TikTok Updates Privacy Policy to Collect Precise Location Data from US Users Following New Partnership

New York. Following a new partnership between the Chinese company ByteDance and American investors, TikTok has made a significant change to its privacy policy. TikTok can now collect 'precise' location data from approximately 200 million users in the United States.Previously, TikTok was only allowed to track the approximate location of users, but the policy has now been modified to allow the determination of the user's actual address based on device settings.TikTok has clarified that such sensitive information will only be used in accordance with the law and that users can turn off location services whenever they choose.This new arrangement was...