India, May 2 -- The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Friday said the Chinese firm ByteDance-owned TikTok has been fined 530 million euros ($600 million) over the transfer of the personal data of European users to China.

"This Inquiry was launched by the DPC, in its role as the Lead Supervisory Authority for TikTok, to examine the lawfulness of TikTok's transfers of personal data of users of the TikTok platform in the EEA to the People's Republic of China ("China")," the statement issued by the DPC said.

In addition, the Inquiry examined whether the provision of information to users in relation to such transfers met TikTok's transparency requirements as required by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

"The decision, w...