The federal government bans TikTok from its mobile devices days after federal and provincial privacy officials launched an investigation into the social media platform.

The app will be removed from government-issued mobile devices on Tuesday, according to a statement from Treasury Department President Mona Fortier.

The statement said the decision follows a review by Canada’s Chief Information Officer, who found TikTok posed an “unacceptable risk to privacy and security.”

“While the risks of using this application are clear, we currently have no reason to believe that government information has been compromised,” Mona Fortier said in the statement, adding that the ban is a precautionary measure that aligns Canadian policy with its international partners.

The US and EU recently banned government personnel from using TikTok on work devices.

While the ban doesn’t go as far as banning the app outright in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it could encourage individuals and businesses to think about the security of their own data.

“We obviously want Canadians to be able to make their own decisions and access the software and apps that interest them,” Justin Trudeau said in French.

He justified this by saying that there are now “enough concerns” about security issues to ban TikTok on government employees’ work phones. He indicated that there could be more announcements.

“Even now, when many people and people and businesses see that we are taking this important step, they will be thinking about their own data security and making decisions in their personal lives and their business lives as a company to protect the data of their citizens and their employees” , argued Justin Trudeau.

TikTok has long been embroiled in privacy issues, as the Chinese government has a stake in its owner ByteDance and laws allow the country to access user data.

Last week, the federal privacy agency and their counterparts in British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec announced an investigation into whether the video platform complies with Canadian privacy laws.

“The decision to remove and block TikTok from government mobile devices is taken as a precautionary measure, particularly given concerns about the legal framework that governs information collected from mobile devices,” Mona Fortier said in a statement.

“This decision is in line with the approach of our international partners. On a mobile device, TikTok’s data collection methods provide significant access to phone content.

The ban comes at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions with China.

Earlier this month, the United States shot down a high-altitude Chinese balloon that had also been flying over Canadian airspace, saying it was a suspected spy device. The Chinese government claimed it was a weather balloon that went off course.

In addition, recent media reports have raised concerns about possible Chinese interference in Canada’s last two federal elections, prompting opposition parties to call for a public inquiry into alleged foreign electoral interference.