ByteDance Faces Privacy Lawsuit Over TikTok Video-Editing App

TikTok Inc. parent company ByteDance Inc. collects and profits from the personal information of users of its CapCut video-editing app without their consent in violation of federal and state consumer protection laws, a new proposed class action said.

Evelia Rodriguez, Erikka Wilson, and A.N. alleged that the CapCut app allows ByteDance to surreptitiously collect a wide range of users’ personal information, including their biometric information, images, video and digital recordings, audio recordings, clipboard data, geolocations, email addresses, passcodes, telephone numbers and other unique identifying information.

The company profits from the information by using it to target users with advertising and ...