Brazil's National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) said on Tuesday that it had imposed a fine of 153.7 million reais (€25.57 million) on ByteDance, owner of the social network TikTok, for "irregularities in the processing of data belonging to children and adolescents".
In addition to the fine, the Chinese platform will be required to delete data collected irregularly and, according to the statement, "ByteDance has also committed to implementing a compliance plan to improve the protection of children and adolescents on TikTok".
The platform will have to automatically apply stricter privacy settings to accounts belonging to children under 16, strengthen systems for parental supervision and introduce tighter content filters.
The Brazilian oversight and regulatory authority identified practices by the Chinese company that were not in line with the country's General Data Protection Law (LGPD) in two modes of access to the platform, specifically in relation to the feed for users with and without an account.
ANPD said it had found that the mechanisms adopted by TikTok "were not sufficient to prevent, from the outset, the improper processing of personal data of children and adolescents".
