TikTok Admits Teams in China ‘Might Need Access to Data for Engineering Functions’

The video creation platform claims that 'a series of robust controls' is in place

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It was TikTok’s turn to fire back in the he said, she said conversation over how it handles its users’ data, and vice president and head of public policy, Americas Michael Beckerman conceded in a blog post Tuesday that some user data may in fact have made its way to China, despite previous denials.

“As a rule, security teams want to minimize the number of people who have access to data and limit it only to people who need that access in order to do their job,” he wrote.

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