Irish data regulator opens new inquiry into TikTok over data stored in China
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on July 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Ireland's Data Protection Commission investigates TikTok for storing European user data in China, following a €530 million fine for data transfer issues.
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland's powerful Data Protection Commission has opened a new inquiry into TikTok over the storage of European users' data on servers in China, the regulator said on Thursday.
TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, was in May fined 530 million euros ($620 million) by the Irish commissioner over the transfer of European user data to China.
The new inquiry, by TikTok's lead regulator in the EU as it is registered in Ireland for its HQ in the bloc, will look specifically at the storage of data.
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(Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)
The new inquiry will specifically examine the storage of European users' data on servers located in China.
TikTok was fined 530 million euros in May for transferring European user data to China.
The inquiry is being led by TikTok's lead regulator in the EU, as the company is registered in Ireland.
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