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Italy: Data protection investigation into TikTok regarding personalised advertisements

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
07 Jul 2022 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Italy
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

07 Jul 2022
under deliberation

Data protection authority warns TikTok regarding personalised advertisements

On 7 July 2022, the Italian data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) issued a formal warning to TikTok regarding "personalised" advertisements. The authority explained that TikTok had informed its users over the age o…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority

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