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TikTok has been fined €530 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaching the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by transferring European user data to China without sufficient safeguards. The DPC’s investigation found that TikTok failed to guarantee that the data was protected from access by Chinese authorities, as mandated by Chinese anti-terrorism and national intelligence laws. TikTok has been given six months to comply with EU privacy regulations or suspend data transfers to China. The company is appealing the decision and has pointed to its Project Clover initiative, which involves setting up data centers in Europe to enhance data protection.