The deal keeps the app available for more than 200 million U.S. users under new data, algorithm, and content safeguards.

"The alarm is a fair reaction," one privacy lawyer said.

The changes came after the app’s Chinese parent company spun out an American entity to run TikTok in the United States.

Q: Your July 17 Legal Briefs column, "Cruise line contracts will hold up in court," concludes by stating that travel advisors need to be sure to send the cruise line's contract to the consumer as soon ...