Nearly three months after Brazilian officials first questioned Apple over betting apps accessible to minors, the company has now been given five business days to provide additional details about its App Store safeguards. Here are the details.
Apple pressed on regulatory and age-verification issues
Last April, Brazilian officials notified Apple and Google over an alleged lack of age controls in betting apps on their respective app stores.
At the time, the National Secretariat for Digital Rights (Sedigi) and the National Consumer Secretariat (Senacon) sent letters to both companies, inquiring about the availability of “countless apps” that either offered or facilitated minors’ access to betting platforms.
Brazil recently passed a new law known as ECA Digital, which requires app stores to restrict minors’ access to gambling content, and Apple responded by introducing age-assurance measures for 18+ apps in the country.
