TikTok can redact information from confidential documents in appeal against €530m fine

Redactions were for commercially, technically, and financially sensitive information contained in papers and that some 6,000 pages of documentation were involved in the case, court hears

Fri, 20 Feb, 2026 - 17:57

Ann O’Loughlin

Social media giant TikTok has successfully applied to the High Court for permission to redact certain information from confidential documents to be used in its appeal over a €530m fine imposed on it by the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) over Chinese access to user information.

At the High Court on Friday, Mr Justice Rory Mulcahy was told by Emily Egan McGrath, for TikTok, there had been "broad" agreement between both sides on categories of information underpinning what could be redacted in documents in the appeal.