Brazilian data protection regulator fines TikTok’s owner nearly $30 million over safety of minors
The regulator ordered data deletion and new safeguards after finding TikTok processed minors’ personal information without a valid legal basis, with daily fines possible for noncompliance.
- 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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In practice, the social network should automatically apply the most restrictive privacy settings to the accounts of children under 16 years of age, which can only be changed with the consent of those responsible.
Brazilian data protection regulator fines TikTok’s owner nearly US$30 million over safety of minors
Brazil’s data protection regulator on Tuesday fined TikTok parent company ByteDance more than 153 million reais (nearly US$30 million) because of alleged failures in the handling of personal data of children and teenagers.
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Brazilian data protection regulator fines TikTok's owner nearly $30 million over safety of minors
Brazil’s data protection regulator has fined TikTok parent company ByteDance more than 153 million reais or nearly $30 million because of alleged failures in the handling of personal data of children and teenagers.
The ruling requires ByteDance to delete the personal data of teenagers whose legal representation or assistance has not been arranged within 60 business days and to notify third parties with whom it shared the data.
The Chinese social network has been punished for "irregularities in the processing of data of children and adolescents".
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