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Open the original (new tab)Privacy Policy | TikTok

Risk score

34of 100

Read Sep 9, 2026

In short

You agree to give TikTok broad access to your device data, including precise location and biometric scans like faceprints.
You accept that they can track you across other websites and apps using the TikTok Ad Network.
You also permit them to retain your personal information indefinitely for security and business interests.

What you accept

If you use this site

Everyday words for the material promises and rights you give up. Each line includes a quote from the document.

Fineprint cannot see whether you agreed. This page is posted on their site. Open the original if you need to know how they say it applies.

01
You are agreeing to let TikTok collect technical identifiers and keystroke patterns to identify you across devices.
This product
“We automatically assign device IDs and user IDs, and may use this and other information to identify your activity across devices.”
02
You are agreeing to allow TikTok to share your data with advertisers so they can serve ads on other websites.
Other companies
“Advertisers... provide us with information about you and the actions you have taken outside of our websites and apps... we use to help measure the effectiveness of ads we serve and to better deliver ads to you on our websites and apps, or through TikTok Ad Network elsewhere online.”
03
You are agreeing to let TikTok keep your data for as long as they want to satisfy legal or business needs.
This product
“We retain information when necessary to comply with contractual and legal obligations, when we have a legitimate business interest to do so (such as improving and developing the Services...), and for the exercise or defense of legal claims.”

What it can cost you

Downsides we could quote

Quoted clauses that can affect your privacy, money, or right to go to court — including terms that follow you to other products.

Highest-cost clauses first

High cost

Tracking you across apps

You are agreeing to allow cross-platform tracking via cookies and pixels to serve you targeted advertisements.

“Cookies and other similar technologies... use to provide you with advertising; and promote the Services on other websites and apps.”

What that means: Your activity on other sites is monitored to target ads, extending TikTok's reach beyond its own platform.

The document explicitly states that tracking technologies are used to promote services on websites and apps outside of TikTok, indicating cross-service tracking capabilities via cookies and pixels.

Medium cost

Location or sensitive-data over-collection

You are agreeing to permit the collection of biometric identifiers like faceprints and voiceprints from your content.

“We may collect biometric identifiers and biometric information as defined under US laws, such as faceprints and voiceprints, from your user content.”

What that means: Sensitive biological traits like your facial structure and voice are scanned and stored by the company.

TikTok collects sensitive biometric data derived from your uploads, specifically mentioning faceprints and voiceprints, which go beyond standard profile information.

Medium cost

Indefinite retention

You are agreeing to your data being retained indefinitely based on the company's subjective business and legal interests.

“We retain information when necessary to comply with contractual and legal obligations, when we have a legitimate business interest to do so... and for the exercise or defense of legal claims.”

What that means: Your personal data may be kept by the company indefinitely without a clear expiration date.

Data retention is not tied to a fixed period but relies on vague criteria like 'legitimate business interest' and legal defense, allowing for indefinite storage.

Lower cost

Terms follow you to parks, stores, and other products

You are agreeing that these privacy terms apply to both the main TikTok application and the TikTok Ad Network.

“The Privacy Policy applies to TikTok services... as well as TikTok Ad Network.”

What that means: Accepting these terms allows the company to process your data not just in the app, but across its broader advertising business.

The policy covers not just the main app but also the advertising network operated by the same entity, binding you to these terms across their commercial ecosystem.

If these terms already apply to you

Keep this list. Fineprint cannot undo or cancel something you already agreed to at the company.

We cannot see Agree on their site. With Premium, tap “I accepted these terms” if you already agreed to what TikTok asks.

News for this company

First readings and wording changes we could quote — the same items that appear on News.

All News

First reading · Cookie notice
We read the TikTok cookie notice
Fineprint scanned TikTok Cookies Policy | TikTok and did not quote a rubric match. Open the original at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/tiktok-website-cookies-policy before relying on that.
Sep 2, 2026 · A
Company page See what changed
First reading · Terms of use
We read the TikTok terms of use
These Terms of Service outline the agreement between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture for using the TikTok platform. They detail how your content can be used, how your experience and ads are customized, and what your responsibilities and limitations are. The terms also include clauses that significantly limit TikTok's liability while requiring you to defend them in certain situations.
Sep 2, 2026 · F
Company page See what changed
First reading · Privacy policy
We read the TikTok privacy policy
TikTok collects extensive personal and sensitive data, including biometrics and precise location, and tracks user activity across devices and off-platform for advertising. It retains user data indefinitely based on broad business interests and warns that disabling tracking technologies may limit service functionality. While users can request content deletion, TikTok states that such removal may not be complete if content has been reposted by others.
Sep 2, 2026 · F
Company page See what changed