According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.

Experts say the phrasing has appeared in previous privacy policies and reflects legal requirements.

TikTok users are freaking out over a mention of "immigration status" data collection, but lawyers explain the disclosure is related to state privacy laws.

TikTok is already notorious for collecting a vast amount of user data, but it may get even worse soon. TikTok users in the United States were prompted to

Details on the expanded access to location information was published in a new privacy policy for the popular social media app.

Data Privacy Day exposes a harder truth: privacy erosion now happens legally, quietly, and at scale—long before accountability or restraint enter the conversation.

Legal efforts to tackle excessive personal information collection by social media giants could transcend international boundaries if nations moved away from a focus on assessing competition using the value of data,

TikTok’s new U.S. ownership comes with quieter but deeper changes to location tracking, AI data collection, and ad targeting.