Finalfine · GDPR
TikTok fined €530M over EU-China data transfers
€530M
≈ $572M at the time
Irish Data Protection Commission
Ireland / EU · 2025
Status: Final
What happened
The Irish DPC fined TikTok for unlawfully transferring EU users' data to China without ensuring equivalent protection, and for related transparency failures.
How it affected users
EU users' data was exposed to access under Chinese law without the safeguards the GDPR requires.
Status timeline
May 2, 2025
Penalty announced.
Sources
- Irish DPC press releasesregulator
Last verified 2026-07-02. Spotted an error? Report a correction.
Cite this entry
Deepak Gupta, "TikTok fined €530M over EU-China data transfers," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2025-05-02. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/tiktok-ireland-datatransfers-2025/