Ind. AG Amends Complaint vs. TikTok to Add Claims on Beijing's Data Use
Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) amended Indiana’s privacy complaint against TikTok to “reflect the recent revelations that TikTok users’ data is subject to Chinese law and may be intercepted by the Chinese government,” the AG office said Tuesday. “TikTok vacuums…
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up reems [sic] of highly sensitive and personal information about Indiana consumers” and “deceives and misleads consumers about the risks the app poses to their data,” said the amended complaint at Indiana Superior Court of Allen County. The case was previously removed to federal court, but on May 23 the U.S. District Court for Northern Indiana agreed with Rokita that the case should proceed in state court, the AG office said. Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin (R) referred to the Indiana case in a brief in his state’s separate lawsuit earlier this month (see 2306090047).