Brazil's ANPD reviews fines and TikTok case

Brazil’s ANPD allegedly fined TikTok R$ 153.7 million over alleged failings tied to the handling and protection of minors’ data, according to secondary reports. At the same time, the Brazilian regulator opened a public consultation to revise the enforcement rule in force since 2021 and expand its reach over digital platforms, with new inspection powers and information requests.

What does the rule review include?

The proposal would expand ANPD’s authority to request documents, carry out technical inspections, require verifiable compliance plans and ask for data on revenue or the number of Brazilian users. Portal do Holanda also reported that the draft under review would include daily fines of up to R$ 50 million for failing to comply with precautionary measures, a figure that still needs to be checked against the official document.

What is known about the TikTok sanction?

The sanction attributed to ANPD would have taken into account both access through registered accounts and the so-called no-registration feed. Clark Hill said the decision would also have considered failures tied to minors, while another secondary report said ByteDance Brasil would face additional obligations beyond the fine.

What corrective measures circulated in reports?

According to Jornal Aqui Paulínia, the decision would include deleting data from users between 13 and 18 years old if legal representation or assistance is not regularized within 60 business days, and notifying third parties that received that data. The same report added that TikTok would have to apply stricter privacy settings for users under 16, strengthen parental supervision and limit additional functions in the no-registration feed.

Those limits would include suspending ads in Brazil, reducing data collection and personalization, and capping live streams, direct messages and social interactions. Another secondary report based on information attributed to ANPD estimated that data on about 20% of Brazilian children may have been processed by TikTok over one year, although that figure remains unconfirmed in the decision or the case file.