By skyforbes 
After TikTok was fined heavily by the European Union for its management of personal data, China denied that it obliged corporations to turn over data.
On Friday, the social media behemoth was ordered to pay 530 million euros ($600 million) for moving user data from Europe to China without ensuring that it would be protected from Chinese regulators.
After an examination into the legality of TikTok’s data transfers, the European Union issued the second-largest fine ever on Friday.
TikTok, a Chinese company, announced that it will appeal the ruling.
China “has never and will never require enterprises or individuals to collect or store data by illegal means,” the country’s foreign ministry stated on Saturday.
Additionally, it demanded that Ireland, the location of TikTok’s European headquarters, and the European Union “provide a fair, just, and non-discriminatory business environment for enterprises of all countries.”
ByteDance is a Chinese tech startup that owns TikTok. However, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission is the platform’s primary European regulator because its European headquarters are located in Dublin.