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Re:Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive dat... by dylan604 on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @05:46PM (#45353167)
> I hope they will apply the same standard to other social media companies.

So a weak fine that is rolled into cost of doing business expense? AKA nothing.

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Re:Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive dat... by iinnPP on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @06:37PM (#45353695)
They can't fine at the OPC, they can't even force action. Though sometimes that is a good thing as it opened up some room for class actions, in Ontario at least.
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Re:Privacy Commissioners find TikTok collected sensitive dat... by dylan604 on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @07:00PM (#45353923)
Sure, but that's missing the point. Nothing will be the result. So in this case, somebody won't be lining their pockets with a nothing burger fine. So less than nothing is the result.
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