Digital Statute for Children and Adolescents – Law No. 15,211/2025

Brazil’s Digital Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA Digital – Law No. 15,211/2025) entered into force on March 17, 2026.

The new law establishes regulatory obligations for digital products and services accessed or likely to be accessed by children and adolescents, regardless of the service provider’s location.

Key obligations include:

• Reliable age verification mechanisms – self-declaration is no longer sufficient.
• Linking of minors’ accounts to a legal guardian, with supervision and control tools.
• Privacy and safety by design, including restrictions on the collection and processing of data from minors.
• Restrictions on advertising and monetization targeting children and adolescents, including the prohibition of behavioral profiling and emotional analysis for targeted advertising;
• Parental control features, such as usage time limits, contact restrictions, and purchase approvals.
• Effective reporting channels and timely removal of harmful or illegal content, including child exploitation, cyberbullying, and dangerous challenges.
• Transparency and reporting obligations, particularly for platforms with large numbers of underage users.
• Specific restrictions in certain digital services.

There is no single compliance model. Implementation must be tailored to the nature of each digital service, its target audience, technological architecture, and risks related to interaction by minors with digital platforms.

Our team has developed an e-book with further details on ECA Digital.

Our team has been actively assisting both Brazilian and international clients in the legal and operational implementation of ECA Digital, including:

• Compliance of their digital products and services with the law.
• Review of policies, product flows, and user journeys.
• Implementation of age-verification and parental control mechanisms.
• Governance and compliance structuring.
• Integration between legal analysis and technology-based compliance solutions.

We look forward to assessing how the new law may impact your operations in Brazil and discussing efficient implementation strategies.