Intellectual Property Policy

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok may give the user information about a copyright report, such as the copyright owner's name

If someone submits a copyright report, TikTok may provide the affected user with information about the report, such as the name of the copyright owner. "Such as" shows the example is not a complete list.

Supporting quotations

We may provide the user with information about your report, such as the name of the copyright owner.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Disclosure is stated with "may", and the name of the copyright owner is given only as an example.

Not stated here

• The passage does not list what other report information may be shared or when it is withheld.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok may forward a non-EU user's entire copyright appeal, including contact details, to the original reporter

For users located outside the EU, TikTok says that where appropriate and authorised by law, it will forward the entire appeal to the original reporter, including any contact information the user provides, in accordance with its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. TikTok warns that the copyright claimant may use this information to file a lawsuit against the user, for example an action seeking a court order to keep the content down under the United States DMCA or similar laws in other countries.

Supporting quotations

where appropriate and authorised by law, we will forward your entire appeal to the original reporter, including any contact information you provide, in accordance with our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

The copyright claimant may use this information to file a lawsuit against you.

For example, the copyright claimant may file an action seeking a court order to keep the content down pursuant to the United States DMCA or similar laws in other countries.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Forwarding happens "where appropriate and authorised by law", and is described as in accordance with the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
• The whole appeal and any contact information provided can be forwarded, not only a summary.
• The lawsuit example is given as something the claimant "may" do.
• Applies to users located outside the EU, by the subsection heading.

Not stated here

• The Terms of Service and Privacy Policy are referred to but not supplied here, so the limits they place on forwarding are not covered.
• "Where appropriate" is not defined.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok may give the user information about a trademark report, such as the trademark owner's name

If someone submits a trademark report, TikTok may provide the affected user with information about the report, such as the name of the trademark owner. "Such as" shows the example is not a complete list.

Supporting quotations

We may provide the user with information about your report, such as the name of the trademark owner.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Disclosure is stated with "may", and the name of the trademark owner is given only as an example.

Not stated here

• The passage does not list what other report information may be shared or when it is withheld.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok may forward a trademark appeal, including contact details, to the original reporter

TikTok says that where appropriate and authorised by law, it will forward the user's appeal to the original reporter, including any contact information the user provides, in accordance with its Terms of Services and Privacy Policy.

Supporting quotations

Please note that, where appropriate and authorised by law, we will forward your appeal to the original reporter, including any contact information you provide, in accordance with our Terms of Services and Privacy Policy.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Forwarding happens "where appropriate and authorised by law", and is described as in accordance with the Terms of Services and Privacy Policy.
• The appeal and any contact information provided can be forwarded.

Not stated here

• The Terms of Services and Privacy Policy are referred to but not supplied here, so the limits they place on forwarding are not covered.
• "Where appropriate" is not defined.
• Unlike the copyright appeal text, this passage does not warn that the reporter may use the information to bring a lawsuit; absence here does not show it cannot.