Following heavy fine from the EU to transfer the personal data of Europeans to China
The Chinese Tiktok video sharing app announced today that it will invest 1 billion euros to build a data center in Finland, A few days after its European Commission has imposed a heavy fine on the transfer of Europeans’ personal data to China.
The company owned by the Chinese BYTEDANCE Group, stressed that this data center is an “important step” to comply with its commitment to data security in Europe.
Last week The EU imposed a fine of € 530 million on Tiktokon the charge of sending personal data to European citizens to China and does not guarantee that Chinese authorities will not have access to them. Tiktok implied that it would appeal to the decision.
The popular application has been targeted by Western governments for years, as concerns have been concerned that the personal data it collects can be used by China for spying or propaganda purposes, it was said in the EIA.
The Tiktok He said he intends to build this data center in Kouvolas, southeastern Finland, as part of the “Clover Plan”, totaling 12 billion euros. When the project is completed, the European users of the application will be kept there. Due to its digital infrastructure, clean energy and its know -how, Finland is “the perfect place” for this data center, he said.
