Brazilian data protection regulator fines TikTok’s owner nearly $30 million over safety of minors
The regulator said ByteDance processed data from at least 8 million minors without a valid legal basis and ordered deletions, notices and tighter safeguards.
- On Tuesday, Brazil's National Data Protection Authority fined TikTok owner ByteDance 153.8 million reais for allegedly violating the country's General Data Protection Law regarding children's and teenagers' personal data.
- According to ANPD, ByteDance processed personal data of teenagers aged 13 to 18 without a valid legal basis, failing to implement sufficient technical and organizational measures to prevent improper data collection.
- ByteDance must delete personal data of teenagers whose legal representation is not regularized within 60 business days and faces daily fines of 137,081.49 reais for failing to comply with reporting requirements.
- TikTok faces additional restrictions in Brazil, including time limits and suspended advertising for unregistered users, while committing to apply restrictive privacy settings to accounts for users under 16 with parental authorization required for changes.
- This action aligns with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's push for stronger online safeguards; earlier this month, ANPD ordered chat platform Discord to suspend livestreaming features, reflecting a global trend of stricter rules on minors' social media usage.
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Brazil Fines TikTok $290K for Failing to Protect Children's Data
Brazil’s data protection authority has imposed a substantial fine on TikTok’s parent company ByteDance for serious violations involving the handling of children’s personal information. The decision, handed down by the Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD), underscores growing regulatory pressure on social media platforms that attract large numbers of young users across Latin America. The ANPD announced the penalty following an extensiv…
Brazil Fines ByteDance $30 Million Over TikTok’s Handling of Minors’ Data
Brazil Fines ByteDance $30 Million Over TikTok’s Handling of Minors’ Data - The country’s data protection authority said the platform failed to adequately safeguard children and teenagers, ordering ByteDance to delete improperly collected data and strengthen compliance measures
ByteDance faces R$ 153.7 million in fines over TikTok children's data
Five separate LGPD breaches produced the sum, and adolescent accounts face deletion in 60 business days unless parental representation is documented first. Continue reading this article on ppc.land. Sign up the PPC Land newsletter to get the latest marketing news.
The Brazilian Data Protection Agency (ANPD) has fined TikTok the equivalent of 25 million euros. According to the agency, the social media company unlawfully processed data of children and young people.
The Brazilian subsidiary of ByteDance was fined heavily for non-compliance with the legislation on the protection of minors' data. The company had agreed last week to pay up to $400 million to settle a dispute in the United StatesThe Brazilian authorities imposed on Tuesday a heavy fine on TikTok for non-compliance with the legislation on the protection of minors' data, claiming that they wanted to send "a strong signal" to digital platforms.Thi…
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