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Home/Regulation Tracker/Brazil Lei 15.211/2025 — Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente Digital (ECA Digital)

Brazil Lei 15.211/2025 — Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente Digital (ECA Digital)

Brazil's children's digital statute, in force from March 2026, bans profiling and targeted advertising to minors and mandates age verification and safe defaults, with the data protection authority enforcing fines up to 10% of Brazilian revenue.

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At a glance

Acronym: ECA Digital
Country or region: Brazil
Extraterritorial reach: Yes
Current status: In force
Legally binding: Legally binding
Instrument: National or regional law
Official text: Read the official text

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Applies to: Industry: Consumer apps and social media, Technology
Applies to: Type of AI: Recommender systems and algorithmic feeds, AI services used by children and minors, Profiling and scoring systems, Content moderation systems
Who must comply: Platforms and intermediaries, AI developers and providers
Proposed: 1 Mar 2022
Effective: 17 Mar 2026
Enforced by: Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD) as designated authority
Penalty type: Administrative fine, Revenue-based fine, Injunction or order, Product recall or ban
Penalties: Fines up to 10% of revenue in Brazil capped at R$50 million per violation, plus suspension.

Required actions

Products likely to be accessed by minors must apply age verification, privacy-by-default and parental supervision tools - No behavioural profiling or targeted advertising to minors; no loot boxes; remove abusive content promptly

Sources

planalto.gov.brhttps://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2023-2026/2025/lei/l15211.htm

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