The Verge Jamie Siminoff’s new book, Ding Dong charts how his video doorbell startup turned into a home security behemoth. A set of changes to TikTok’s law enforcement policy make it easier for the company to share users’ personal information with government and “regulatory authorities.” TikTok did not respond to repeated questions about the changes. Earlier this year, TikTok quietly changed its policies about when and how it would share data with governments. As the company negotiated terms with the Trump Administration that would allow its app to continue operating in the U.S., it added language to its policies that covered data sharing not just with law enforcement, but also with “regulatory authorities, where relevant,” and weakened promises to inform users about government requests for their private data. Now, TikTok has repeatedly declined to answer questions from Forbes about whether it has shared or is sharing private user information with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or its investigative arm, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The policy changes, combined with the company’s silence about them, leave open the possibility that it could do so if asked…”

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