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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Sabbagh and Dan Milmo

MPs and peers ask information commissioner to investigate TikTok

Oliver Dowden
Oliver Dowden, who confirmed the app would be banned from the government phones of ministers, advisers and civil servants. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

A cross-party group of MPs and peers have asked the information commissioner to investigate whether the Chinese-owned TikTok’s handling of personal information is in breach of UK law.

The letter from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) argues that TikTok cannot be compliant with data protection rules – and comes just hours after the UK announced a ban on the popular video-sharing app appearing on ministers’ and officials’ government-owned phones.

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