TikTok
This site leans hard on your data.
4/5 checks · 0 third parties · 0 cookies · capped at D
TikTok makes roughly three-quarters of its revenue from advertising. A clean marketing site can’t change that — and a homepage scan can’t see what the app does once you log in — so this grade can’t rise above a D.
Why this grade is capped · sourced, not vibes
The U.S. government sued TikTok and parent ByteDance in 2024 for knowingly letting millions of children under 13 use the app and collecting their data.
Source: U.S. (DOJ/FTC) v. TikTok & ByteDance, COPPA complaint, Aug 2024
Ireland's regulator fined TikTok 530 million euros in 2025 for unlawfully sending European users' data to China.
Source: Irish Data Protection Commission decision, May 2025
Ireland's regulator fined TikTok 345 million euros in 2023 for mishandling children's data, including setting teen accounts to public by default.
Source: Irish Data Protection Commission decision, Sept 2023
What TikTok does with your data
Traffic isn’t fully encrypted — others on your network may be able to read what you send.
Does not serve over HTTPS
Few outside companies load with the page, so your visit isn’t broadcast widely.
Contacts 0 third-party domains on load
It sets no third-party cookies, so nothing here tags you to follow around the web.
Sets no third-party cookies
None of the trackers it contacts are on our high-risk watchlist.
Contacts no high-risk / adversarial-state domains
It isn’t a registered data broker.
Not a registered data broker
Last scored 6/3/2026
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