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Company: Tiktok, Inc.
Current Parent Company: ByteDance
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Penalty: $92,000,000
Year: 2022
Date: August 22, 2022
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: privacy violation
Mega-Scandal: Online Privacy
Violation Description: Tiktok agreed to pay $92 million to settle litigation accusing it of violating the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act with its facial recognition system.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: private litigation
Court: Northern District of Illinois
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 1:20cv4699
Case Name: In Re: Tiktok, Inc., Consumer Privacy Litigation
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
HQ Country of Current Parent: China
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: privately held
Major Industry of Current Parent: information technology
Specific Industry of Current Parent: internet services
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