Privacy Policy for Younger Users

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

TikTok collects a child’s birthday, username and password, device information and the videos watched

When a child sets up a TikTok account in the Under 13 Experience, TikTok collects the child’s birthday, username and password. It also collects some information from the phone, tablet or other device the child uses, such as what kind of device it is, and information about the videos the child watches. If the child contacts TikTok with feedback or questions, TikTok may collect the child’s email address so that it can respond.

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What Information Do We Collect from You?

when you set up a TikTok account, we collect your birthday, username, and password. We also collect some information from your phone, tablet, or other device you use, such as information about what kind of device you have, and information about the videos you watch.

If you contact us with feedback or questions, we may collect your email address so that we can respond to you.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The email address is collected only if the child contacts TikTok with feedback or questions, and the text says “may collect”.

Cross-references

• qualified by (model-proposed): TikTok may automatically collect IP address, browser details, country-level location, videos watched and time in the app — The formal statement spells out the “information from your device” the children’s text summarizes: IP address, browser type and version, country-level location, videos watched and time in the app.

Data Access & Collection · Restriction or exception

Videos a child captures may be saved to the device but are not collected by TikTok or viewable by other users

While users of the Under 13 Experience may save the videos they capture directly to their device, TikTok says those videos will not be collected by TikTok and will not be viewable by other users.

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While users of this experience may save these videos directly to their device, the videos will not be collected by us or viewable by other users.

Qualifications & exceptions

• This applies to videos captured in the Under 13 Experience; saving to the device is the user’s own action.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): The Under 13 Experience lets children watch and make videos but limits interaction: no messaging and no visible profiles — Children can capture videos, but those videos are not collected by TikTok or viewable by other users.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

At registration for the Under 13 Experience, TikTok collects only limited information: username, password and birthday

When a user registers for the Under 13 Experience on TikTok, TikTok collects only limited information, including username, password and birthday.

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What Information We Collect from Users of This Experience

When a user registers for the Under 13 Experience on TikTok, we collect only limited information, including username, password, and birthday.

Qualifications & exceptions

• “Including” leaves the registration list open, although the statement is framed as “only limited information”.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

TikTok may automatically collect IP address, browser details, country-level location, videos watched and time in the app

TikTok may also collect certain information automatically from the device or network of a user of the Under 13 Experience. This includes internet or other network activity information such as IP address and web browser type and version, country-level location, and certain usage information such as the videos watched and time spent in the app.

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We may also collect certain information automatically from such a user's device or network, including internet or other network activity information such as IP address, web browser type and version, country-level location, as well as certain usage information, such as video watched and time in the app.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated as “may also collect”; the examples are introduced with “including” and “such as”.
• Location is described as country-level.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): TikTok collects a child’s birthday, username and password, device information and the videos watched — The formal statement spells out the “information from your device” the children’s text summarizes: IP address, browser type and version, country-level location, videos watched and time in the app.

Data Access & Collection · Company practice

An email address given through the in-app feedback form is collected solely to respond to the inquiry

If a user of the Under 13 Experience reaches out to TikTok via the in-app feedback form, TikTok collects the email address the user provides solely for the purpose of responding to the inquiry.

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If a user of the Under 13 Experience reaches out to us via the in-app feedback form, we collect the email address that the user provides solely for the purpose of responding to the inquiry.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The purpose is limited to responding to the inquiry (“solely”).

Not stated here

• How long the email address is kept after the response is not stated here.