With the change in TikTok ownership, TikTok users in the U.S. are collectively freaking out over the company’s updated privacy policy after being alerted to the changes through an in-app message.

The revised document details the U.S. joint venture’s conditions for using its service, including the specific location information it may collect.

Many users are also posting to social media about language found in the policy, which says that TikTok could collect sensitive information about its users, including their “sexual life or sexual orientation, status as transgender or nonbinary, citizenship or immigration status.”

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[+] -14 points 9 months ago (3 children)

The portion for collecting "sexual orientation, status as transgender or non binary, citizenship or immigration status" is under a section called, "information you provide" which means that it's only collected if the user provides the information.

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  • [–] 18 points 9 months ago

    TikTok has been proven to collect phone number, contacts, photo library, and text messages from you without permission and send it to a server in Beijing on a chinese military base.

    They don't give a fuck about your consent, never have.

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