TikTok Creators’ Financial Info, Social Security Numbers Have Been Stored In China

Forbes has learned that the financial information and social security numbers of TikTok creators have been stored in China without their knowledge.

Over the past several years, thousands of TikTok creators and businesses around the world have given the company sensitive financial information—including their social security numbers and tax IDs—so that they can be paid by the platform.

But unbeknownst to many of them, TikTok has stored that personal financial information on servers in ...

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