Privacy Policy - EU

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

With your consent, TikTok stores your payment card information for future transactions

With your consent, TikTok stores your payment card information to facilitate future transactions through the Platform. The information used is Information You Provide.

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With your consent, we store your payment card information to facilitate future transactions through our Platform.

Information used: Information You Provide

Retain your payment card information.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Storage happens with your consent.

Not stated here

• The text does not say how long stored card information is kept.

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

Information is kept as long as necessary for the Platform, other purposes and legal needs

TikTok retains information for as long as necessary to provide the Platform and for the other purposes set out 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 its safety, security and stability, and for the exercise or defence of legal claims.

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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.

Not stated here

• The text gives no fixed retention period.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): You can delete content or your account in-app, or ask TikTok to delete your information — You can delete content or your account or ask TikTok to delete your information, while TikTok also says it retains information when necessary for legal obligations, a legitimate business interest or legal claims. The policy does not say how these fit together.

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

Retention periods vary; core account data is kept while you have an account

Retention periods differ by type of information and purpose. For example, when TikTok processes your information to provide the Platform, it keeps that information for as long as you have an account, including Account Information, User Content and Messages.

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The retention periods will be different depending on the type of information and the purposes for which we use the information. For example, when we process your information to provide you with the Platform, we keep this information for as long as you have an account. This information includes your Account Information, User Content, and Messages.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Retention varies by type of information and purpose.
• The account example covers information used to provide the Platform.

Not stated here

• The text does not say how long information is kept after an account ends, or give periods for other types of information.

Cross-references

• has exception (model-proposed): If you break the rules, content can be hidden from public view while TikTok keeps the information — The general rule keeps account data while you have an account; content-rule violations can lead to removal from public view while TikTok keeps the information as needed to process the violation.

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

If you break the rules, content can be hidden from public view while TikTok keeps the information

If you violate the Guidelines or Terms, TikTok may remove Information You Provide, including Account Information and User Content, from public view immediately but keep your information as is necessary to process the violation.

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If you violate our Guidelines or Terms, we may remove Information You Provide including your Account Information and/or User Content from public view immediately but keep your information as is necessary to process the violation.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies if you violate the Guidelines or Terms.

Not stated here

• The text does not say how long information is kept to process a violation.

Cross-references

• exception to (model-proposed): Retention periods vary; core account data is kept while you have an account — The general rule keeps account data while you have an account; content-rule violations can lead to removal from public view while TikTok keeps the information as needed to process the violation.

Retention & Deletion · Company practice

Information is stored on servers in the United States, Malaysia and Singapore

TikTok stores the information described under What Information We Collect on servers located in the United States, Malaysia and Singapore.

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We store the information described in the “What Information We Collect” section in servers located in the United States, Malaysia and Singapore.