TikTok's collection of user data has been the subject of a privacy investigation by Canadian privacy regulators.
The Chinese juggernaut ByteDance's video-sharing website has drawn criticism over suspicions that it provides information to Beijing.
Canada made this decision after European Commission employees were told to remove the app to "protect" the organization.
Privacy is "a top priority," according to TikTok. ".
Together with provincial privacy watchdogs from Quebec, British Columbia, and Alberta, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada announced that it had opened an investigation into TikTok.
An investigation was opened "in the wake of now-settled class-action lawsuits in the United States and Canada, as well as numerous media reports related to TikTok's collection, use, and disclosure of personal information," a statement said.
By doing so, it will determine "whether the organization complies with Canadian privacy legislation" in terms of its practices.
There is a greater "importance of protecting children's privacy," according to the privacy regulators, because many of TikTok's users are younger.
They'll be looking at how well the business is doing in terms of being transparent.
According to a TikTok spokesperson, the investigation is an opportunity to "set the record straight" regarding how the company protects Canadians' privacy.
Because of worries that China might use TikTok to gather user data or further its interests, Canada has joined other governments from around the world in expressing concern about the app.
According to reports, the Dutch government instructed public servants to avoid the app last month. In the US, a ban has already been proposed for federal employees.
In response to renewed concerns from some Conservative MPs, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is defying calls to outlaw the use of TikTok by public servants.
The UK government is being urged to follow the European Commission, the EU executive, and the EU Council and direct staff to delete the app, according to Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Alicia Kearns.
Beijing cannot access the data on TikTok's service, according to statements made in the past.
