On September 23, 2025, the federal Office of the Privacy Commissioner and related provincial counterparts in Québec, British Columbia, and Alberta published findings from their joint investigation into TikTok’s collection, use and disclosure of personal information.
The investigation found that TikTok collected and used the sensitive and personal information of app users who were minors and that the collection and use of minors’ personal and sensitive information by TikTok was inappropriate, unreasonable, and illegitimate.
According to the investigative findings, TikTok employs ineffective age controls to restrict platform access to users under the age of 14. The lawsuit alleges that the inadequacy of TikTok’s age controls provides economic benefit to TikTok.
The investigation also ruled that TikTok does not obtain valid and meaningful consent from any of its users, regardless of age, to use, collect and disclose their personal and sensitive information. This lawsuit alleges that TikTok’s conduct is in contravention of various Canadian privacy laws.
A class action is a legal case through which one person makes a claim to the Court on behalf of a similarly situated class of people who have the same or a similar legal claim. A class action seeks to hold a defendant or defendants responsible for their conduct that affects each member of the class by resolving issues that are common to the class in the same legal proceeding, instead of each class member bringing a claim individually.
The individual who first files the claim must ask the Court for permission to proceed as a class action. If permission is granted (referred as “authorized” in Quebec, and “certified” in all other Canadian provinces) and the case may proceed as a class action, the Court will appoint an individual as “Representative Plaintiff” to represent the best interests of the class during the litigation and will define the class group. Each person who meets the criteria of the class group is considered a “Class Member”.
This lawsuit aims to represent all Quebec residents who have had a TikTok account since September 2022, including residents under the age of 14.
If you are a Quebec resident and have a TikTok account, or had a TikTok account on or after September 2022, please contact Slater Vecchio LLP by filling out the form on this webpage.
If you are a Quebec resident under the age of 14, please ask your parent or guardian to file out the form on your behalf.
