Brazil ECA Digital
In force Brazil · In force Mar 17, 2026 · no upcoming deadlines
Deadlines
Summaries for reference, not legal advice. Check the official text.
What it does
Requires digital products and services likely to be accessed by children and adolescents to apply protection by design and default, reliable age verification, parental supervision tools, links between under-16 accounts and guardians, and swift removal of harmful content; bans profiling-based advertising to children and loot boxes in games for minors.
- Who it applies to
- Providers of information technology products or services directed at, or likely to be accessed by, children and adolescents in Brazil: social networks, games, app stores, operating systems, streaming and similar services, regardless of location.
- Penalties
- Warning; simple fine up to 10% of the economic group's revenue in Brazil in the last fiscal year or, absent revenue, BRL 10 to BRL 1,000 per registered user, capped at BRL 50 million per infraction; temporary suspension or prohibition of activities (judicial).
- Enforced by
- Autonomous administrative authority for children's digital rights (ANPD designated); courts for suspension/prohibition
- Official name
- Estatuto Digital da Criança e do Adolescente (Law No. 15.211/2025)
- Citation
- Lei nº 15.211/2025
- Topics
- children, online-safety, privacy
Verified 2026-09-22 machadomeyer.com.br
Research notes
Published 18 Sept 2025. Designation of ANPD as the enforcing authority is from secondary reporting.
Related
Brazil AI Bill (PL 2338/2023)
Canada Bill C-36 (PPCDA)
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- What are the Brazil ECA Digital compliance deadlines?
- Mar 17, 2026: ECA Digital in force.
- When does Brazil ECA Digital take effect?
- Brazil ECA Digital took effect on Mar 17, 2026.
- Who does Brazil ECA Digital apply to?
- Providers of information technology products or services directed at, or likely to be accessed by, children and adolescents in Brazil: social networks, games, app stores, operating systems, streaming and similar services, regardless of location.
- What are the penalties under Brazil ECA Digital?
- Warning; simple fine up to 10% of the economic group's revenue in Brazil in the last fiscal year or, absent revenue, BRL 10 to BRL 1,000 per registered user, capped at BRL 50 million per infraction; temporary suspension or prohibition of activities (judicial).