Welsh ministers join wider UK action, banning the app from officials' phones.
TikTok has been banned from the work phones of Welsh government civil servants and ministers.action taken by the UK government to do the sameThe Chinese-owned app is under increasing scrutiny over security and data privacy concerns, but denies allegations that it hands users' data to the Chinese government.Meanwhile the Senedd said it has no plans to restrict devices.
The Welsh government said: "We welcome today's guidance from the Cabinet Office in relation to TikTok and will be implementing it fully." Similar restrictions have already been imposed by the US and Canadian governments and the European Commission. A statement from the Cabinet Office said: "Given the potentially sensitive nature of information which is stored on government devices, government policy on the management of third party applications will be strengthened and a precautionary ban on TikTok on government devices is being introduced."
It said the app requires users to give permission for TikTok to access data stored on the device, which is then collected and stored.
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