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But following media reports, it has also admitted that China-based employees had access to US users’ data, although the company insisted it was under strict and highly limited circumstances.
Employees of ByteDance might be Chinese, but they don’t work for the government. They work for ByteDance. I haven’t found anyone claiming to have proof that data in US citizens has left the company. Just fears that it could.
ByteDance admitted it themselves. Last paragraph here: https://www.securityweek.com/chinas-bytedance-admits-using-tiktok-data-track-journalists/#:~:text=Privacy-,China’s%20ByteDance%20Admits%20Using%20TikTok%20Data%20to%20Track%20Journalists,media%2C%20the%20company%20admitted%20Friday.
Employees of ByteDance might be Chinese, but they don’t work for the government. They work for ByteDance. I haven’t found anyone claiming to have proof that data in US citizens has left the company. Just fears that it could.
For the violated US regulation it doesn’t matter if it was the government. It says “foreign country or national thereof”: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/02/28/executive-order-on-preventing-access-to-americans-bulk-sensitive-personal-data-and-united-states-government-related-data-by-countries-of-concern/