Chinese app TikTok has told senators in Washington it is working on a final agreement with the US government that “will fully safeguard user data and the national security interests of the United States,” according to a document seen on Friday. (1st) by Reuters.
TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew told senators in a letter dated Thursday that the short video app was working with Oracle on “new advanced data security controls that we hope to finalize in a near future”.
Last month, TikTok said it completed migrating information about its US users to Oracle servers, but is still using US and Singaporean data centers for backup.
TikTok’s letter acknowledged that China-based employees “may have access to US TikTok user data subject to a series of robust cybersecurity controls and authorization approval protocols overseen by our US-based security team.”
TikTok said that while it continues to work on data issues, it expects to delete protected US user data from its own systems and fully switch to Oracle cloud servers located in the US.”
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