A privacy watchdog in the European Union says the video-sharing app TikTok improperly sent user info to China. It has issued a fine of around 600 million dollars. Officials at Ireland's Data Protection Commission announced the penalty, saying TikTok broke EU privacy rules. They say China's National Intelligence Law requires all companies and citizens to hand over data. They say the app was not transparent to users on where their personal info was sent, and it had insufficient measures to ask them for permission. The commission is giving TikTok six months to meet the EU's privacy benchmark. Failing to do so will result in a suspension of all data transfers to China. But TikTok disagrees with the decision and plans an appeal. It says China has never requested data for European users and that it never provided the info.