Incident #3CE83A · 01 JUL 2026notable
TikTok US children's privacy policy now names USDS Joint Venture and broadens sharing for business transfers
The children's privacy section now names TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC instead of TikTok Inc. and calls Kids Mode the 'Under 13 Experience'. It adds that children's information may be shared in a sale, merger or business transfer, for legal reasons, to enforce the Terms, and to protect the interests of the company, its service providers and partners, and replaces the old list of specific legal disclosures with 'as permitted by applicable law'. It also adds a line about controls on persistent identifiers. The simplified kids' section no longer says some information may be kept outside the U.S., but the detailed section still allows transfers outside the U.S.
Taken from you
- Sharing is now allowed 'as permitted by applicable law', a broader and less specific standard than the old list of court orders, law enforcement requests and similar cases
Won back
- Added statement that technical, contractual and other controls limit persistent identifiers to permitted purposes
Evidence · 4 of 4 quotes matched in source
We may also share the information that we collect including in connection with a sale, merger or other business transfer, and for legal reasons, to enforce our Terms, and to protect our interests and safety, and those of our service providers, business partners, and community.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
We may share the information that we collect as permitted by applicable law.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC (“TikTok USDS Joint Venture”, “we” or “us”) is committed to protecting the privacy of children.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
We have technical, contractual, and other reasonable controls in place to help ensure persistent identifiers are used for these permitted purposes.+ inserted · ✓ matched in source
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