, and that in certain cases the age may be higher because of local regulatory requirements, pointing you to your local supplemental terms. For example, the Australia terms say TikTok is not directed at children under 16. If you believe a user is below the minimum age, you can contact TikTok through its privacy web form.

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TikTok is not directed at children under the age of 13. In certain cases this age may be higher due to local regulatory requirements, please see your local supplemental terms for more information.

If you believe that there is a user who is below this minimum age, please contact us at

TikTok is not directed at children under the age of 16.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The general minimum is 13 but may be higher where local regulation requires.
• Local supplemental terms control the age for their jurisdiction.

Not stated here

• The policy does not say what TikTok does with information about users found to be under the minimum age.

Cross-references

• has exception (model-proposed): Australia: TikTok is not directed at children under 16 — Australia states a minimum of 16 where the general text says 13, which the general text anticipates may be higher locally.

Account & Service Control · Context

TikTok points parents and guardians to its Guardian's Guide for information on the Platform and its controls

For parents or guardians, TikTok points to its Guardian's Guide, which it says contains information and resources to help understand the Platform and the tools and controls available. The guide is a separate page not read here.

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If you are a parent or guardian, our

Not stated here

• The guide's contents are not part of this document.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

TikTok may update this policy, and continued use of the Platform after the updated date counts as accepting it

TikTok may update the policy from time to time. When it does, it will notify you by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of the policy and posting the new policy, or by giving any other notice required by applicable law. Your continued access to or use of the Platform after the date of the updated policy constitutes acceptance of it, and if you do not agree to the updated policy you must stop accessing or using the Platform.

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We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

we will notify you by updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy and posting the new Privacy Policy or providing any other notice required by applicable law

Your continued access to or use of the Platform after the date of the updated policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy. If you do not agree to the updated policy, you must stop accessing or using the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Notice is the changed date and posting, plus any other notice that applicable law requires.
• Acceptance is by continued access or use after the update date.
• A person who does not agree "must stop" using the Platform.

Not stated here

• The policy does not promise direct notice such as email, beyond what applicable law requires.

Account & Service Control · Procedure

Questions, complaints and requests go through a TikTok web form, with local contacts in the supplemental terms

If you have questions, comments, complaints or requests about the policy, you can contact TikTok through its privacy web form. The policy also directs you to the supplemental terms for whether a local representative or local contact is available for your country. TikTok says it will endeavour to deal with your request as soon as possible, without prejudice to your right to complain to a relevant data protection authority where applicable.

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If you have questions, comments, complaints or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Please also see the supplemental terms below on whether a local representative or local contact is available for your country.

We will endeavour to deal with your request as soon as possible. This is without prejudice to your right to make a complaint with a relevant data protection authority, where applicable.

Qualifications & exceptions

• "endeavour" and "as soon as possible" do not set a deadline.
• The right to complain to a data protection authority applies "where applicable".

Not stated here

• No response time is stated in this section.
• The policy points to the Supplemental Terms for a local representative or local contact, but most jurisdictions' terms name none; the policy does not say whether that means none is available.