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United States of America: Illinois: TikTok Privacy Settlement

Progress

Current status
in force
28 Jul 2022 in force
01 Oct 2021 under investigation
25 Feb 2021 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
United States of America
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
subnational

Timeline of events

28 Jul 2022
in force

Final Approval of TikTok Privacy Settlement

On 28 July 2022, the TikTok Privacy Settlement to resolve multidistrict litigation over the company’s alleged misuse of its users’ private data was granted final approval by the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The lawsuit is ba…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
01 Oct 2021
under investigation

Approved TikTok Privacy Settlement

The TikTok Privacy Settlement to resolve multidistrict litigation over the company’s alleged misuse of its users’ private data is preliminarily approved by the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The lawsuit is based on the Illinoi…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type interim ruling
Government branch judiciary
Government body court
25 Feb 2021
under deliberation

Announced TikTok Privacy Settlement

A Privacy Settlement to resolve multidistrict litigation over TikTok's alleged misuse of its users’ private data is agreed between TikTok and the users that filed the lawsuits. The multidistrict lawsuit is based on the Illinois’ biometric privacy la…

Source
Event type civil lawsuit
Action type announcement
Government branch judiciary
Government body court