Brazil’s data protection authority fined ByteDance US$30 million on Tuesday over its handling of children’s data on TikTok, the largest penalty it has imposed since it was created in 2020.The National Data Protection Authority, known as the ANPD, found five breaches of Brazil’s data protection law and gave ByteDance 10 working days to appeal.The company must also erase the records of users aged 13 to 18 whose parental authorisation is not regularised within 60 working days, instruct every partner it passed those records to do the same, and report back with system logs signed off by its data protection officer. Failure on any of those counts carries a daily fine of over US$26,000.
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TUE · 2026-08-25 · 16:26 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-0825-105826
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Brazil fines TikTok record US$30 million for profiting from children’s data
Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has fined ByteDance $30 million for its handling of children's data on TikTok. This marks the largest penalty imposed by the ANPD since its establishment in 2020.
Igor PatrickSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-08-25 · 16:26 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) has fined ByteDance $30 million for its handling of children's data on TikTok. This marks the largest penalty imposed by the ANPD since its establishment in 2020. The authority identified five violations of Brazil's data protection law. ByteDance has 10 working days to appeal the decision. Additionally, the company is required to delete records of users aged 13 to 18 lacking regularized parental authorization within 60 working days and instruct any partners who received these records to do the same. ByteDance must also provide system logs signed by its data protection officer, with daily fines of over $26,000 for non-compliance.
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Failure to comply with the ANPD's orders carries a daily fine of over US$26,000.
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ByteDance must erase records of users aged 13-18 without regularized parental authorization within 60 days.
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The ANPD found five breaches of Brazil's data protection law.
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The fine is the largest penalty imposed by the ANPD since its creation in 2020.
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Brazil's data protection authority fined ByteDance US$30 million for handling of children's data on TikTok.
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