{"id":45124,"date":"2020-08-12T03:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T00:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tiktok-collected-android-device-identifiers-in-violation-of-google-policy\/"},"modified":"2020-08-12T03:41:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T00:41:00","slug":"tiktok-collected-android-device-identifiers-in-violation-of-google-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tiktok-collected-android-device-identifiers-in-violation-of-google-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"#TikTok collected Android device identifiers in violation of Google policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#TikTok collected Android device identifiers in violation of Google policy<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 11, 2020 |<\/span> 8:41pm <\/p>\n

\n TikTok reportedly collected data that identified millions of individual Andriod devices for at least 15 months \u2014 a move that violated Google policy.<\/p>\n

The practice allowed the video-sharing platform to track those users online, according to a new Wall Street Journal investigation. TikTok didn\u2019t disclose the monitoring to the users or give them an option to opt-out, the paper found.<\/p>\n

TikTok reportedly collected what are called MAC addresses from Androids for more than a year \u2014 up until a November 2019 app<\/a> update.<\/p>\n

Both Apple and Google app stores have for years banned the collection of the addresses, but TikTok was among 347 companies that found loopholes in the Google Play Store, the Journal reported. The addresses are typically harvested from gaming apps for targeted advertisements.<\/p>\n

The investigation comes as the Chinese-owned TikTok faces mounting pressure regarding its data security and a Sept. 20 deadline via an executive order from President Trump to sell off its US operations to an American company.<\/p>\n

Trump and his administration have raised red flags over TikTok\u2019s Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, fearing the app\u2019s data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government.<\/p>\n

TikTok has vowed that it would never turn over user data to the government and has argued that American companies like Facebook<\/a> and Google collect more personal data from their users.<\/p>\n

Companies like Twitter and Microsoft have reportedly expressed interest in acquiring TikTok\u2019s US operations, but ByteDance\u2019s CEO, Zhang Yiming, has called the forced timeline for a sale \u201cunreasonable\u201d as the company threatens legal action against Trump\u2019s order.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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