Security & Safeguards · Company practice
Safety and security cookies help prevent fraud, detect bots and suspicious activity, and route traffic
TikTok uses some cookies to keep the user and the Platform safe and secure. It says these types of cookies enable it to prevent fraudulent attacks on the Platform, detect non-human traffic (bots), detect suspicious activity, and schedule traffic and distribute it properly across networks.
Details
- Who
- TikTok
- Why
- Prevent fraudulent attacks; detect bots; detect suspicious activity; schedule and distribute traffic
Supporting quotations
We use some cookies to keep you and the Platform safe and secure.
For example, these types of cookies enable us to:
Prevent fraudulent attacks to our Platform.
Detect non-human traffic (bots).
Detect suspicious activity.
Schedule traffic and distribute it properly across networks.
Qualifications & exceptions
- Introduced as examples ("For example"), so the list may not be exhaustive.
Not stated here
- Whether traffic scheduling involves any user data is not stated; the "Schedule traffic" item is plain text and no linked document is included or needed.