Spain: Announced initiation of investigation into TikTok over change of targeted advertising practices

On 12 July 2022, the Spanish Data Protection Authority (DPA) announced that is opening a preliminary investigation into TikTok over its data processing policy. The investigation was opened following the company’s announcement on 5 July 2022 that as of 13 July 2022 the processing of personal data for targeted advertising would be based on legitimate interests and not on the consent of data subjects. The DPA will assess whether TikTok new privacy policy follows the Spanish data protection regulations.