TikTok disputes the claim it hasn't adequately protected people's personal data, and has said it plans to appeal.

Ireland’s data privacy watchdog fined the social-video app for failing to guarantee that user data sent to China was protected from government surveillance.

TikTok tried to calm data-sharing fears two years ago, saying that it would store user data in Europe, sending only very limited data to China. The Irish regulator says that TikTok has now admitted to storing some European user data in China, which the company says has now been deleted.