TikTok delays changes to privacy policy on targeted ads in Europe

FILE PHOTO: The TikTok logo is pictured outside the company's U.S. head office in Culver City, California, U.S., September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

MILAN (Reuters) -TikTok is suspending privacy policy changes relating to how it targets advertising at users after a warning in Italy that it risked breaching European Union rules.

TikTok had told users in recent weeks that it was going to deliver targeted advertising to them from July 13, without requesting consent for using data stored in their devices, Italy's data protection authority said.