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TikTok

Scans under US law · no EU evidence
TikTok direct messages · owned by ByteDance
What we watch for — TikTok discloses scanning under US law. We watch for the first sign of the EU regime: a derogation filing, an EU-specific scanning clause in these documents, or its name appearing in the Commission's next implementation report.
Services
TikTok direct messages
Status
Scans under US law · no EU evidence
Held since
26 Jul 2026
Documents
3 tracked
App Store label
Tracked
Changes recorded
3 — latest 25 Aug 2026

Tracked documents

DocumentLast fetchedSizeHashSnapshot
Privacy Policy (EEA)
www.tiktok.com		 26 Jul 2026 46,777 chars cf99f8d85388 text · raw · wayback
Community Guidelines
www.tiktok.com		 25 Aug 2026 7,498 chars ac93c6ecc80d text · raw · wayback
Google Play Data Safety
play.google.com		 26 Jul 2026 4,908 chars 5691b1cc59e7 text · raw · wayback

text is the extracted record we hash and diff; raw is the page's original HTML kept verbatim as evidence — it renders without its styling here, by design.

App Store privacy label — TikTok - Videos, Shop & LIVE

Apple requires every app to declare the data it collects. This is TikTok's current declaration, as shown on the App Store; ScanRecords records when it changes.

Data Used to Track You

  • Contact Info
  • Identifiers

Data Linked to You

  • Purchases
  • Financial Info
  • Location
  • Contact Info
  • Contacts
  • User Content
  • Search History
  • Browsing History
  • Identifiers
  • Usage Data
  • Diagnostics

Data Not Linked to You

  • Usage Data

What we searched for

A status that rests on absence is only as good as the search behind it. Every one of TikTok's 3 archived documents (59,186 characters) was searched for the same published vocabulary used on every company here — in English, German and French. The search is a plain function of the archived text and re-runs whenever that text changes, so it always describes the documents listed above. Re-run it against this archive yourself with tools/scan-terms.mjs.

TermHitsIn context
scan / scanning / gescannt 1 “…ere it is necessary to protect your or someone else's life, physical integrity, or safety. This could include scanning Messages and associated metadata where permitted by law. Click here to learn more. This could also include pr…” — privacy
automated detection / automatisierte Erkennung 3 “…hat apply to you. We review User Content and other information through a mix of technology (including through automated means) and human moderation to protect the safety and well-being of our community. Provide certain interactive feat…” — privacy
“…lines, or policies. We use your information to enforce our Terms, Guidelines, and policies (including through automated means and human moderation). This may include age restricting or removing content, maintaining our For You feed eli…” — privacy
“…lines, or policies. We use your information to enforce our Terms, Guidelines, and policies (including through automated means and human moderation). This may include age restricting or removing content, maintaining our For You feed eli…” — privacy
classifier / machine learning detection 2 “…vices, analysing how people are using it, and by training, testing, and improving our technology, such as our machine learning models and algorithms. Share your information with third party platforms to provide you with features, like content…” — privacy
“…op, test, and make improvements to the Platform, including to develop and improve our technology, such as our machine learning models and algorithms. We also use this information to better understand and promote the Platform, popular topics,…” — privacy
monitor content / review content 2 “…You” feed and content creation tools. Enforce our Terms, Guidelines, and other policies that apply to you. We review User Content and other information through a mix of technology (including through automated means) and human moderation to…” — privacy
“…d promote the Platform, popular topics, and emerging trends, and offer certain personalised features. We also review messages you exchange with customer support to improve technologies supporting such functions. Legitimate Interest rel…” — privacy

Found nowhere in these documents: Regulation 2021/1232 · derogation / Ausnahmeregelung / dérogation · Chat Control / Chatkontrolle · ePrivacy · CSAM / CSAE · child sexual abuse / Kindesmissbrauch · NCMEC / CyberTipline · PhotoDNA · hash matching / hash database · Internet Watch Foundation

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