Mr. Sami Khoury at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On November 20th, 2023. See this statement in context.

November 20th, 2023 / 4:10 p.m.

Head, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Communications Security Establishment

Thank you for the question.

I think we need to distinguish a little bit between what is required to register for a TikTok account and what is being asked for to enhance user experience. There might be additional access, as I pointed out in my opening comments, to your contacts list, your calendar, or other sorts of privacy settings in your phone, in order to enhance the user experience. That's maybe the secondary offer of information that is being collected through TikTok.

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