Irish Data Protection Commission submits Article 60 draft decision on inquiry into TikTok

The Data Protection Commission submitted a draft decision in an inquiry into TikTok Technology Limited (TikTok) to other concerned supervisory authorities across the EU/EEA on Friday, 21 February 2025.

This inquiry was commenced in September 2021 and the draft decision considers transfers by TikTok of the personal data of users of its platform from the EU/EEA to China and whether TikTok is complying with the GDPR in that respect. The draft decision also considers whether TikTok is complying with its transparency obligations to users insofar as such data transfers are concerned.

Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle commented:

“As the lead supervisory authority for TikTok, we opened this inquiry in September 2021. Last week we submitted our draft decision to our colleagues for their views on it. This is part of the process under Article 60 of the GDPR, where we send draft decisions to other concerned supervisory authorities and they have one month to send us their reasoned and relevant objections or comments."