Erich Andersen, the general counsel of ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, has defended the app's protection of the personal data of its U.S. users from the Chinese government, The Associated Press reports.
The company has faced criticism and potential bans in several countries over concerns that user data may be handed over to China. To address these concerns, ByteDance has developed Lemon8, a new social media app that it will ensure compliance with U.S. law.
Meanwhile, TikTok is highlighting its $1.5B proposal, Project Texas, which involves storing all U.S. user data on servers owned by Oracle and keeping access to U.S. data separate from ByteDance.
Some U.S. lawmakers have criticized the proposal, arguing that it is not enough to address privacy concerns.
Andersen has stated that TikTok is dedicated to investing in a system that can maintain U.S. data security without requiring trust in the Chinese government or TikTok itself.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission imposed $196 million in total fines to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon for engaging in the unlawful sale of customers' location information to data aggregators, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
BleepingComputer reports that U.S. nationally licensed debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions had information from more than 1.95 million individuals across the country compromised following a data breach in February.
U.S. independent record label Empire Distribution, which has worked with Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, and 50 Cent, had its sensitive data exposed as a result of an environment file misconfiguration, Cybernews reports.
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