| Vendor | Category | Purpose | Data Received | GDPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SP Service providers | Analytics | Cloud hosting, content delivery, customer and technical support, content moderation, marketing, analytics, and payment services. | Account InformationUser ContentMessagesContacts and Other ConnectionsPurchase InformationSurveys, Research, and Promotions dataContact informationForm dataTechnical InformationLocation InformationUsage InformationContent Characteristics and FeaturesInferred InformationCookies dataAdvertising, Measurement and Other Partners dataSellers, Payment and Transaction Fulfillment Providers dataThird Party Platforms and Partners dataPublicly available sources data | ? Unknown |
TP Third Party Platforms and Partners | Security | Provide a seamless experience, allow content to be shared on other platforms, allow sellers to view and manage orders, enable third party platforms and partners to better authenticate users. | Account InformationTechnical InformationUsage InformationUser Content | ? Unknown |
A Advertisers | Other | Receive reports about ad performance, measure effectiveness, and understand their audience. | Aggregate information of Information You ProvideAggregate information of Automatically Collected InformationAggregate information of Information From Other Sources | ? Unknown |
TP Third party measurement providers | Marketing | Create aggregate reports to measure advertising served on the Platform and help advertisers understand their effectiveness and audience. | Information You ProvideTechnical InformationUsage Information | ? Unknown |
SA Sellers and their service providers | CRM & Sales | Process product orders, including payment and delivery. | Purchase InformationOrder itemsContact detailsDelivery informationTechnical Information (device/connection for security) | ? Unknown |
UO Users of Our Analytics Services (Creators, Advertisers, Sellers) | Other | Understand how people are engaging with the Platform, content, ads, and products; understand followers, buyers, and audience. | Aggregated statistics and insights (from Information You Provide and Automatically Collected Information) | ? Unknown |
EW Entities within TikTok's corporate group | Analytics | Storage, content delivery, security, research and development, analytics, payment services, customer and technical support, and content moderation. | Account InformationUser ContentMessagesContacts and Other ConnectionsPurchase InformationSurveys, Research, and Promotions dataContact informationForm dataTechnical InformationLocation InformationUsage InformationContent Characteristics and FeaturesInferred InformationCookies dataAdvertising, Measurement and Other Partners dataSellers, Payment and Transaction Fulfillment Providers dataThird Party Platforms and Partners dataPublicly available sources data | ? Unknown |
IR Independent Researchers | Other | Facilitate research that meets certain criteria, including in areas of misinformation, violence, cybercrime, and social trends. | Information You ProvideAutomatically Collected Information | ? Unknown |
TP Third parties in connection with a corporate transaction | Other | Facilitate corporate transactions such as a merger, sale of assets or shares, reorganisation, financing, change of control, or acquisition. | Account InformationUser ContentMessagesContacts and Other ConnectionsPurchase InformationSurveys, Research, and Promotions dataContact informationForm dataTechnical InformationLocation InformationUsage InformationContent Characteristics and FeaturesInferred InformationCookies dataAdvertising, Measurement and Other Partners dataSellers, Payment and Transaction Fulfillment Providers dataThird Party Platforms and Partners dataPublicly available sources data | ? Unknown |
LE Law enforcement agencies, public authorities, researchers, copyright holders, or other third parties (for legal obligations) | Other | Comply with applicable law, legal process or government requests; protect rights, property, and safety of users and others; investigate potential violations; detect, investigate, prevent, or address misleading activity, copyright infringement, or other illegal activity. | Account InformationUser ContentMessagesContacts and Other ConnectionsPurchase InformationSurveys, Research, and Promotions dataContact informationForm dataTechnical InformationLocation InformationUsage InformationContent Characteristics and FeaturesInferred InformationCookies dataAdvertising, Measurement and Other Partners dataSellers, Payment and Transaction Fulfillment Providers dataThird Party Platforms and Partners dataPublicly available sources dataIP address | ? Unknown |
DS Data storage providers (servers) | Other | Store user information. | Account InformationUser ContentMessagesContacts and Other ConnectionsPurchase InformationSurveys, Research, and Promotions dataContact informationForm dataTechnical InformationLocation InformationUsage InformationContent Characteristics and FeaturesInferred InformationCookies dataAdvertising, Measurement and Other Partners dataSellers, Payment and Transaction Fulfillment Providers dataThird Party Platforms and Partners dataPublicly available sources data | ? Unknown |