The news surfaced when a TikTok employee (name not revealed) told the journalist of Forbes: 'I don't think Indians are aware of how much of their data is exposed to China right now, even with the ban in place.”ĪLSO READ: Nothing Ear 2 Launch in India: Highlights

TikTok claims to have around 150 million monthly active users from India when the app was legal. The report further stated that the platform got all the data stored with them before it got uprooted by the Indian government over national security reasons.ĪLSO READ: Indeed CEO dumps 2200 employees, and later says that he is “heartbroken”Ī report on Forbes has said that the data of Indian users 'remain widely accessible to employees at the company and its Beijing-based parent ByteDance'. But everything got a major stoppage when the government banned the Chinese apps in India, including TikTok.Īlthough people stopped getting access to the short format video app but was discovered recently that the app still has the access to 'troves of personal data of Indian citizens' who used the platform extensively. It was during the lockdown when TikTok made a huge success in India, and people started exploring their creative side. Follow us on Image Source : PIXABAY TikTok still has Indian users’ data, and it could be dangerous: Know-why?

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