Civil servants urged not to use TikTok

The Government Information Security Office has issued a recommendation urging Slovenian civil servants not to use the social networking platform TikTok on their work phones due to cybersecurity concerns.

The guidance is based on analyses of Slovenian and foreign organisations, in particular those responsible for cybersecurity, the office wrote in a memo obtained by the STA.

The memo notes concerns about TikTok collecting data from its users.

While many social network apps require permissions to control and access device data, TikTok is more "persistent in obtaining them...