ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company based in China, is under scrutiny for failing to conduct a risk assessment before the app’s release
There have been fears in Washington for years regarding ByteDance’s access to user data.
The watchdog said TikTok failed to properly inform people about how their data is collected, used, and shared in an easily understandable way.
Cabinet Office minister, Oliver Dowden, told parliament that government devices would only be able to access third-party apps from a pre-approved list.
The U.S. government has told the Chinese firm that owns TikTok to sell the app or face a ban.
TikTok, the widely popular video app, is now the fourth largest internet company spending on federal lobbying.
Mr Yiming, with a whopping net worth of $44 billion, says he would spend his retirement reading books and daydreaming.
