Platform security and stability, including combating spam accounts, abuse and fraud
Under legitimate interests, TikTok says it uses your information to ensure the stability and security of the Platform, including by identifying and combating technical or security issues such as bugs, spam accounts, and detecting abuse, fraud and illegal activity. The interest relied upon is the ongoing stability and security of the Platform and its continuous availability and functioning. The information used is Information You Provide, Automatically Collected Information and Information From Other Sources.
Details
Who
TikTok
What it covers
Information You Provide, Automatically Collected Information, Information From Other Sources
Why
Stability and security; detect abuse, fraud and illegal activity
Supporting quotations
Ensure the security and stability of the Platform.
We use your information to ensure the stability and security of the Platform, including by identifying and combating technical or security issues (such as technical bugs, spam accounts, and detecting abuse, fraud, and illegal activity).
To ensure the ongoing stability and security of the Platform and to ensure it is continuously available and functioning.
Information You Provide, Automatically Collected Information, and Information From Other Sources.
Security & Safeguards · Company practice
Vital interests: protecting life or safety, which can include scanning Messages where permitted by law
TikTok says it may use your information where necessary to protect your or someone else's life, physical integrity or safety. This could include scanning Messages and associated metadata where permitted by law, and providing law enforcement agencies or emergency services with information in urgent situations to protect health or life. It generally provides Information You Provide and Automatically Collected Information, although this depends on the specific situation. A linked page is referred to for direct message details and is not supplied here.
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Who
TikTok; law enforcement agencies and emergency services
What it covers
Messages and associated metadata (where permitted by law); generally Information You Provide and Automatically Collected Information
Condition
Necessary to protect life, physical integrity or safety; message scanning only where permitted by law
Why
Protect health, life or safety in urgent situations
Supporting quotations
To protect someone's vital interests
We may use your information where it is necessary to protect your or someone else's life, physical integrity, or safety.
This could include scanning Messages and associated metadata where permitted by law.
This could also include providing law enforcement agencies or emergency services with information in urgent situations to protect health or life.
We generally provide Information You Provide and Automatically Collected Information, although it depends on the specific situation.
Qualifications & exceptions
Scanning Messages and metadata is conditioned on being permitted by law.
Security: technical, administrative and physical measures, reviewed regularly
TikTok says it maintains appropriate technical, administrative and physical security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorised access, theft, disclosure, modification or loss, and that it regularly reviews them to consider new technology and methods. The wording is that the measures are "designed to" protect; it is not a guarantee against all loss.
Details
Who
TikTok
What it covers
Your information
Why
Protect from unauthorised access, theft, disclosure, modification or loss
Supporting quotations
We maintain appropriate technical, administrative, and physical security measures that are designed to protect your information from unauthorised access, theft, disclosure, modification, or loss.
We regularly review our security measures to consider available new technology and methods.
Qualifications & exceptions
Measures are described as "designed to" protect, not as a guarantee.